r hettinga rahshipwrightcom begin pgp signed message hash sha1 thugs south boston revenge bandit princess geodesic economy robert hettinga sunday august 25 2002 boston think one way fbiwinter hill vs patriarchaangiulo cosa nostra fight another race war thugs put crudely racist fbi winter hill gang mostly irish thugs patriarchas family course mostly italian thugs think scorseses upcoming gangs new york counterreformatory overtones hoovers south boston socialclub putsch starting mid 1960s particularly audacious hindsight us federal government actually decided underwrite reversal prohibitionera capture nations rackets italians irish fact plot hatched new york south boston irish place us makes even gigantic big lie told fbi ostensible political masters bringing organized crime result found wasnt swapping heroin italian boston mob violence irish methadone hoover posthumously swapping oxycontin crystal methamphetamine properly pcp absolute psychopathology violence whitey bulgers crackcocaineera reign bostons drug markets like identical fbisponsored reigns violent horror alsorans cities across us whole went whole orders magnitude mere percentage points stalin said quantity quality make mistake j edgar hoover directly responsible quality carnage nationwide yes paper least really swapping one gang racist thugs another result paper least business usual stuff different century apparently decent people like mr salvati etal accidently ground gears justice like much hamburger however much macabre hamburger greasing auto de fe homicidal lunatic could love perfectly functioning market legislated existence paper nowhere else government fiat backdoor still elitist power hl menckens famous bluenoses busybodies starts like true evil innocent beginnings couldnt alcohol teatotaling mrs grundy tried anything else could think smaller manageable demand bloody result like nine heads hydra increasingly ubiquitous universal prohibition markets things 20th century wore every time recreational drug found addictive harmful physically distasteful carcinogenic apparently fattening prohibited exactly thing happened markets happened alcohol volstead years larger market prohibition hugely lucrative profits anyone moral stomach violently scale newlylegislated barriers competition imposed state increasingly violent attacks government users substances finally ultimate evil kind evil country actually fought wars end increasingly coercive axehandle beatings government sacred liberty average unavoidablylawbreaking citizenry ayn rand cynically observed long time ago dont need government nobodys breaking law twisted corollary parkinsons law governments survive need people breaking laws never justify money confiscate tax time bring us back point david friedman would probably echo father miltons famous observation government regulations benefit regulated sellers given market never consumer much less economy whole even especially sellers breaking law increasingly ubiquitous prohibition risky behavior government imposes us absent apparent grace mr hoover went mr salvati fact hayek road serfdom couldnt predicted better gory consequences hoovers blatant imposition good vietnamera statist power neighborhood level furthermore stalin couldnt better useful idiots hoover neither absolutely literal extension whitey bulger hoover useful idiots sides congressional aisle idiots eating hoovers powercraven hand entire middle 20th century whitey bulgers hand whether knew end millennium time youll notice saw increasingly steady imposition mob violence market control state illegal interests way beyond imaginings even powermad rumrunning stockkiting movieflopping bureaupumping naziappeasing irishbostonian little caesar matter safely trustfunded strictly political descendents terms actual financial economics think happened mr salvati others dead alive transferprice human lives inevitable consequence macnamarastyle vietnamera keynesian socialcost inputoutput accounting despicable almost begin fathom atrocity committed hoover coreligionists state economic control name really youll agree race war thugs boston shouldnt surprise really race wars least fought thugs though theyre usually conceived elsewhere endorsed time right people right reasons far fbi goes remember mancur olsons observation prince stationary bandit though given penchant womens clothing men whats actually obscene violently hypocritical treatment people affectional preference suppose call j edgar hoover bandit princess instead bandit queen course would grievous insult queens real bandits everywhere cheers rah httpwwwnytimescom20020825national25fbihtmltodaysheadlines pagewantedprintpositiontop new york times august 25 2002 hoovers fbi mafia case bad bedfellows grows fox butterfield boston aug 24 march 1965 early days j edgar hoovers war mafia fbi agents say congressional investigators eavesdropped