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Federal prison where he will be for the rest of his life. welcome joe and bulgers defense attorney hank brennan. joe, you talked to him through his attorney. who is he and how was he able to control the underworld and law enforcement? >> thats the essential question of the movie. whitey bulger was a brutal vicious killer but hes also a guy who had law enforcement in his back pocket. he paid off people for information. the conventional story that has -- the boston media has invested itself in is ...

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>> well, one of the interesting phenomenons at the trial is that ive never seen at a trial where the defendants -- the victims families were cheering the defense on because the defense in cross-examination was trying to ferret out the truth about these very issues were talking about. you had a trial where loved ones of victims were actually supportive of the defendants counsel because it was they trying to get this information out about the nature of the corrupt relationship of the fbi and the d...

Went into the facts of whether he was an informant, and i asked every single witness if they had ever heard him give them information. and every witness for the government that they called that was a former law enforcement officer said jim called said ji bulger never gave them information. whether there was one piece of information that ever led to a prosecution, the answer was no. those are really the facts. thats not my opinion. >> sir you got -- >> when you have a local journalist who has a s...

Bulger in a film called "black mask." but whiteys real story is as compelling as hollywood could conceive. >> and he buried people there, buried people there and he went to sleep there. >> there were over 25 years where bulger ruled the organized crime world. he was never charged with even a misdemeanor. >> is the government excited about having bulger come back? some people certainly are. but there are others who have many sleepless nights about what james bulgers going to testify to. >> i aske...

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For the next 50 years. >> thank you some for your time, maria and amy. >> thank you so much. there was an unusual spectator at the james bulger trial. robert duvall. he was sitting in the back of the room watching the trial and soaking up the atmosphere. why? well, duvall is in the boston area filming the movie "the judge." however, he wouldnt say for sure why he chose to sit in on bulgers trial. all he said was it was interesting. >>. coming up this weekend director ridley scott joins cnn w...

Partially based on bulger. >> last time i tipped you off and you were not in jail. >> im getting the feeling weve got a cop in my crew. >> but the defense says the pictures the prosecution has painted is all wrong. the witnesses, many of whom are former henchmen say theyre unreliable and never an fbi informant. that will be hard to believe when you look at the story painted in the book "whitey bulker, americas most wanted gangster. i spoke to kevin cullen earlier. >> kevin, you and your co-autho...

Today the case begins against james "whitie "bulger for murder and mayhem. how many crooked fbi agents are being brought to justice? hi, everybody. im jake tapper. welcome to "the lead." peel begin with two window washers who are trache in midtown manhattan. their scaffolding collapsed, buckling in the middle, leaving both men straded hundreds of feet in the air. rescue crews are already on the way to the scene. you can see the men are wearing harnesses, they appear to be okay. in fact we saw ...

Metamucil. 3 amazing benefits, 1 super fiber. ♪ welcome back to "hardball." next week in boston a jury selection begins in a highly anticipated trial of whitey bulger the notorious leader of the winter hill gang sort of irish mafia for his alleged role in 19 murders, extortion, loan sharking, and trafficking narcotics charges. whitey bulger is considered both folk hero and criminal sometimes both at the same time in south boston especially. his brother billy was a major politician in the sen...