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When whitey went on the lamb, he enticed jackie, begged jackie to give him photographs they could use, because they look-alike p.m. he could use them as phony i.d.s, he lured his own brother into his conspiracy. it cost jackie his felony conviction and pension. whitey bulger did that. not me, not shelly murphy. we have a lot more tonight including this, is the mystery of jimmy hoffas whereabouts on the verge of being solved? i know a lot of people said that before. an fbi agent believes theyre...

Brother out of trouble. thats when the relationship began, whitey began paying connelley cash, bought him gifts, gave him some diamonds to give to his wife for his anniversary, it was a long relationship, and one that allowed many of the murders, prosecutors contend to take place, because connelley was telling him when someone was going to testify against him, that allowed bulger to wipe him out. >> kevin cullen is co author of whitely bulger, americas most wanted gangster, and the manhunt that ...

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 against him. that guy got killed. erin? >> that guy got killed. all right thank you very much, deb feyerick. obviously going to be some say the trial of the century in boston this summer. the search is o...

And, you know, i just finished my column for tomorrow and i said, even if whiteys lawyers are able to convince the jury that hes only half as bad as johnny, that means hes only half as bad as a sociopath who admitted to killing 20 people. thats not much of a defense. >> what do you think bulger hopes to get out of this trial? whats the best possible outcome for him? is he concerned about his legacy or anything like that? >> absolutely. hes concerned about the self- -- the self-serving narrative ...

My column for tomorrow and i said, even if whiteys lawyers are able to convince the jury that hes only half as bad as johnny, that means hes only half as bad as a sociopath who admitted to killing 20 people. thats not much of a defense. >> what do you think bulger hopes to get out of this trial? whats the best possible outcome for him? is he concerned about his legacy or anything like that? >> absolutely. hes concerned about the self- -- the self-serving narrative he created his entire life. he ...

Informants with the fbi that he was the one that volunteered to give the murders and put them in murders and put himself in murders, as he said today from the stand the racketeering indictment he was facing when he got grabbed by steve johnson of the state police here in 1995, he might have done two, three years, tops. and then he put himself in a murder, and -- in 20 murders. he admitted to 20 murders and he ended up doing 12 years which is a sweetheart deal which any definition. as the prosecu...

Who was powerful, he met with billy and said, look, thank you for keeping me honest, if theres anything i can do let me know, billy said, keep my brother out of trouble. thats when the relationship began, whitey began paying connelley cash, bought him gifts, gave him some diamonds to give to his wife for his anniversary, it was a long relationship, and one that allowed many of the murders, prosecutors contend to take place, because connelley was telling him when someone was going to testify agai...

Was the first to raise questions about whitey bulgers relationship with the fbi. you expected bulger would stare down martorano. thats not how it played out. >> i think the flip side of whitey, he will either try to intimidate you or make you believe that you dont exist. one of the things we found when we were writing our book, we sent him letters asking for his cooperation or even for him to read the manuscript and check it for accuracy, and he wrote to somebody who gave us his letters from jai...

>> absolutely. the relationship between whitey bulger and john connelley is what many people believe allowed the empire to flourish for so many years. when connelley returned to boston, he met with billy bulger who was powerful, he met with billy and said, look, thank you for keeping me honest, if theres anything i can do let me know, billy said, keep my brother out of trouble. thats when the relationship began, whitey began paying connelley cash, bought him gifts, gave him some diamonds to give...

Relationship. you expected bulger would stair down marterano. thats not how it played out. >> i think the flip side of whitey, he will either try to intimidate you or make you believe that you dont exist. one of the things we found when we were writing our book, we sent himmlers asking for his cooperation or even for him to read the manuscript and check it for accuracy, and he wrote to somebody who gave us his letters for jail. in which he said, he would not even give us the satisfaction of know...