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Happened, we have learned already in this court, that the fbis files about bulger were locked in fire proof saves, to keep them from corrupt agents who it was feared would leak the information back to the mob. it was common practices in those days to help feed him tips to help evade arrest, and to help him identify who in the fbi was working against him. just today, a former fbi agent testified that he warned his bosses at the fbi in 1982 that he was worried one of bulgers associates was in dang...

Their defense in the huge indictment that alleges bulger committed 19 murders. the judge has told bulgers attorneys they have until tomorrow to decide if he will take the stand in his own defense. but even if that has not happened, we have learned already in this court, that the fbis files about bulger were locked in fire proof saves, to keep them from corrupt agents who it was feared would leak the information back to the mob. it was common practices in those days to help feed him tips to help ...

In boston, it has been a big week in the trial of gangster whitey bulger, his lawyers began their defense in the huge indictment that alleges bulger committed 19 murders. the judge has told bulgers attorneys they have until tomorrow to decide if he will take the stand in his own defense. but even if that has not happened, we have learned already in this court, that the fbis files about bulger were locked in fire proof saves, to keep them from corrupt agents who it was feared would leak the infor...

Were able to get these people, these victims, and when he was testifying, erin, he did it in a way that was so cold blooded that you really felt that there was simply no emotion involved. the only time you really got emotional is when he said well im testifying, because whitey bulger broke my heart. he broke our loyalty once he decided or once it became known that he was an fbi informant, erin. >> and deb, quickly i know you heard about the relationship between the fbi agent john connally who wa...

>> and deb, quickly i know you heard about the relationship between the fbi agent john connally who was convicted of helping bulger avoid arrest and whiteys brother. this fbi agent had a relationship with whiteys brother. what did you learn about that? >> absolutely. and not only that its john martorano who helped put john connally, the rogue fbi agent away. martorano testified when john connally came back he thanked bulgers brother billy who was a very powerful politician here in boston, and wh...

Fact, he ran a criminal enterprise that involved drug trafficking, extortion, loan sharking. when you saw the dynamic between these two men. whitey bulger stared straight ahead in that courtroom. he was less than six feet away from john martorano and yet the two men never made eye contact and martorano described murder after murder that he committed, and he linked bulger to at least eight of those murders. and he talks about how, you know, you find your victim, your target, and you go out two ca...

I mean, that is just ridiculous. i mean, he is sort of making himself so much more important. the u.s. government is not going to do that. for one thing the u.s. government couldnt do it. hes in hiding in hong kong. hes probably surrounded by chinese security agents. its just not possible for us to do that. >> you think they would murder people there would be a lot of people higher up on the list perhaps. gordon chang thank you very much. as we said the first make that china connection that your...

China connection that youre now hearing so much about. now to the trial of the ex-mob boss turned fbi informant. so a former associated of james, known as whitey bulger took the stand against him today. john martorano testified about bulgers involvement in several murders while the two were members of bostons winter hill gang. bulger was once one of the most wanted men in america. he went into hiding in the 1990s, and remained in hiding until 2011. along with drug dealing and extortion the 83-ye...

Amazing to be there. i know that these men were in their 50s when they last saw each other. bulger and martorano. but how much tension was there in the courtroom? >> there was a lot of tension and there was no love loss between these two men who were once so close that they would spend their days basically committing murders. bulger has acknowledged that, in fact, he ran a criminal enterprise that involved drug trafficking, extortion, loan sharking. when you saw the dynamic between these two men...

Look, if theres anything i can do for you and bulger said, the brother, billy bulger said, keep whitey out of trouble. and that began a relationship that many feel not only flourished but allowed this criminal enterprise to reach heights there could not have had there not been that kind of intimate cooperation between whitey bulger the crime boss with john connally that rogue fbi agent and hes now serving 40 years in state prison because he tipped off whitey that somebody was about to testify ag...