There is one final mystery. A big gap exists in the motion for discovery by Carney & Brennan (C&B). It had to be deliberately created because it represents the gut of the motion. It relates to the relationship between the two major protagonist in this drama: Agent John Connolly and James “Whitey” Bulger. I’ll talk…
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A Carney & Brennan Redux – V – Lift The Screen
There are a couple of things I can’t figure out in the Carney & Brennan (C&B) discovery motion. First, I don’t understand how they can hide the substance of the deal they say Whitey had with O’Sullivan. I’d think the prosecutors would zero right in on that. They should suggest to Judge Casper that if…
A Carney & Brennan Redux – IV – The Flaw
No matter how you slice Whitey’s status vis-à-vis the Government, a couple of certainties exists. There’s no doubt Stevie Flemmi was an FBI informant. He admitted he was an informant. The FBI files have actionable information from him that resulted in significant Mafia arrests. Whitey in his motion wrote: “While Flemmi may have provided information…
A Carney & Brennan Redux – III – Double Agent
I’m back to writing about the recent discovery motion filed by Carney & Brennan (C&B). The set up to their argument which I mentioned in Redux I is the Government has a pattern of making deals with top level criminals and then denying they made the deals. That through AUSA O’Sullivan of the Department of…
Easter 2013 — And The Old Soft Shoe
Up to 1582 all Christianity followed the Julian calendar in celebrating Easter which is the time Christians believe Christ who was crucified and died on Good Friday came back to life. In that year Pope Gregory decided that the calendar had become out of kilter with the spring equinox so he moved it back 10…
Another Report Missing The Mark
About a week ago the Boston Globe had an article dealing titled: “New Report Slams Mass. On Corrections Reform.” The headline is quite misleading. The report’s main complaint is that too many people are being sent to jail and are being held there for too long a period despite the lowering crime rate, and are getting out…