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"Barboza was the mentor of John Martorano. And like Barboza, Martorano was just as much of a psychopath, a soulless kiler w/out conscience."

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This whole fuckin trial is a joke. The FBI has some balls acting like they weren't the fuel to Bulgers Fire. I hear they want to parade all the victims families up to testify. Talk about prejudicial, the guy hasnt even been convicted yet and they want to bring up victim impacts? FUCKIN SCAM. The FBI cant get it right so they put on this dog and pony show.

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At trial, feds paint 'mayhem' of mobster 'Whitey' Bulger
G. Jeffrey MacDonald, USA TODAY 1:27 p.m. EDT June 12, 2013
James "Whitey" Bulger is no saint, prosecutors and his lawyers agree. They differ on whether his old mob pals are the best witnesses against him in his trial on 19 murder charges and other crimes.


(Photo: AP)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Bulger was arrested in 2011 in California
He disappeared in 1994 after being tipped that he would be indicted
He's accused of leading the feared Winter Hill Gang
BOSTON — James "Whitey" Bulger made "millions upon millions" in the 1970s and '80s by operating a bunch of criminal enterprises and paying off law enforcement agents — but the guys who call him a ruthless murderer can't be trusted to tell the truth.

That's how Bulger's attorney, J.W. Carney, made the case for his client Wednesday during opening arguments in the long-awaited trial of the 83-year-old Bulger, who was on the FBI's most-wanted list for more than a decade.

"They've done a lot of negotiating with the witnesses, (and) things have evolved with the witnesses," Carney said. "We're going to try to show you what happens in the prosecutors' kitchen."

Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian Kelly told jurors that Bulger wasn't just overseeing bookies, drug dealers and other illegal affairs. He stockpiled weapons, extorted millions from those who crossed his cronies and participated — sometimes brutally — in 19 grisly murders, Kelly said.

"That's what we're dealing with in this case," he said, "a hands-on killer who was the leader of a criminal enterprise."

The case brings to trial the reputed kingpin of the Winter Hill Gang, an Irish mob that allegedly worked closely with the Italian mafia. Victims' family members are hoping for an overdue day of justice that many thought, during the 16 years when Bulger was on the run, might never come.

In reviewing photos and video of alleged mobsters in 1980, jurors began what is forecast to be a summer-long journey back in time to a rough period in Boston's history.

From Carney, they heard about a Federal Bureau of Investigation so riddled with corruption that agents would routinely turn blind eyes to illicit activities and didn't care whether witnesses were truthful.

From Kelly, they heard how those who posed threats or crossed Bulger's crew would be handcuffed to chairs, questioned, strangled or shot, buried in South Boston basements — and later exhumed and reburied so new homeowners wouldn't find them.

"At the center of all this murder and mayhem was one man: James 'Whitey' Bulger," Kelly said.

Both sides agree that Bulger is no saint. They disagree about the nature of his relationship with the FBI and the trustworthiness of his closest partners in crime.

Carney disputed prosecutors' claims that Bulger was a longtime FBI informant. He said law enforcement, including FBI agent John Connolly — later convicted of murder, racketeering and other crimes — was simply "on the payroll" so Bulger could avoid indictment, be alerted when a search was coming and get a heads-up as to where the bugs were planted to record his conversations.

So extensive was the corruption, Carney argued, that Bulger didn't need to hide as a most-wanted fugitive.

"He settled in California," Carney said. He was "not hiding, (but) living openly in plain sight for the next 16 years while those former FBI agents, I submit, pretended to look for him."

He also suggested the prosecution's star witnesses — Bulger associates John Martorano, Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi and Kevin Weeks — would agree to lie and implicate Bulger in order to minimize their own prison sentences.

But litigation expert Alan Dershowitz says the government's witnesses, who've already been sentenced, "have nothing to gain by lying. If they lie, they lose their deals." And the fact that they're criminals doesn't necessarily quash their credibility.

"If you're going to prosecute the devil, you don't go to heaven for witnesses," said Dershowitz, a professor at Harvard Law School. "You go to hell for witnesses."

