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The story behind Whitey’s fall

New team, tactics hastened Whitey Bulger’s fall

By Gerard O’Neill, Dick Lehr and Kevin Cullin

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 05, 1995

The case against against Whitey Bulger marks a sea change in local law enforcement, an unprecedented coalition that has done much to overcome the ill will arising from Bulger’s role as an informant.

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