Moonman
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After 16 years on the run the FBI finally caught Whitey and his girlfriend Wed. night in Santa Monica, Ca. Bulger was wanted for numerous homicides in Boston. Bulger is 81 years old.
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MOBSTER JAMES "WHITEY" BULGER CAUGHT
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NFrameFred
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The FBI don't give up once you're on "the list". Not until you're in jail or they see the body. It could be argued that he "beat the system" making it to 81 with 16 years of additional "freedom", but living looking over your shoulder has to a wearing life.
Come on now -- He lived in Santa Monica not Watts.
JamesArthur60
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I think that's the norm for those guys. An occupational hazard of the job, being a mobster.
NFrameFred
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How is that relevant ? The whole idea of camouflage is not that it "hides" something, but that it fools the eye into seeing what it expects to see. "Hiding in plain sight" is nothing new. If you act like you're supposed to be there, no one gives you a second look. And if by that statement you mean he wasn't exactly living in squalor in a remote area, a crowd is a good place to hide.
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The FBI created the problem with this guy, now they need to clean it up. Embarrassing.
Whitey in Watts ---
Been there - Done that. (Broken fan belt)
That was not too long after they tried to burn the place to the ground. I assure you, I was looking over MY shoulder.
Maybe things have changed there and now it's just as nice as Santa Monica
sipowicz
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I was only 3 miles from him the whole time...scary!!!
NFrameFred
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Whitey in Watts ---
Been there - Done that. (Broken fan belt)
That was not too long after they tried to burn the place to the ground. I assure you, I was looking over MY shoulder.
Maybe things have changed there and now it's just as nice as Santa Monica
Sorry, the hillbilly didn't get the reference
I concede the point
I hear they have great cannoli's there...
Please, the only Italian in Bulger is his proctologist, Dr Innuendo. Joe
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Wyatt Burp
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Wasn't he a leader of the gang and also an informant for the FBI? If so, that's like FDR using Hitler as an informant to get Rommel. Weird.
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He will get better elder care in prison than the average law abiding US citizen.
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I suspect that like Osama, he was set up. They should lock him in a room
with some of his associates who took the fall for him while he lived as a free man.
with some of his associates who took the fall for him while he lived as a free man.
Come on! Gone to ground in Santa Monica? He'd retired!
Gun-runner
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WOW!!! This ranks right up there with catching a 96 yr old Nazi war criminal!!! We will make him pay!!! For what??? The last 6 months of his life??? Boy that money spent catching him was worth it!!!
Seriously, I'm looking forward to this "show." (I can't stand one more minute of sunup-to-sundown Casey coverage). I'm sure he has much to say; Quote:
"If he starts to talk, there will be some unwelcome accountability on the part of a lot of people inside law enforcement," said retired Massachusetts state police Maj. Tom Duffy. "Let me put it this way: I wouldn't want my pension contingent on what he will say at this point." Joe
"If he starts to talk, there will be some unwelcome accountability on the part of a lot of people inside law enforcement," said retired Massachusetts state police Maj. Tom Duffy. "Let me put it this way: I wouldn't want my pension contingent on what he will say at this point." Joe
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