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FBI informants often commit violent crimes with little punishment
FBI sources say informants sometimes commit murders and robberies while under protection, a practice deemed necessary by some agents. Former officers in New York Boston Chicago and Los Angeles describe widespread years of shielding, with cases including Scarpa Bulger Flemmi and other killers.
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FBI
Boston
Washington
Texas
Chicago
Los Angeles
Bureau
Joseph O’brien
New York City
Gary Penrith
Wesley Swearingen
Gregory Scarpa Sr
Scarpa
Carmine Persico
Persice
Michael Burnett
New York
Margaret Giordano
U.S
Brooklyn
James Bulger
Stephen Fiemmi
Bulger
Fiemmi
Angiulo Crime Family
Flemmi
Clifford Zimmerman
Northwestern University
Robert Fitzpatrick
John Connolly
James “Whitey
Connolly
Joseph R. Lewis
Lindley DeVecchio
O'Brien