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Globe editors explain decision to name Bulger tipster

Say public interest outweighed any privacy concerns

By Peter Schworm

 |  Globe Staff  

  October 11, 2011

The woman whose tip led to the arrest of "Whitey" Bulger would not be put in danger by publication of her name, Boston Globe editors decided before identifying her this week.

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