Kelly foreshadowed a parade of witnesses who will testify to Bulger's wrath: a bookie and a businessman who paid hefty sums to stay alive; a hit man who helped hide the boss' personal stash of guns; a former customs agent familiar with Bulger's attempt to ship a boat filled with weapons to the Irish Republican Army.

Kelly kept the focus on the most heinous crimes of which Bulger is accused. He described in graphic detail what happened to some of the victims, whose pictures appeared on a screen for the jury. For John McIntyre, he described an end that was crude and painful.

"The defendant, James Bulger, tried to choke him with a rope, but the rope was too thick," Kelly said. "So Bulger asks him: Do you want one in the head? 'Yes, please.' So Bulger shoots him in the head."

Whitey Bulger was a 'charismatic killer'
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
NEW: James "Whitey" Bulger was a "hands-on" killer, prosecutor says
NEW: Defense attorney says he was a criminal but not a killer
He has pleaded not guilty to 19 murder charges, other counts
The 83-year-old was captured in 2011 after 16 years in hiding
Boston (CNN) -- If you lived in South Boston from the late 1970s through the mid-1990s, you either loved or loathed Whitey Bulger.
He could be colorful and generous, or, if you were his enemy, it is said he could be cutthroat and cruel.
In a federal courtroom in Boston on Wednesday, James "Whitey" Bulger, who spent more than 16 years in hiding, finally faced the judicial system.
Charged with murder in the killings of 19 people, Bulger, wearing jeans and a green, long-sleeved T-shirt, listened intently as prosecutors and his lawyers gave opening statements.
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2012: 'Whitey' Bulger: A life of crime
With references to Robert Kennedy, La Cosa Nostra and the "Troubles" in Northern Ireland, the trial of Boston's most famous fugitive got under way.
Bulger, 83, who prosecutors said was the head of the Irish mob in Boston for nearly two decades, sat slightly hunched, watching grainy black-and-white surveillance videos of him as he appeared more than 30 years ago, trimmer and only slightly balding. In one of the clips, Bulger punches the air and uses his fingers as guns as he animatedly talks to several mob associates.
Describing Bulger as a "hands-on killer," prosecutor Brian Kelly told the jury Bulger "did the dirty work himself." He described how Bulger ruthlessly shot one mob associate after attempts to strangle him failed because the rope he was using was too thick.
"You want one to the head?" Bulger reportedly said. "Yes, please," the victim was said to have answered.
Describing another killing, Kelly said, "Death came calling in the form of Whitey Bulger," who allegedly lured his victim to a phone booth and then opened fire, along with partner Steve "The Rifleman" Flemmi.
The trial is expected to take up to three months and has the potential to reveal sensational details about the mob and FBI corruption, especially if Bulger chooses to testify.
His attorney, J.W. Carney, portrayed Bulger not as a killer but as the head of a successful criminal enterprise of drug trafficking, extortion and loan sharking that brought in "millions upon millions of dollars." His client would not leave his "comfort zone" to kill someone in another state, as prosecutors allege.
Carney took aim at rogue FBI agents and police who were on "Bulger's payroll," both to protect him and to alert him to impending wiretaps, surveillance efforts and indictments.
The government will try to show that Bulger committed crimes while working as an informant for the FBI, revealing to the feds the mafia's secrets and corrupting them in the process to ignore his crimes.
Bulger never worked as an informant, Carney said, adding that "the worst thing" a person of Irish descent could do would be to inform.
But the defense acknowledged for the first time that Bulger was involved in drug trafficking and that he made millions of dollars from it.
The defense blamed the cooperating witnesses for the killings, saying they are falsely blaming Bulger for their own acts.
Carney urged the jurors to be skeptical about the credibility of the government's planned witnesses.
"Would you believe them beyond a reasonable doubt when you add the unbelievable incentives the government has given them?" he asked.
Bulger rose to the top of the notorious Winter Hill gang, prosecutors say, before he went into hiding for more than 16 years after an FBI agent told him in December 1994 that he was about to be indicted on federal racketeering charges.
But Carney claimed Bulger fled not because he was given the heads up on an impending indictment, but because he heard on the radio that federal agents were rounding up mobsters, an account heard for the first time ever.
Bulger was captured in Santa Monica, California, two years ago, living under a false name with his girlfriend in an apartment in the oceanside city.
At his July 2011 arraignment, he pleaded not guilty to the 19 murder charges and 13 other counts.
In the pretrial hearings, Bulger had argued he was given immunity by the FBI and a former prosecutor. A judge dismissed the claim, saying any purported immunity was not a defense against the crimes Bulger faces.
Besides the slayings, Bulger is accused of using violence, force and threats to shake down South Boston's bookmakers, loan sharks and drug dealers. The Irish mob allegedly laundered its ill-gotten gains though liquor stores, bars and other property it owned in South Boston.
"The guy is a sociopathic killer," Tom Foley, the organized crime investigator who spent most of his career with the Massachusetts State Police trying to put Bulger behind bars, told CNN in 2011. "He loved that type of life. He's one of the hardest and cruelest individuals that operated in the Boston area. He's a bad, bad, bad guy."
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Former Boston Globe reporter Dick Lehr, who wrote a book about Bulger, described him as a coldblooded killer whose gang went to lengths to avoid detection.
"When they killed someone -- this is pre-DNA -- they pulled the teeth out, cut the fingers off, tried to make it so the victims, if they were discovered from their graves, couldn't be identified. There's just no bottom. It doesn't get much uglier than someone like Whitey Bulger," Lehr said.
Few people knew Bulger was a rat.
FBI agent John Connolly, who was raised in the same housing projects as Bulger, cut a deal with the alleged mob figure in 1975. Bulger would give information about the Italian mob -- the FBI's prime target -- authorities said.
Protected by the rogue FBI agent, Bulger got names of other informants who had dirt on him and rival gang members, people he is accused of killing.
He knew when police were watching, knew when they were moving in.
After he fled Boston, he spent more than a decade on the FBI's Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list before his 2011 capture.
His girlfriend, Catherine Greig, was sentenced to eight years in prison last summer for helping him evade capture.
Connolly is serving a 50-year sentence for second-degree murder and racketeering.
Prosecutors plan to call as many as 80 witnesses. Among them will be Connolly and Flemmi, who was also an informant for the FBI. He is serving life terms without parole but avoided a possible death sentence by cooperating in the hunt for Bulger.
On Wednesday, Carney called Flemmi "a psychopath without a conscience."
Other former Bulger associates are expected to be called by the prosecution.
Last August, Carney said his client planned to testify.
"At this point in his life, his goal is to have the truth come out regarding how he was able to act with impunity for so long in the city of Boston," Carney told CNN affiliate WCVB-TV.

