By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com For decades, the story of James “Whitey” Bulger was one of the bigger ones to come out of Boston. Now, his name is back in the news. Former gangster Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi testified Monday that he and Bulger paid off seven FBI agents, killed several informants after they were exposed…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Rogue Boston FBI agent John Connolly, who was faulted for getting too close to his mob informants, will remain behind bars. The Miami Herald reports that the Florida Third District of Appeal on Wednesday upheld his 2008 conviction in the murder of Miami Jai-Alai executive John Callahan in 1982. He was…
The embarrassing fallout from the FBI’s shady relationship with mobster/informants like Whitey Bulger and “Rifleman” Flemmi continues to haunt the agency. Here’s the latest blow. By Shelley Murphy Boston Globe Staff BOSTON — After years of legal maneuverings by Justice Department lawyers and a three-day nonjury trial, a federal judge ordered the government to pay…
