davidboeri

Find the zombie informants and eliminate them.

1. Nicholson played a cardboard cutout compared to Bulger—a cartoon figure. Bulger was more devious and buttoned down about what he did.

2. No. At this point it doesn't appear that the defense has a defense, and even if Bulger beats some of the charges, Bulger's road heads south, where two states, Florida and Oklahoma, are enthusiastic about the death penalty and enthusiastic about trying him in a death penalty case.

Thank you, pleasure to do this.

1. Now, it's more like disorganized crime compared to the 1980s. They are at the bottom of the Mafia gene pool and informants are everywhere.

2. I was attracted by the search into things that were wrong and uncovering dirt.

3. My favorite place used to be an Irish bar called The Littlest, which was the size of two coat closets. Now it's not so little, and I don't go there so much. I like Hanover Street in the North End.

There are 700 pages of files that the government has of reports from Bulger. He claims he wasn't an informant. The question is, could anybody have fabricated 700 reports with his name. The evidence shows he met with agents at their houses, at his partner (Stephen Flemmi)'s house, and at hotels all over the city. And there are multiple witnesses.

It seems ludicrous to believe that in fact he didn't give up names and that somebody fabricated all the names he did give. He insists he was not a rat. Maybe it's semantics. Other people, including agents, said he wanted to be considered a "consultant" or "advisor." He may not be a rat, but it would appear he was the biggest canary. He talked about everybody.

No, he's going to get no breaks. The point is: What's become clear at this trial is the two things that are most important to Bulger is that people don't believe he killed women, as the government charges, and they don't believe he was an informant.

His outbursts in court have involved allegations he's an informant. Remember, especially in Irish culture, there's nothing lower than a "tout," the Irish term for rat or canary.