I’ve said it is likely Whitey will go to trial on the theory he has nothing to lose. It’s scheduled for seven months from now in March. The original date was in November but the significant amount of discovery which the government must turn over to the defense counsel consisting of many tens of thousands…
Author: mtc9393
Black Mass — A Must Read — But With A Caveat
I mentioned in my last discussion of O’Neill’s and Lehr’s Black Mass is that it is less than objective because of the history between them, their employer and the people they write about. There is another bias that should be kept in mind which is their relationship with their main sources from the FBI. It…
The Truth About Billy Bulger — An Examination of The Allegations – I
Howard Louis Carr’s book the The Brothers Bulger which is subtitled How They Terrorized and Corrupted Boston For a Quarter Century is a 332 page trust-me attack unsupported by one foot note. Agent Fitzpatrick using notes that include references to Carr’s book wrote his untrustworthy book Betrayal. He too portrays Billy as a prince of darkness telling of the investigations…
Whitey Bulger’s Handler – When Silence Does Not Help
When after more than two hundred years Ireland slowly came out of its “to hell or Connaught” days, it discovered that some of the male descendants of those who had lived through this era in the hostile, boulder strewn, barren lands of the west had gathered themselves into opposite extremes. A man in one of…
Why Catherine Greig Did Not Cooperate Against Whitey Bulger
Last Thursday I brought up the riddle, at least to me, of Catherine Greig pleading guilty and taking a big hit of eight years in jail for committing no criminal act other than going on the lam with a guy (Whitey) she’d been involved with since she was in her twenties for 16 years living…
Whitey Bulger’s Victim — Trooper John Naimovich — No Investigation Compromised
Wednesday’s is John “Ivan” Naimovich day, a Massachusetts State Trooper who investigated organized crime activities for most of his twenty-three years. He was indicted by the feds for a RICO violation and faced over 20 years in prison before being acquitted by a jury. I testified on his behalf being in the unusual position of…