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"For more than 20 years, FBI headquarters in Washington knew that its Boston agents were using hit men and mob leaders as informants and shielding them from prosecution for serious crimes including murder," reported the AP on July 28th. Documents procured by AP from congressional sources "directly connect FBI headquarters to a pattern of collusion with notorious killers." Crime victims of the FBI-protected gangsters have filed more than $1 billion in suits against the feds.
During the early 1960s, responding to political pressure to crack down on organized crime, the FBI devised a program to recruit "top echelon" informants inside various crime syndicates. Recruits included Boston's "Winter Hill Gang--vicious thugs eager to seize control of the rackets from the Patriarca crime family." The FBI devised an entente with the Winter Hill syndicate: "In return for information on the mob, Boston agents looked the ...
- 'Winter Hill Gang' script in Cruise control; 'Winter Hill Gang' film near.
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Sherman, Paul August 7, 1998 700+ words
...Somerville native David Flowers Jr.'s script "The Winter Hill Gang," about the 1960s gang war between Somerville's...FBI's controversial informant relationships. "The Winter Hill Gang," in which Buddy McLean's gang battled the forces...
- SIDEBAR THE KEY PLAYERS WINTER HILL GANG James J. (Whitey) Bulger
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe March 5, 1995 700+ words
...Rose through the ranks of Winter Hill gang, earning reputation as a ruthless...Irish mob. Chose to stay with Winter Hill gang, turning down membership in...stronger links to mostly-Irish Winter Hill Gang. Like predecessors, implicated...
- Winter Hill Gang Member Sentenced, Reports U.S. Attorney.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 24, 2004 700+ words
...PRNewswire/ -- A longtime Winter Hill Gang member was sentenced today in...been murdered by members of the Winter Hill Gang. "The unsavory reality for...extortion activities of the Winter Hill Gang. The case was investigated...
- Attorney General John Ashcroft Honors Employees and Others at the Department of...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 28, 2004 700+ words
...members of La Cosa Nostra and the Winter Hill Gang investigation and prosecution...Nostra and the equally powerful Winter Hill Gang; the successful prosecution...from La Cosa Nostra and the Winter Hill Gang Investigation and Prosecution...
- Winter Hill gang victims' remains positively ID'd.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald March 27, 2001 700+ words
Two victims of the Winter Hill gang have been officially identified through forensic tests, U.S. Attorney Donald K. Stern announced yesterday in a statement...
- Widow sues FBI in '82 slaying by Winter Hill gang hitman.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Lawrence, J.M. December 11, 2002 700+ words
Byline: J.M. LAWRENCE The widow of a Winchester man murdered 20 years ago allegedly by the Winter Hill gang filed a wrongful death suit against the FBI and seven former agents yesterday, claiming the government leaked his cooperation...
- Winter Hill gang busters honored.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald May 31, 2001 700+ words
A team of law enforcement officers whose work brought indictments against Winter Hill gangsters will receive the top New England Narcotic Enforcement Officers Association award tonight. Massachusetts State Police...
- Winter Hill Gang Leader's Back Bay Properties to be Auctioned, Reports U.S....
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 30, 2002 700+ words
BOSTON -- Several condominium units that once belonged to convicted organized crime leader STEPHEN J. FLEMMI in Boston's Back Bay Section and the City of Medford will be publicly auctioned on Friday, October 18, 2002. United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan today announced the property sale