Mega Edition: Whitey Bulger And His Relationship With The Feds (10/28/26)
James “Whitey” Bulger was one of the most notorious organized crime figures in American history, a ruthless Boston gangster who controlled the Winter Hill Gang and built a criminal empire through murder, extortion, loansharking, illegal gambling and drug trafficking. What made Bulger particularly extraordinary was his relationship with the federal government, specifically the FBI, which recruited him as a confidential informant in 1975. Under an arrangement overseen by FBI agent John Connolly, Bulger provided intelligence about rival organized crime figures, particularly members of the New…
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