Summary and Analysis of Black Mass - Whitey Bulger, the FBI, and a Devil's Deal by Worth Books

Author:Worth Books
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Worth Books
Published: 2017-01-23T18:39:49+00:00

Timeline

May 1971: FBI agent Dennis Condon opens an informant file on Whitey Bulger, but Whitey backs off after one conversation. The file goes cold.

September 1975: The first official meeting between Whitey Bulger and FBI agent John Connolly takes place.

February 1976: Bulger and Stevie Flemmi, a longtime FBI informant, are officially confirmed as top-echelon informants.

1978: Whitey Bulger comes under investigation for race-fixing; the FBI puts his informant status on hold. O’Sullivan, Morris, and Connolly conspire to remove him from suspicion.

1981: Bulger orders the Roger Wheeler murder, carried out by John Martorano in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

1983: The DEA investigates Whitey Bulger. This investigation, never closed, continues for many years without the knowledge of the FBI.

1983–84: Connolly and O’Sullivan protect politician Billy Bulger from federal investigation of extortion.

1986: The Heller’s Café files are seized.

1995: Frank Salemme and Stevie Flemmi are arrested, and their testimony leads to Bulger’s indictment.

January 1998: Judge Wolf hears opening arguments regarding evidence of FBI informants in an ongoing criminal activity.

April 21, 1998: Morris testifies before the grand jury, having been granted immunity from prosecution in return.

September 15, 1999: Judge Wolf’s ruling confirms widespread corruption within the FBI, centered around Connolly’s dealings with Whitey Bulger.

December 1999: Connolly is arrested.

2000: Connolly is indicted.

May 2002: Connolly is convicted of racketeering and obstruction of justice.

November 6, 2008: Connolly is convicted of second-degree murder.

June 22, 2011: Whitey Bulger is arrested in California.

August 12, 2013: Whitey Bulger is found guilty of eleven of nineteen counts of murder, loan-sharking, extortion, and drug trafficking.

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