
Journalist Who Exposed ‘Whitey’ Bulger’s Ties with FBI Dies
Gerald M. O’Neill, an intrepid Boston Globe journalist who helped exposed mobster James “Whitey” Bulger as an FBI informant, has died.
Gerald M. O’Neill, an intrepid Boston Globe journalist who helped exposed mobster James “Whitey” Bulger as an FBI informant, has died.
The 68-year-old suspect echoed President Trump, calling journalists “the enemy of the people.”
If FBI Director James Comey feels no deadline pressure to wrap up the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s e-mail server, he should.
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