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    Betrayal: Whitey Bulger and the FBI Agent Who Fought to Bring Him Down
    Betrayal: Whitey Bulger and the FBI Agent Who Fought to Bring Him Down
    Betrayal: Whitey Bulger and the FBI Agent Who Fought to Bring Him Down
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    Betrayal: Whitey Bulger and the FBI Agent Who Fought to Bring Him Down

    Written by Robert Fitzpatrick and Jon Land

    Narrated by Michael Prichard

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    The Jack Nicholson film The Departed didn't tell half of their story. A poor kid from the slums, Robert Fitzpatrick grew up to become a stellar FBI agent and challenge the country's deadliest gangsters. Relentless in his desire to catch, prosecute, and convict Whitey Bulger, Fitzpatrick fought the nation's most determined cop-gangster battle since Melvin Purvis hunted, confronted, and killed John Dillinger.In his crusade to bring Bulger to justice, Fitzpatrick faced not only Whitey but also corrupt FBI agents, along with political cronies and enablers from Boston to Washington who, in one way or another, blocked his efforts at every step. Even when Fitzpatrick discovered the very organization to which he had sworn allegiance was his biggest obstacle, the agent continued to pursue Whitey and his gang . . . knowing that they were prepared to murder anyone who got in their way.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateMar 26, 2012
    ISBN9781452677200
    Betrayal: Whitey Bulger and the FBI Agent Who Fought to Bring Him Down
    Author

    Robert Fitzpatrick

    ROBERT FITZPATRICK spent twenty-plus years as an FBI agent and chief in a career highlighted by his involvement in the Martin Luther King, Jr. killing and the ABSCAM investigation in Miami that resulted in the indictments of numerous public officials. He played a key role in the famed "Mississippi Burning" investigation and recovered the rifle that was used in the MLK assassination and that ultimately led to the arrest of James Earl Ray.

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    • 3/5
      The story of how the FBI protected and sheltered one of the most vicious and deranged killers in history is beyond what any fiction writer could scarcely imagine as a storyline. It begins when Robert Fitzpatrick was transferred to the Boston Office of the FBI to do what he had done his whole career: close. And he was transferred to Boston to fix a broken office and reign in the problems there, just as he had done in the past. It grabs you from page one and leads you on the ride of your life, and on that ride you will be brought to your knees in fear as to how corrupt the Justice Department and FBI were in this case. Officials in both simply sat back and allowed an Irish Boston gangster named Whitey Bulger to do whatever he wanted as long as they thought he was giving them info on New England's Italian mob. And Bulger played them to the very end.This will go down as one of the blackest eyes the FBI has ever received, Through his tireless work, Robert Fitzpatrick tried to make everyone up to the assistant director and head of the Organized Crime unit in Washington understand that they were being conned by one of the greatest con men in history. The FBI was so sure that Whitey Bulger was giving them what they needed they did everything they could to stop Agent Fitzpatrick from doing his job to the point that he finally had to leave the only life he had known and loved and respected and honored his whole career.The recent capture of Bulger in June did not at all close one of the darkest chapters in the storied history of the FBI. Soon he will go on trial for at least nineteen murders, most of which were committed while working for the FBI and at least a dozen after Fitzpatrick recommended his tenure as an informant be ended. The Bureau did serve up one of Whitey's handlers, John Connolly, who was convicted and sent to prison for accepting bribes and, more recently, accessory to the murder of one Fitzpatrick's own informants who could have given Bulger up once and for all.This book is an inside look as to how bad things can get and how many people's lives are thrown away toward what is believed to be the greater good. Some reports link Bulger to over forty murders in total--think about the national manhunts that have been authorized for far, far less than that.The great part is that after reading the book you'll be primed to follow the next chapter in this true story in what promises to be one of the highest profile murder trials in Massachusetts history when Whitey's day of reckoning finally comes in April.
    • 3/5
      They finally caught up to Whitey. The man who terrorized Boston for decades is awaiting trail after being a fugitive for over a decade(he was the FBI's second most wanted, after Bin Laden). This is the inside story of just how Whitey was able to do what he did for so long and how the FBI allowed(practically encouraged) him to do it.Former agent Fitzpatrick takes us through his years in the FBI and exposes not only the corruption in the Boston FBI office, but how this corruption worked it's way to Washington. The book focuses mostly on the on-goings in the FBI, it is not a history of Whitey. While "Black Mass" shows us the characters and the who what why wheres, "Betrayal" shows us the hows. In doing so the book can be pretty frustrating as Fitzpatrick is blocked in just about every en devour he makes to pull the plug on Whitey's TE Informant status.Fitzpatrick and the reader finally get satisfaction at the end of the book when Fitzpatrick's years of work are brought to light in court. The court finds the FBI/US Gov guilty on numerous counts.The book is slightly repetitive, but nothing too drastic. I wonder what the outcome of Whitey's trials will be...
    • 4/5
      This book was a Good Reads First Read contest win.

      Wow I read this hole book several weeks ago and I realized at the end that this was a true crime novel. I guess that shows how much I pay attention to the outside of the cover and what the media says about a book. I honestly thought this was going to be about someone's (the authors) opinion about Whitey Bulger.

      This book goes in to some detail about how Agent Fitzpatrick tried to capture Bulger. How Fitzpatrick had to deal with learning about his corrupt fellow agents. How Fitzpatrick was one of the few agents that would not be corrupted.

      This is the first True Crime book I have read but it will not be the last. This was great reading.

      The bunnies and I give this book 4-Carrots.
    • 4/5
      “Betrayal” by Robert Fitzpatrick with Jon Land“Betrayal” is a nonfictional account of the ultimate apprehension of one of the most controlling gangsters in Boston, Massachusetts’ history. Fitzpatrick and Land relate true details of what is referred to as, “…one of the greatest failures in the history of federal law enforcement.”According to evidence and testimony, the Boston division of the FBI was home to continual corruption, including leaks by federal agents. Typically, when we think of the FBI, we think of those sworn to uphold the law and keep our citizens safe. Robert Fitzpatrick vowed to bring to an end the reign of terror that was running rampant. Whitey Bulger and Stephen Flemmi practically owned the FBI. On the roster as ‘top echelon informants’ (TEs), they were practically untouchable.John Connolly and John Morris, among several others, exalted the status of these TEs for their own gain, while even more turned a blind eye to what was going on. Because of inaction and the blatant immorality, several informants were not only murdered by Bulger and Flemmi, but tortured before their deaths. According to the authors, almost everything done to fight Bulger and Flemmi was disclosed. Information vital to the apprehension and arrest of the mobsters was leaked by Connolly and other agents, thereby causing the deaths of the informants that were powerful enough to put an end to Bulger and Flemmi’s period of power and static hold on the FBI. Fitzpatrick fought tooth and nail to close Bulger and Flemmi as TEs and for his work, he was labeled a piranha by the upper tier of the FBI. He even reported the SAC of the office and for doing so, ended up being investigated himself. He ultimately left that office and soon thereafter, retired.But still Fitzpatrick hung on. He wanted justice for the victims and wanted Bulger, Flemmi and all of the corrupted agents to pay.A well-written, factual book that will stun its readers with the depth of the corruption many thought impossible.Reviewed by Starr Gardinier Reina, author of “Deadly Decisions”