Trial already heating up on day 2. Retired Col. Foley of state police having to back track a lot on what he is testifying today and to what he wrote in his book. Said today Jimmy Martorano brokered the deal between John Martorano and the Govt. When pressed on why they did not go after Howie Winter Or Pat Nee, Foley basically clams up and says lack of "resources". I think all of these books are going to come back and haunt these guys or I should say haunt the Govt.

Bookies testified today
http://abcnews.go.com/US/whitey-bulger-snickers-witness-recalls-death-threat/t/story?id=19404209

Two former bookmakers from the 1970s and 1980s told a federal jury Friday that they were forced to make payments to James “Whitey” Bulger and his crew, and that the gangster and his cohorts had a reputation for hurting anyone who did not follow their demands.

“I had heard about them because their reputation preceded them. They were very capable,” said Richard O’Brien, 84, who ran gambling rackets for years and said he was forced into a meeting with Bulger in the mid-1970s.

“You’re working alone ... you ought to be with us,” Bulger told him, O’Brien recalled.

“They were laying down the law,” he told a jury in federal court in Boston.

James Katz, another bookmaker, said he dealt often with Bulger’s right-hand man, Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi, and it was his understanding that Flemmi and Bulger ran their gang together.

“You knew Stevie Flemmi had a reputation that he had killed several people?” Bulger’s lawyer, J.W. Carney Jr. asked.

“I would never want to run into him,” Katz acknowledged.

Bulger, 83, is on trial in US District Court, charged in 32 counts of a racketeering indictment that alleges that while running a criminal enterprise from 1972 to 2000, he participated in 19 murders; extorted bookmakers and drug dealers, and businessmen; laundered his criminal profits through real estate transactions; and stockpiled an arsenal of weapons.

