are more educated than others like mikey sullivan. >> he's thinking about how he can make life as easy as possible for himself. >> reporter: the former u.s. attorney in boston say bulger may actually believe he's going to beat this too. >> i'm extremely angry at whitey. >> reporter: john shea is extremely angry. is he going to sing now? >> the guy's been singing for over 30 years. >> reporter: shea should know. bulger gave him up when shea was running drugs for him in the 1980s. he says bulger will say anything to create leverage for himself. >> he's a fraud. he's a rat. and king rat at that. >> reporter: because in the eyes of many he's a sinister manipulator. listen to shea, who bulger helped send to prison and perhaps stunningly confesses to some sadness. >> because i never had a father. at times he was a father figure, and that's the sad part that i feel.