The trial that has reminded the public about the previous digressions of the Boston FBI is coming to an end — and none too soon. It’s an era the FBI would rather forget.
By Curt Anderson
AP Legal Affairs Writer
MIAMI-Former FBI agent John Connolly knew he was setting up a hit when he tipped Boston mobsters that a gambling executive with gangland ties was likely to implicate them in other killings, a prosecutor said Monday in closing arguments of Connolly’s murder trial.
The 1982 slaying of former World Jai-Alai president John Callahan was a direct result of Connolly’s corrupt dealings with Winter Hill Gang leaders James “Whitey” Bulger and Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi, prosecutor Fred Wyshak said. Both were secretly FBI informants handled by Connolly.