Katz told jurors that he paid $500 a month — $1,000 a month during football season — in “rent” to Bulger’s gang, and often drove directly to Bulger’s headquarters in a garage near the old Boston Garden to make the payment.

He also testified that Flemmi and Bulger increased the amount of money that gamblers would have to pay to place a bet, putting more money in their gang’s pockets. And he said that Bulger funded local loansharks.

Katz said people who crossed Flemmi and Bulger were skirting danger. “You can wind up in the hospital, so to say,” he said.

Under Carney’s cross-examination, Katz acknowledged that he had given differing accounts of how many times he had met Bulger. He also acknowledged that his dealings were not with Bulger but with Flemmi and others who claimed to be working for Bulger’s gang, which he called “The Bulger Group.”

Katz, now 72, was placed in a witness protection program as part of his agreement with prosecutors to cooperate and testify against Bulger. He pleaded guilty in 1992 in federal court to gambling, money laundering, and wire fraud, and was sentenced to four years in prison. He also had to forfeit $1 million from a check cashing scheme that he acknowledged laundered millions of dollars.

Katz had a history of gambling convictions in state court and had served months-long prison sentences. “Story of my life,” he said.

But federal prosecutors brought a federal case against him and used the threat of longer prison sentences to pressure him to testify against higher-level criminals.

Katz was initially reluctant to testify, even with the protection of an immunity agreement. He was held in contempt of court, and threatened with an additional 18 months in prison beyond his four-year term.

Then Katz agreed to cooperate, saying he feared prosecutors would seek the forfeiture of his home. He has a wife and three children.

Carney suggested that Katz was shaping his testimony to implicate Bulger so that he could satisfy his agreement with prosecutors to provide “substantial assistance.”

Prosecutors say Bulger was a ruthless killer who terrorized Boston’s underworld for decades. His legend grew when he eluded a worldwide manhunt for 16 years after his indictment in 1995 and when it was learned that he had been protected by the FBI, which considered him a prized informant. The story of his criminal rise, which paralleled the political ascent of his brother, former state Senate President William M. Bulger, has inspired books, TV shows, and movies.

On Thursday, the jury heard from Thomas J. Foley, a retired Massachusetts State Police colonel who testified that FBI agents constantly sabotaged his efforts to target Bulger, forcing investigators to rely on a hitman and other unsavory characters to build a case against the gangster and expose his corrupt relationship with the bureau.

Bulger’s defense team tried to use Foley’s testimony to argue that the FBI was so corrupt in its handling of the notorious South Boston gangster that its claim that he was an informant should not be believed. The defense also grilled Foley about whether the prosecution team let hitman-turned-government witness John Martorano refuse to testify against his friends, as long as he cooperated against Bulger.

