Phil Leonetti must be losing his marbles, and it is laughable claim at best that he did not know who james bulger was. Whitey bulger was a master manipulator, arch criminal, and cold blooded bastard. Dont get me wrong phil leoneti squeezed a couple triggers here and there, but whitey bulger killed people over the span of several decades and ruled with an iron fist. Not to mention he came to power and ruled for a span of time that mine as well be an eternity on the streets. It is also a fact that he was not paying tribute, but in fact paying back a loan that he assumed and then told the creditor he would be reducing. All of this was taking place with the mafia in close proximity and may I add this was not todays mickey mouse mob, but a much more powerfull organization of days passed.

All that being said, I actually enjoyed Mafia Prince and feel a lot of the criticism for the book is unwarranted.