James ‘‘Whitey’’ Bulger (left) and Kevin J. Weeks in South Boston during surveillance by the Drug Enforcement Administration and Boston Police.
(Mike Swidwinski/ Retired DEA special agent/ 1989)
Tales from the Whitey watch
Former DEA agent recounts 2 years of stealth, frustrations
James ‘‘Whitey’’ Bulger (left) and Kevin J. Weeks in South Boston during surveillance by the Drug Enforcement Administration and Boston Police.
(Mike Swidwinski/ Retired DEA special agent/ 1989)
They tracked him any way they could, watching him through binoculars, bugging his Ford Crown Victoria, flying over him in a Cessna plane to pick up his conversations, or trying to intercept them with an antenna atop the Dorchester Heights Memorial in South Boston. (Full article: 1229 words)
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