This seems to be the best article on day 3


Boston (CNN) -- In many respects it was like a meeting of old friends: James "Whitey" Bulger listening carefully -- laughing heartily at one point -- to colorful recollections of former Boston bookie Richard O'Brien, who ran a successful bookmaking operation that he inherited from his father.
But this was no remember-when reunion between two elderly men.
The 84-year-old O'Brien, who lives in Florida and uses a wheel chair, testified Friday as a prosecution witness at the federal trial of Bulger, who is charged in the deaths of 19 people during the nearly two decades that prosecutors say he was the head of the Irish mob in Boston.
O'Brien described a meeting between Bulger and a man who owed him money. When the man balked at paying, Bulger replied, "We have a business besides bookmaking." "What's that?" the man asked. "Killing (expletive) like you."
The 83-year-old Bulger, who has shown little emotion in the first days of trial, threw his head back and let out a laugh.
Whitey Bulger in hiding
O'Brien said he was an "independent" bookmaker, or unaffiliated with a crime organization, when Bulger summoned him to a meeting to discuss joining the Bulger group.
O'Brien said had been working for the Italian mafia in Boston's North End but Bulger told him, "Forget the North End. If you want to be in business, you have to be with us."
He had no choice but to join Bulger's Winter Hill gang, O'Brien testified, saying, "Their reputation preceded them."
O'Brien then referenced Boston's violent gang wars saying, "A lot of people were shot. Mr. Bulger ended up on top. You can draw your own conclusions."
Thus began a 14-year relationship, with O'Brien testifying he paid Bulger's group a couple of thousand dollars, cash, in "rent" virtually every month.
Asked why, O'Brien replied, "I valued my life as well as those with me."
The monthly payment went in excess of $2,000, O'Brien said, and was sometimes higher because Bulger and partner Steven "The Rifleman" Flemmi would charge random "taxes" if, for example, one of O'Brien's workers found himself at the end of a government wiretap.
Bulger never personally took the money, which was always paid in cash. It was always handed to Bulger's partner, Flemmi. "Maybe he never wanted it entered into evidence," O'Brien offered.
O'Brien said he moved to Florida in the early '90s, turning over the day-to-day operations of his bookmaking business to one of his six daughters. Several years later, he said, he was summoned to a meeting with Flemmi amid rumblings that Bulger associates -- including a "father-and-daughter team" -- were starting to cooperate with the government.
He said before he left for the meeting he told his daughter, "If I'm not back in 12 hours go to the FBI in Miami. Don't go home (to Boston). Don't go to the FBI there."
O'Brien is expected to continue testifying Monday.
Jurors earlier heard testimony from retired Massachusetts State Police Col. Thomas Foley, who on Thursday described the FBI's informant program as "poorly run."
"The FBI put a higher priority protecting their informants" than they did protecting "public safety," Foley said.
Bulger's lawyers are trying to show Bulger was allowed to act with impunity, sanctioned by corrupt FBI agents and federal prosecutors.
On cross-examination Bulger attorney Hank Brennan questioned Foley about the integrity of Bulger's FBI informant file, which is likely to be introduced at trial, asking the retired investigator why he would accept the informant file as accurate when it was compiled by the same FBI agents Foley believed were lying to him.
Foley said he had other sources but acknowledged he had never checked the validity of the entire file.
Bulger's lawyers also are trying to establish that Bulger was never a paid informant for the FBI and that instead Bulger was the one paying rogue agents for information.
The trial is expected to take up to three months and has the potential to reveal sensational details about the mob and FBI corruption, especially if Bulger chooses to testify.
Bulger was in hiding for 16 years before he was captured in Santa Monica, California, two years ago, living under a false name with his girlfriend in an apartment in the oceanside city.
At his July 2011 arraignment, he pleaded not guilty to the 19 murder charges and 13 other counts.

today is very interesting in the trial here is some quotes from johnny martorano himself on the standshowing MIchael Milano's bullet-riddled Mercedes. You can still see the bullet holes in the wall at Sparhawk and Market. #whiteytrialA "boiler," Martorano explained, was a stolen car that carried "all the guns."#Bulgerfirst killing: Michael Milano, mistake, bartender of Angeli's. Sparhawk Street in Brighton. other guy in car paralyzed, woman wounded.Howie Carr ‏@HowieCarrShow 14m Now Indian War after Mafia bookie Paulie Folino murdered by Al Angeli. Winter Hill handled wiping out Indian Al's gang.Howie Carr ‏@HowieCarrShow 26m murder of Jack Banno outside the Sugar Shack. "He came at me with a knife. I was on a date with a lady. I took the knife and stabbed him."one of the dead was a woman. JM: I felt terrible. I wanted to shoot myself but I can't change it." On to the NEGRO shootings by Campbells.Going over early victims, bobby Palladino, John Jackson, Anthony Veranis....#whiteytrial

Going over the gangs of the early 60's. Very familiar if you've read #Hitman. Roxbury gang, Barboza gang, Howie Winter... #bulgertrialMarshals just had to intercept a man who walked up to witness stand and asked Martorano for his autograph during a break in #Bulger.Howie Carr ‏@HowieCarrShow 1h JM split a $110,000 advance with HC. Describes me as "a local writer for the Herald around here." #bulgertrial #whiteyWyshak: Did you anyone ever pay you to kill people? JM No. Wyshak: Why was book named Hitman." JM: He thought it would sell better."GK films paid $250,000 to date for rights to life. you hope they make a movie. "I'm hopin'."Expand Collapse Reply Retweet Retweeted Delete Favorite Favorited More Email Tweet Embed Tweet Howie Carr ‏@HowieCarrShow 1h Asked for lump sum $20,000 "to get started when I come out of jail." #whiteytrial

