Last Wednesday I began the story of “The Ghost of Ivan.” It relates to Trooper Tom Foley who wrote a book “Most Wanted” about how he chased after Whitey. He told us how as a state trooper he joined with the FBI to fight organized crime. I always believed Foley was duped by the FBI. …
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FBI Hypocrite Extraordinaire
I wrote on July 3 about the one great commandment in the FBI: “Don’t Embarrass The FBI.” I tell how I named my book: “Don’t Embarrass The Family” when I heard Frankie Salemme, the former boss of the New England Mafia, testify he told his guys they could do anything they wanted as long as…
Purchasing Evidence Against Whitey
Billy Bulger in While the Music Lasts railed at the government’s ability to buy testimony. He said about the evidence against Whitey that “all of the evidence has been purchased.” (His emphasis.) He said people say things about Whitey because it gives them a “get out of jail card.” He wrote people have been offered,…
Ralph Ranalli – Book Sunday – Deadly Alliance
Deadly Alliance by Ralph Ranalli came out in paper back. I think it may be the best book written about the dealings of the FBI and mobsters like Whitey. Ranalli was the only newspaper reporter to cover every session of Judge Mark Wolf’s seminal hearings that blew off the doors of the FBI’s inner sanctum revealing…
Whitey’s Lawyer – A Man He Can Identify With
The word on the street in Southie is the the fix is in. It’s said J.W. Carney the lawyer appointed to represent Bulger is a stiff. He’s good in front of a camera outside the court but in court he’s won as many big cases as he has hair on the top of his bald dome….
Whitey’s Handler John Connolly – His Early Life Up To College
Connolly was born on August 1, 1940. Billy Bulger born February 2, 1934. He’s six and a half years older than Connolly. Whitey Bulger born September 3, 1929. He’s about 11 years older than Connolly. These dates are important to flesh out Connolly’s connection to the Bulgers in his early years. If you lived in the…