Former U.S. Attorney: FBI ‘Stonewalled’ Him over ‘Whitey’ Bulger Case in 1990s

  Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  When then-U.S. Attorney Wayne A. Budd was investigating mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, he said the FBI “stonewalled” him in the 1990s when he asked whether Bulger was an informant, MassLive.com reports. The assertion came during a confirmation hearing for Attorney Robert Ullmann, who is seeking appointment on a seat on the…

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Indictments Flow in FBI Probe of Prison “Culture” of Covering Up Inmate Beatings

By Van Smith Baltimore City Paper BALTIMORE — The correctional staffers met at a McDonald’s restaurant to get their stories straight. Having already lied to investigators probing the brutal March 2008 beatings of inmate Kenneth Davis at Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) in Hagerstown, saying they knew nothing about the incident, they needed to make sure…

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