conversation headquarters new englands organizedcrime boss raymond patriarca two gangsters joseph barboza vincent flemmi wanted mr patriarcas permission kill smalltime hoodlum edward deegan problem according fbi log conversation patriarca ultimately furnished ok fbi reported three days later mr deegan turned dead alley shot six times extraordinary situation federal bureau investigation evidence ahead time two wellknown gangsters planning murder head new england mafia involved indictments case handed 1967 real killers also happened informers fbi left alone four men tried convicted sentenced death life prison murder though nothing one joseph salvati spent 30 years prison filed notice justice department last week planned sue fbi 300 million false imprisonment latest series lawsuits fbi justice department fbi agents growing tangled corrupt collaboration gangsters fbis boston office effort bring mob lawsuits based evidence uncovered last five years judicial hearing justice department inquiry explosive evidence recently come light including documents detailing conversation mr patriarca approved murder released part investigation house committee government reform pressured department turning records fbi boston documents show officials fbi headquarters apparently including mr hoover knew long ago 1965 boston agents employing killers gang leaders informers protecting prosecution j edgar hoover crossed line became criminal said vincent garo mr salvatis lawyer allowed witness lie put innocent man prison could protect one informants mr barboza crucial witness trial mr salvati may implicated mr salvati owed 400 loan shark worked mr barboza asked documents showing mr hoover knew mr salvatis innocence put trial gail marcinkiewicz spokeswoman fbi boston declined comment citing pending litigation justice department task force continuing investigate misconduct boston office one first results investigation one retired agent john j connolly awaiting sentencing next month convicted racketeering obstruction justice helping two mob leaders fbi informers james bulger stephen flemmi vincent stephen flemmi brothers government reform committee led representative dan burton republican indiana uncovered memorandums boston office headquarters washington revealing bureaus knowledge vincent flemmi mr barboza involved killing mr deegan memorandum week killing described crime including fired first shot june 4 1965 mr hoovers office demanded know progress made developing vincent flemmi informer reply five days later special agent charge boston office said mr flemmi hospital recovering gunshot wounds connections mr patriarca potentially could excellent informant agent also informed mr hoover mr flemmi known killed seven men indications going continue commit murder nevertheless agent said informants potential outweighs risk involved congressional investigator called exchange chilling frightening part warned flemmis murders director even respond investigator said message use murderer government informant origin corruption scandal public political pressure mr hoover move forcefully growing power mafia largely ignored boston fbi agents recruited mr barboza mr flemmi developed close ties rival criminal organization winter hill gang led mr bulger sides got wanted according investigations trial mr connolly fbi got information eventually helped destroy patriarca angiulo families controlled organized crime new england mr bulgers gang able take rackets boston sell drugs even commit murder fbi looked way one reason fbi may used information mr patriarcas involvement deegan murder congressional investigators say came illegal listening device providence ri headquarters fbi agent transcribed conversation made appear information coming unnamed informants disguise use device investigators say mr salvati former truck driver 69 sentence commuted 1997 gov william f weld last year still parole murder conviction dismissed massachusetts state judge justice department task force made public documents suggesting innocence two wrongly convicted men died prison survivors joined fourth man peter limone 375 million lawsuit justice department mr limone sentenced die electric chair life spared massachusetts outlawed death penalty 1974 mr salvati lives modest apartment bostons north end wife marie visited prison every week 30 years week mr salvati sent romantic card put television set mr garo said begin pgp signature version pgp 75 iqaawubpwmb2spxh8jf3ohaeql9qgcgxhq0ee06uesnv8u8wgvmjf9k7s4an3rb 3srsgomwjndwiakoehofnhpi oeld end pgp signature r hettinga internet bearer underwriting corporation 44 farquhar street boston 02131 usa however may deserve respect usefulness antiquity predicting end world found agreeable experience edward gibbon decline fall roman empire httpxentcommailmanlistinfofork sun 25 aug 2002 211834 0400 tge thugs south boston revenge bandit princess