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FBI Still Covering for Whitey Bulger

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The Boston Herald is appealing the FBI's refusal to release records related to Whitey Bulger. The Bureau claims there are ongoing related investigations. Bulger died in 2018 and had been convicted for over thirty felonies including eleven murders in 2013. His longtime associate Flemmi is serving a life sentence. Bulger evaded capture for 16 years on the FBI Most Wanted lList, a duration that many suspected was an indication of the Bureau's preference that the extent of their corrupt involvement not come to light. He was 81 when finally captured in California.

Given the Bureau's scandalous history regarding Bulger, we have every right to be skeptical about the existence of an ongoing related investigation of any kind after all this time. Perhaps they are pretending to investigate one of Whitey's murders they missed.

Bulger was protected by the Bureau in large part because he bribed FBI agent John Connolly, who fed Bulger FBI data on mafia activities. Bulger then in turn divulged the same info to his handler Connolly and other agents who touted the importance of these confirmations. The FBI kept Boston cops from arresting their key informer while he killed, stole, dealt drugs and extorted with impunity for years. At least he never "paraded" on federal property.

A lot of our tax dollars have gone to several families whose loved ones were murdered by Bulger while under FBI protection. Maybe the G-men are heroically protecting our tax dollars from additional claims those files might trigger.

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