Hunting Whitey: The Inside Story of the Capture & Killing of America's Most Wanted Crime Boss Hardcover – Illustrated, May 26, 2020

Extremely excellent read. I was familiar with Whitey’s exploits, but I did not know much about the chase or the details of his well deserved demise.

Another F-up from an corrupt fbi

Enjoyed the book; it was hard to keep track of who’s who but he killed a lot of people!! Glad I bought the book!! Hope they make a movie or mini series based on this book & use the exact names dates & places!

Nicely written account of Whitey’s life & capture. I’ve always lived in MA & thought I knew entire story of Whitey but it was a fascinating book detailing parts of his life unknown to me.

Very well written and concise narrative of a true monster regarded by many as a Robin Hood. This is reminiscent of John Gotti. It’s hard to comprehend that this fatherly appearing individual personally killed 19 people and destroyed the lives of countless others.

I was extremely disappointed with the “reporting” by authors Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge. The horrible murderers attributed to Boston gang leader James “Whitey” Bulger have been well documented, but rather than taking a realistic look at how how “our” FBI and federal prosecutors covered up his wrongdoing and probably assisted Bulger in his flight to avoid justice, the authors seem determined to continue the false narrative that he was doggedly pursued for 16 years when there’s plenty of evidence that proves otherwise. The FBI repeatedly claimed that only a few agents were compromised and that they (Agents John Connolly and H. Paul Rico) were held accountable, but the most serious charges against them (murders) weren’t filed by the federal government, but by state and local agencies which found the FBI continuously blocking their efforts. When a corrupt FBI supervisor (John Morris) admitted to accepting thousands in bribes from Bulger and leaking info to the press that the fugitive had been a confidential informant, the authors characterize Morris as corrupt, but ignore the fact he’d not only been retained by the FBI, but PROMOTED to Assistant Special Agent in Charge of an anti-corruption unit in Los Angeles (just a few miles from Bulger’s “hiding place” in Santa Monica), under the auspices of Director Robert Mueller!!! Mueller’s decision to retain this crooked cop isn’t addressed, nor is the fact that personnel assigned to the “Bulger Task Force” included a “friend” of convicted murderer agent John Connolly and Supervisor Richard Teahan who had worked on Mueller’s security team is described as “Boston Irish”, but one has to wonder if the agent was appointed to this assignment because of his investigative abilities or willingness to keep corruption allegations quiet? The authors don’t seem to know or care. While excusing the FBI’s decision not to publicize age enhanced wanted posters of Bulger and his girlfriend in the Los Angeles area as “too expensive”, Wedge and Sherman fail to recognize the agency said they had agent(s) from that office who’d followed LA “Bulger leads” and later claimed (falsely) that none were generated there. Even though the Icelandic woman that supposedly informed FBI HQ of Bulger’s presence in Santa Monica which preceded his arrest, told the authors she’d contacted the FBI/Los Angeles Office (after seeing an FBI internet commercial advising of the $2 million reward) disclosed they’d rejected her report and the authors failed to ask: WHY?Out of hand the authors dismiss the ONE FBI agent (Robert Fitzpatrick) that reported his managers were in a highly questionable relationship with “informant” Bulger YEARS before his arrest as a liar and perjurer, glossing over known false information used by supposedly ethical agents to frame innocent defendants without consequences.Probably the worst part of this book is how Wedge and Sherman attempt to justify the murders of some known criminals (specifically Bulger and others convicted of crimes, but not sentenced to death), because they feel the justice system wasn’t (in their view) harsh enough. Applauding extra-judicial capital punishment is especially disgusting, when one considers how leniently these two treat FBI and DOJ personnel that clearly aren’t accountable to the public they’ve sworn to protect and defend according to our Constitution.

I could not put this down. The detail is exceptional and so well presented that it is easy to follow the events as occurred and the characters who were involved.

Great book! My pals wrote it so I’m biased but I would sing its praises anyways! They really captured the intrigue during the years long manhunt and capture of an awful human being. It’s being made into a movie!

I found the book a great read and could not put it down once i started to read it.Very informative with plenty of detail.