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Summary: Entrapment
Review: Some questions one might ask in this case: 1) Have any federal/state personnel in Massachusetts/NH been sanctioned formally or informally to use any children Bulger might have as bait to aid in his capture or to punish the children because the father is gone? 2) Did Bulger have a child employed by a TEMPEST site contractor who has been blackballed throughout MA/NH industry through government contacts with industry in the region even though such a child might not be aware of their background? 3) If any state or federal officials are using children of Bulger against him, is there an effort underway to also conceal the fact this is going on through pretense efforts?
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Summary: The Civil War
Review: If you research the history of Massachusetts you will find that the early to mid 1960s was a frenzy of projects and activity during the height of Kennedy power and influence. In Middlesex County Congressman F. Bradford Morse represented a district that even included Lawrence,Mass. In Middlesex County the space and military sectors flourished with projects as Apollo in Bedford, Voyager in Wilmington,a NIKE missile base in Burlington, the Boston Navy Yard, and such music greats as Bob Dylan,Joan Baez, and Muddy Waters playing at Club 47 in Cambridge. JFK, before he was assassinated, endorsed Woburn as the future site of the Johnson Space Center.One of the most constructive things which can come out of this case is to understand precisely the politics and sociological events in the wake of JFK's assassination and economic intrigues in the region as a precipitator of the violence that is tragically the focus of this book and case. In the 1960s a minimum of 24 organized crime families prospered nationwide. Hollywood portrays such groups as unsophisticated, but when one considers the nature of the beast, each organized crime family might be viewed as a clan of varying size and influence through all strata of government which forms the 'informal government'. To those not involved such groups a lot of things must seem like random events but not so to those involved.By understanding the dynamics involved we gain a better understanding of how events are orchestrated by the subtle interplay of cooperating and sometimes competing groups.
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Summary: Labyrinth in a fog
Review: I know an individual who may be a critical pawn in this case. Around the time of the transition between the Bush and Clinton administrations, this individual was employed by a company with government contracts and informed in an intimidating manner " we will be monitoring you.." by alleged government personel. A couple years later, a local paper did a story on that person's quest to find out who their father is. Not long after the article, the editor disappeared, Whitey Bulger fled, Jonathan Harr's book about kids afflicted by water pollution came out and " all hell broke loose" for this individual. The person received numerous IRS audits and problems with their accounts at Fleet Bank( where at the time the IRS issued refund checks). In the Merrimack Valley,Mass. region, a major IRS facility, regional FBI office and other government agencies are located. This was also the area Jan Schlictmann of Harr's book frequented at a prominent lawyer's law offices. It has taken nearly 7 years, the statute of limitations for many crimes, for the FBI to assign a specialist fugitive hunter to the case.. Over the nearly 7 years, the individual had a wide series of "job interviews" that were anomalous in that the interviews appeared to be fact finding missions by interviewers who knew far more about this person's work history and personal activities than is demonstrated by interviewers,suggesting perhaps investigators (govt or private) who have been briefed about the individual ahead of time and are looking for anything incriminating, now matter how far-reaching, to build a case against the person. These 'interviewers' often " moved on.." not long after the interviews. Question: does Whitey or some other party in this case have a child that has been a pawn since day one to control him/them? This is a major question for the Burton committee. Has a case been increasingly built around such a child to penalize Bulger before and after the flight and if so what tactics and results might one expect to be used against the child? Might not such forces use everything from portraying the child as mentally ill to an unambitious bum? There is a serious concern also as to how this case can be properly investigated. If Burton's committee wanted an honest appraisal, then perhaps an agency with no links to either the Justice Dept and its subsidiaries or the FBI might be called on. This case is an entangled web of professional and personal breaches across several agency/law enforcement boundaries. And if a child/children have been used as collateral in the case, the question arises who and what entities may be involved. Could state authorities but not the FBI or Justice Dept or all of them have known about such children? Would the children by hated by all and treated accordingly?
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Summary: A must read!
Review: In the papers after Bulger left Judge Wolf was quoted as saying ( to the best of my knowledge)that the mafia are "..good men, family men..." . Governor Cellucci and Scott Harshbarger publicly supported Bulger in the early stages. Judge Wolf worked under Bill Weld at the Justice Dept and Gary Crossen was involved in the mafia induction taping. Around this time i knew an individual who became a target of increased threats and harassment against themselves and others around them. Their friends started acting nervous or afraid and backed off, as if being intimidated. The people doing the harassing alleged links to different individuals prolific in state politics. This person went to the authorities and was blown off by the FBI and told by the Justice Dept that they do not speak to ordinary citizens and to get a lawyer.Later the person requested copies of any files that either may have on them and was told either the agency was 'too busy' or claimed ignorance about any such contacts. The experience lends additional credence to claims by the Litif family, Barretts,Mcintyre families. The day after Schneiderhan was busted this person was approached by an angry, official looking person looking for incriminating information. The individual had no criminal background but it appeared that as soon as they looked for help they became a target and this follows very much what happened to several of the victims in this case.
