This is a tale written in 2006 by a man born in Galway in 1943 who arrived in Southie when he was eight years old. He wasn’t the toughest guy in the neighborhood like all the other gangsters who wrote books about Southie like Eddie MacKenzie’s, Street Soldier, or John Shea’s Rat Bastards or Kevin Weeks’s Brutal. Nee suggests…
Author: mtc9393
General Thoughts on Whitey Bulger — The Road Less Traveled
Last week on Catch All Saturday I wrote about Billy Bulger. I said it is my intent to examine each allegation against him that suggests he is corrupt. This is a process that will take some time. I am working on it. I’ll set them out as a group and then discuss each one…
Why FBI Agent John Connolly Languishes in Prison — Who Is Pulling the Strings
When Connolly was tried in Boston we read in the newspapers continuing coverage of the events at his trial. We heard how his Supervisor Morris testified as to the bribes he received, how Martorano told of giving him a ring, how Salemme told of meeting with him, and how Weeks told of Whitey’s relationship with…
Whitey Bulger’s Memoirs — More Lies on Top of Other Lies
I saw that Whitey allegedly had written two memoirs. One was found when Theresa Stanley’s house was searched. It is entitled “My Life in the Irish Mafia Wars,” the other when he was arrested in Santa Monica which according to prosecutors appears to be autobiographical. According to one report the manuscript, about 100 handwritten…
John “Ivan” Naimovich — Elementary Questions — The Protection of Whitey Bulger
I talked to a person over the weekend who told me she was confused about the significance of John Naimovich. I recognized that many people may not see the connection between Naimovich and the Whitey Bulger incidents. I’ll try to make it clear here and as I go along to more fully explore this matter….
The FBI as an Enabler of Criminals — The Easy Way Out
One of the FBI’s most active agents against organized crime, William F. Roemer, Jr., wrote four books about his experience as an FBI agent chasing after the Chicago Mafia. Shortly after he joined the FBI, the Apalchin meeting took place. The FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had to admit that the Mafia existed in the US,…