It sounds outrageous for Whitey to make that claim in a motion he filed in court wherein he asserts that being an FBI informant he had the right to commit homicides. He alleges this in his initial thrust back at the government in his attempt to avoid being sent to the Florida or Oklahoma prison…
Tag: Don’t Embarrass the Family
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,…
The Ghost of Ivan – State Trooper Foley’s Inveigling By The FBI
Tom Foley in his book “Most Wanted” elides over many uncomfortable facts. He does this because like Macbeth he is haunted by a ghost. His Banquo is Ivan. Foley became a trooper in 1979. In 1984 he joined a unit headed by Lt. Dave Matioli who he described as “a real up-and-comer, smart and well…
The Purpose of this Blog:
I posted three posts on a day and was told by Paul Ahern who I’ve known and liked for over 40 years that was unwise. It is only from such people you get candor. I explained why I did it, a four day appointment in New York City that prevented me posting. He listened. He…
Whitey Bulger’s Immunity Deal
Whitey‘s lawyers fired first their first salvo. According to an article on Boston.com by Martin Finucane and Travis Andersen entitled “A License To Kill,” Whitey’s claiming he had a deal with the Feds that gave him to immunity for all his criminal actions. Did he? A soon to be published book: “Don’t Embarrass The…