Howie Carr ‏@HowieCarrShow 1h Martorano got $6000 in commissary money from DEA while in prison for "toothbrushes, soap." wouldn't go in witness protection #whiteytrialHowie Carr ‏@HowieCarrShow 1h confessed to 8 more murders during debriefing on the 60's when not member of Winter Hill gang. never been charged "never. 8 victims named.Laurel J. Sweet ‏@Laurel_Sweet 1h #Bulger initially stole a look at Martorano, but is back to staring straight ahead. Prosecutor Fred Wyshak handling directJM says he provided info against Hill members Howie Winter and Pat Nee (sure to be point of contention in cross.) #whiteytrial #bulgerOn Flemmi & Bulger: "They were my partners in crime, my best friends, my children's godfathers." "It broke my heart" to learn they're rats.

Howie Carr ‏@HowieCarrShow 2h O'Brien saved from Flemmi "by the good graces of John Martorano." #whiteytrial.O'Brien felt responsible for Tara's nervous breakdown because O'Brien said go to FBI in Miami 10-12 hours if I don't come back #whiteytrial.O'Brien admits he pulled one of his six daughters into the business because he needed someone he could trust.#BulgerCarney: You were very uncomfortable with Stevie Flemmi?" O'Brien: "At times." O'Brien knew he'd killed his girlfriend. #whiteytrial

O'Brien blamed dying George Kaufman for collecting rent. O'Brien says working for Angiulos vs. Whitey was "like black and whiteAngiulos didn't charge rent, just wanted bets, "businesslike." "All Stevie and Whitey cared about was the 'rent.'" #whiteytrial #bulgerO'Brien started out with Bernie McGarry, but he went to prison. His agents were defecting so he decided to go to "The Man." #whiteytrialThe Man sent O'Brien to the Angiulos, never lost agents anymore. got to be friendly with Peter Limone, framed for 30 years. #whiteytrialEarly 70's needed layoff, Winter Hill wanted O'Brien. Said: "Everybody's gotta be with somebody." Carney brings up Johnny, O'Brien resists.Winter HIll said to O'Brien: "You wear the white hat, we wear the black hat." In other words, we handle the muscle. #whiteytrial #bulgerO'Brien was a bookie who believed in customer satisfaction. His father, who taught him the 'biz, said ...#BulgerWhen Bobby O'Connor Southie bookie retired O'Brien absorbed his agents. Now talking about deadbeat lawyer who said he's related to Whitey.Timilty was last name of agent who dealt with deadbeat lawyer who owed 4K and claimed Bulger was his relative. #whiteytrial #bulgerwieCarrShow 2h Invoking the Hill when collecting: "the best out I had was, would you like to talk to people from Winter Hill? 'No Dick, we'll settle it.'"

#Bulger jury just shown dead body in trunk of stolen car that kids in Charlestown unwittingly stole after it was dumped in projects.

Can Howie Winter be prosecuted by any of Martorano's testimony today? Martorano had never testified to Howie pulling the trigger in the other trials and he did today on two hits. Martorano has said he is not a rat because he was telling on the two biggest rats, who were ratting on everyone else. Pretty sure he just ratted out Howie.

Martorano-12 years for over 20 murders, what a fucking deal.

Martorano is Gd up lol

Really makes me wonder why the govt made that deal. 12 years for some1 who killed more than 20 people wtf they already had bulgers top 2 guys flemmi and weeks to testify who probly had more knowledge of bulgers killings. They couldve left that scumbag to rot in prison and had just as strong a case.

Man respect Joe for all the updates.

Bump

Can't wait to see Whitey take the stand. Should be good.

Martorano's a mass murderer, Whitey will just say it was him who killed the guy on his own. Two murdering maniac rats putting the rap on each other.

tHIS TRIAL ia basically gonna end up with everyu reported putting a book out, all detailing the same hum drum bs thats been reported for 20 yrs, over and over! its pathetic but the only story i want to hear or read is that of whitey himself! i cant wait, should be great

I agree patty

Agreed.