I've already acquitted him, sorry.
"Bulger says FBI deal gives him immunity" June 25, 2012 | Milton J. Valencia and Travis Andersen
The notorious gangster James “Whitey” Bulger, speaking for the first time through his lawyers about his scandalous arrangement with the government, said in the court records that he plans to file a motion to dismiss the charges, based on his immunity from prosecution for serving as an FBI informant.
Bulger has requested a hearing and indicated that he may summons US District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns, a former federal prosecutor who is now presiding judge on the case, to testify about what he knew of Bulger’s longstanding agreement with the federal government.
Bulger’s lawyer, J.W. Carney Jr., would not elaborate on the agreement. But he said outside the courthouse and in court records that the government’s refusal to indict Bulger on the murder charges before his relationship with the FBI was exposed in the late 1990s, for instance, demonstrated that he had immunity for his crimes.....
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I hope you like the staged and scripted show, folks. Here this guy was living blocks away from the local FBI office. They KNEW WHERE HE WAS, folks, they were just WAITING TO SPRING some of these COLD CASES on you so the Fascist Bureau of Instigation would look like they are doing their jobs, tracking down old leads, framing patsies, 'er, I mean, busting terror plots and malware schemes and keeping us all safe.
Related: US attorney rebuts Bulger claim of immunity
Prosecutors oppose Bulger claim of immunity
I think I'll just wait for the movie:
"Mixed feelings as Hub heroes explore movie on its villain; Bulger’s portrayal may be challenge for Damon, Affleck" October 28, 2011|By Joseph P. Kahn, Globe Staff
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon grew up in Cambridge and have contributed their talents to a string of successful movies set in the Boston area, among them “Good Will Hunting,’’ “The Departed,’’ and “The Town.’’ Collectively these films have established Boston in the minds of moviegoers around the globe.
But their latest venture, a proposed movie about Boston mobster James “Whitey’’ Bulger, is already stirring mixed emotions among local people who have known Bulger and who fear it might glamorize a ruthless criminal.
Yeah, the movies and media never do that (blog editor rolls his eyes skyward).
We lionize war criminals and no one seems to have a problem with that.
“If anyone makes this movie, I’m pleased it’s these two. They’re brilliant,’’ said Tommy Donahue, whose father was allegedly killed by Bulger and his henchmen. “But I definitely have mixed emotions about this. Hopefully they can depict Whitey Bulger for what he is. They’ll need to do their homework, though.’’
How Bulger might be portrayed onscreen - Damon has indicated he wants the role - concerns attorney Anthony Cardinale as well. Bulger has been charged with 19 slayings, many shockingly brutal.
“If it’s done honestly, [Damon] will look like an idiot, a treacherous piece of junk. It’ll be a bad career move for him,’’ said Cardinale, who represented Francis “Cadillac Frank’’ Salemme, then the New England Mafia boss, in a case that helped expose Bulger’s corrupt ties with the FBI.
That would be the Fascist Bureau of Instigation for those that don't know.
If not done accurately, Cardinale added, “it’s a worse career move.’’
Bulger’s arrest in June and pending trial may yield even more details of gruesome killings and FBI corruption, heightening interest in any dramatization of the mobster’s life and crimes.
That is what they are really worried about.
But along with the interest come questions about how key pieces of the story might be treated or left out.
I understand that feeling being a reader of the Boston Globe.
On the one hand, there is widespread praise for Affleck and Damon as homegrown stars who have never abandoned their roots.
Didn't Damon narrate Inside Job?
“As a Bostonian, I’m proud of them,’’ said defense attorney Joseph Oteri, a longtime Bulger family friend.
His primary concern is whether their film does “a hatchet job’’ on William Bulger, the former Massachusetts Senate president who is the gangster’s brother, and not how it treats Whitey. “Southie is a state of mind, not a place,’’ Oteri said, and Affleck and Damon “know how to capture that mentality.’’
On the other hand, there is worry that a big-budget production built around Damon and Affleck might romanticize Bulger and his gang, or even turn Bulger himself into a sympathetic figure, no matter how dark the film is.
According to Thomas Foley, the former Massachusetts State Police colonel who helped build the criminal case against Bulger, it is critically important that any such movie strives to be more than pure entertainment. It should also, he said, be faithful to what really happened - notably, Bulger’s role as an FBI informant, which began in the 1970s - without “making [Bulger] any more of a celebrity than he is now.’’
Rare is the movie that will be faithful to history or the truth, especially coming out of Hollywood. More than likely it never gets made.
That is a tall order, conceded Foley, who is working on his own book about the Bulger case. “What angle will they take? I don’t know, but this happened over many years. It’s hard to get your arms around all that in a two-hour movie.’’
Would you mind if we watched something else, readers?
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Who are the criminals again?
Btw, she stood by her man.
Also see:
A Bulging Boston Globe
Whitey Makes Me See Red
Battle of the Bulger
Choppy Bulger Coverage
Massachusetts' White Shadow
Can only see it at night.