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Summary: Searching for Bigfoot
Review: That's what this case is like. This case is in many ways similar to the case of Danny Casolaro and his pursuit of 'The Octopus'.Someone i am familiar with suddenly became chronically unemployable in the Middlesex County area, blanketing Massachusetts and New Hampshire with resumes to employers and getting no job. At a 1/40,000 probability of getting a job in 40,000 submittals,the probability is .000025 and this person does not even have that high odds.
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Summary: So strange a tale it has to be non-fiction
Review: Get this book. It has slow moments, but the things that "Whitey", the main focus of this book, gets away with as a criminal are so outrageous you'll be stunned. As I read the book I was sharing with my coworkers the antics of "Whitey", the guy is so brazen it defies words. I'd tell you some things he did here, but I don't want to spoil the fun. By the way, as of this writing in May of 2001, "Whitey" is still on the FBI's Top Ten List and no one knows where he is...
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Summary: When the bough breaks................
Review: Have leads that could help or exonerate Bulger and Flemmi been disregarded in the investigation? Is the FBI making facts fit the profile by which this messy case can be cleaned up by blaming everything on Flemmi and Bulger? Does our nation have a history of doing this? Sacco and Vanzetti? Has organized crime in some form infiltrated nearly every facet of American government and are whole families bridges between government and organized crime? What is the relationship between government and organized crime? Will Dan Burton call the CIA up to detail the nature of its relationship with Bulger? Would the President himself get involved in a case like this?
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Summary: Truth or Dare
Review: I know an individual who has repeatedly submitted background information that might be highly relevant to this case to America's Most Wanted only to have themselves targeted afterwards. This individual knows of a boy who was bounced around and with roots in the region of Salemme and Salvati. This boy bounced around different foster homes,was abused and even beaten as a youth by school authorities and may be the son of Flemmi,Bulger or someone else in this case. The boy's mother died young under somewhat questionable circumstances and when her obituary was published her age was listed as nearly 2 decades younger than she actually was, a fact overlooked by anyone who inquires about it. Notlong before Bulger vanished the boy, now a man, had a story done about his search for his father. Bulger disappeared, the man lost his job,school authorities who had been harsh now attempted to do good by him, and social workers where contact was still maintained began acting anxious,standoff-ish and perhaps even defensive.Some people he once knew began reappearing in his life with names different than ones he met them under. When this case became prevalent in the media, increased media attention in the case resulted in proportional harassment of this man in the form of threats,phone calls,and much more.The boy had been mistreated because of his family background, but the boy did not know his background because he was already in foster care before age 1.It appears that the boy was shuffled around and mistreated perhaps because of information provided about him to his caretakers that may have been misleading.If the boy is the son of someone in this case, it may have been leaked out and the boy became a target. Could the man be Whitey Bulger's son and have suffered much abuse because of the reputation of Bulger? If he is the son of Bulger, was the boy raised in close proximity to the families of government employees? Could a child have been forced to suffer if his father did not cooperate with either the government or organized crime?
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Summary: Hook, line and Sinker
Review: This investigation does look like a sham but not necessarily because of the FBI.It seems likely that other agencies, the Defense Investigative Service, perhaps, may be involved also. In 1963 3 major things happened: 1) The Defense Investigative Service is said to have been established, 2) The USS Thresher sunk off the coast of Portsmouth,NH and 3) JFK was shot. Massachusetts, at the height of Kennedy power was locked in a battle over federal funding projects between NASA and the Boston Navy Yard. A serviceman is said to have testified before Congress that 20% of the backpressure relief valves were installed backwards in the Thresher and that the hull of the Thresher was crushed at a time when the Portsmouth and Boston navy yards may have been competing for funds. A group of workmen transferred from the Boston to Portsmouth navy yards not long before the tragedy happened. The Thresher sinks, JFK is shot, and not long after Flemmi emerges in the midst of the Mclean-Mclaughlin wars,said to have been between Somerville and Charlestown. The federal witness protection program emerges as do Joe Valachi and Joe 'the animal'Barboza. As the Mclean-Mclaughlin wars rage on, NSA decides to open an office in Boston while in Mass alone you have all sorts of military bases. These guys are said to have operated for 3 decades in a state of very high security. You have informants contradicting each other and allegations of a sham investigation which is not entirely unfounded when you consider it 'has been going on' for almost 7 years!
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Summary: Jack in the Box
Review: There is an individual who may have ties to this case Burton and others may be unaware of. The person had some contact with individuals who were 'into Jai Alai' and lived in close proximity to where Salvati and Limone and Salemme lived. This person has been conspicuously kept sequestered and Dan Burton et al might want to investigate further..information has been provided to America's Most Wanted. H Paul Rico appeared before Congress but it seems odd that he would do this if he had anything to hide. The general public is not considering the possibility that perhaps he really did submit the lead from an informant on behalf of Salvati and Limone but it was mishandled higher up. Not withstanding the allegations against Rico, it is sad to see a former star FBI agent lacking ANY support from his peers. Current and future FBI agents at this very moment might be making decisions that will land them too in the position Rico and Connolly are in. A concern in this case is that much information has been lost,witnesses are dead and security restrictions in place that may bar Rico and others from fully disclosing the particulars. Another curious item is that the FBI has not established its own anonymous lead source. Former Governor Paul Cellucci is responsible for releasing Salvati.
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