brother out of trouble. that s 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, america s most wanted gangster, and the manhunt that brought him to justice, he was the first to raise questions about whitey bulger s relationship wh the fbi. you expected bulger would stare down martorano. that s 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 don t exist. one of the things we found when
who was powerful, he met with billy and said, look, thank you for keeping me honest, if there s anything i can do let me know, billy said, keep my brother out of trouble. that s 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. anderson? kevin cullen is co author of whitely bulger, america s most wanted gangster, and the manhunt that brought him to justice, he was the first to raise questions about whitey bulger s relationship with the fbi. he joins me now. you expected bulger would stare down martorano. they would stare each other down. that doesn t seem like how it played out. i think the flip side of whitey, he will either try to
was the first to raise questions about whitey bulger s relationship with the fbi. you expected bulger would stare down martorano. that s 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 don t 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 jail. in which he said, he would not even give us the satisfaction of knowing he s read those letters. this is sort of out of whitey s playbook too. he couldn t be bothered to look at johnny today. the fact that this infamous boss cut a deal with the government to testify against bulger. how much does that affect his