By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The Boston Globe is standing by its decision to publicly name the tipster that led federal agents to nab fugitive gangster James “Whitey” Bulger in June in California. Editors were confident that revealing the name of Anna Bjornsdottir, an Iceland native and Santa Monica, Calif. neighbor of Bulger’s, did not pose…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI’s legendary Ten Most Wanted list is really only the Eight Most Wanted list these days. Two of the the most well-known figures on the list — Osama bin Laden and Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger — are no longer wanted. Bin Laden was killed by the U.S. military in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An eclectic mix of folks showed up Wednesday in federal court in Boston to see James “Whitey” Bulger including former U.S. Attorney Donald K. Stern, who insisted on indicting the Boston mobster in 1995 even after the FBI warned him that Bulger was an informant, the Boston Globe reported. “I couldn’t…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The governor of Massachusetts is weighing in on the controversial James “Whitey” Bulger case. Gov. Deval Patrick said Thursday in an interview on WTKK-FM that more damaging information about the FBI could surface now that Bulger has been captured and is talking. Bulger was an informant for the FBI before he…
By The New York Times Editorial Page For anyone trying to fathom James (Whitey) Bulger’s long, pathological career on both sides of the law, a 661-page opinion by Mark Wolf, chief judge of the Federal District Court in Massachusetts, tells the inside story. In 1998, the judge held a 10-month hearing on the F.B.I.’s failure…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com More is coming out about the adventures of mobster James “Whitey’’ Bulger, who was captured last week after 16 years on the lam. The Boston Globe reports that during those 16 years he returned to Boston in disguise and “armed to the teeth’’ several times “to take care of some unfinished…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI has gotten plenty pats on the back for capturing Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, who had been on the run for 16 years and was a long-time snitch for the bureau. But the capture has dredged up plenty of old wounds — the fact that the FBI protected Bulger…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com After a relentless search, the FBI in Los Angles on Wednesday evening captured fugitive Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger in Santa Monica along with his girlfriend as a result of a tip from a public service announcement that began airing this week, law enforcement authorities said. The search that spanned the…
