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 …

Lifting the Lid on Whitey’s Deal — Black Mass — O’Neill and Lehr

Black Mass tops the list of well written book about these events.  The authors Gerard O’Neill and Dick Lehr are highly skilled writers as they should be since their profession is to write.  They have done a thoroughly researched book touching on every facet of the matters surrounding Whitey.  This is the bible of the …

FBI-SPEAK – The Art of Saying Nothing in a Pompous Manner

Remember the old ditty, “Who Takes Care of the Caretaker’s daughter while the Caretaker’s busy taking care?” Did you ever wonder, “Who Takes Care of the FBI?”  In theory, it is the U.S. Department of Justice or perhaps Congress.  In truth, the Bureau takes care of itself with little oversight.  It does have a group …

Bully Boy Whitey

The Merriam-Webster unabridged dictionary defines the word as:  “ a blustering fellow more insolent than courageous : one given to hectoring, browbeating, and threatening; especially : one habitually threatening, harsh, or cruel to others weaker or smaller than himself.” That, of course, is a definition of the word bully. When I was a young kid I remember that there was only …