rich teahan: bulger was charged with 19 counts of murder.e was charged with other crimes. he was a scourge to the society in south boston, his own community. >> kroft: he was also a scourge to the fbi, and a great source of embarrassment to teahan, special agent phil torsney, and others on the fbi task force. years earlier, whitey bulger had infiltrated the boston office of the fbi and bought off agents, who protected him and plied him with information, including the tip that allowed bulger to flee just days before he was to be indicted. >> phil torsney: we really had to catch this guy to establish credibility after all the other issues. and it was just a matter of bringing this guy back to boston, to make sure this guy didn't die or get away with this thing. >> kroft: torsney, who's now retired, and agent tommy macdonald joined the task force in 2009. the joke was bulger was on the fbi's "least wanted list." there hadn't been a credible lead in more than a decade. and their efforts in bulger's old neighborhood of south boston were met with

there were other books written about whitey bulger. many were written by criminal collyialolleagu colleagues of his that lie and embellish how tough and big they are and minimize the amount of serious bad crime they do. as we sat down to map it out, we said that it was called "true crime" but we wanted it to be a social issue and explain a creature like whitey could only exist in a certain time and place and pecuer -- pucular -- to boston because the irish were in control of politics, law enforcement and business. the influence of the italian mafia the fbi could create a national policy to go after the mafia and use whitey to say they were being used to help get the mafia. this is a story with great sweep. and there was a guy named john mccormick who was the representative from boston. dot ... he did because if you're an fbi agent your prestige, status within the bureau is based on creating informants. and whitey bulger was seen as a very high level organized-crime figure. there was an ulterior motive. he wanted to protect the whitey b

bulger eluded the fbi for 14 years by hiding in plain site in santa monica, california.ou'll hear from the agents who finally caught him, with some help from an alley cat and his girlfriend's breast implants. >> we just rushed him. >> kroft: you mean guns out? "fbi, don't move!" >> i asked him to identify himself and that didn't go over well. he asked me to "f"-ing identify myself. and i asked him, i said, "are you whitey bulger?" he said, "yes." >> zeig heil! zeig heil! >> stahl: if they sound like nazis, it's because they are... >> zeig heil! zeig heil! zeig heil!

and i asked him, i said, "are you whitey bulger?" he said, "yes."

[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] a discussion about whitey bulger america's most wanted gangster in the manhunt that brought him to justice. this is about an hour. >> my name is pam southerland. we would like to thank the city of tucson for sponsoring this venue. we also thank robin judy wilson for sponsoring the session. the presentation will last one hour including questions and answers so please hold your questions until the end. at the conclusion of the session the authors will go to a signing area to meet you and autograph their books. out of respect for the authors and fellow audience members please turn off your cell phones now. everybody take a second and look at your cell phone. is it off? thanks. we have two wonderful "boston globe" column this year. kevin cowan and shelley murphy. there are currently columnist with the "boston globe". as you know they're the authors of this book on oldster. in 2003 was part of the investigative team that won the pulitzer for covering the catholic church sex abuse scandal. he went to the trinity university in dublin. he is from

there were other books written about whitey bulger. many were written by criminal collyialolleagu colleagues of his that lie and embellish how tough and big they are and minimize the amount of serious bad crime they do. as we sat down to

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you remember, we looked at the fbi case that many americans have forgotten about, whitey bulger who wasfound in california for years after we lost. the abortion clinic killer stuck in the mountains in north carolina. you've got to remember one thing, there are americans dead here. this is potentially a crime scene. the investigators, the agents, analysts will not let this bone go until there's an answer. >> well, that's a relief to hear. i'm sure it's a relief for the families as well. thanks very much to phil mudd. >>> coming up next, satellites continue to find possible debris in the southern indian ocean. do they need a new strategy? >>> and waves as tall as office buildings. what are they going to face as the search resumes in a few hours from now. your eyes depend on a unique set of nutrients. [ male announcer ] that's why there's ocuvite. ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. ocuvite has a unique formula that's just not found in any leading multivitamin. help protect your eye health with ocuvite. humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems.

a look at "whitey" bulger, a panel on politics, and then the story of the wives of america's mercury vii astronauts. starting now on booktv. >> welcome to the sixth annual tucson festival only books. i am melly, and first we reside just like to begin by thanking the city of tucson for sponsoring the venue and the medical system for sponsoring this particular session. and of course i want to thank all of you for coming, and afterwards there will be a signing that will take alan to a signing area, which is actually right across from the union in the u of a book store tent and we'll reminds you at the en, too. so. >> we're lucky to have with is alan weisman who has wherein for "new york times," orion, mother jones, the best science writing of 2006, and besides his award-winning articles he has also won awards for several of his previous bangs, including a bill to reinvent the world, and the world without it, which was named top nonfiction book of the year by entertainment weekly and time magazine among

. >> reporter: from whitety bulger to the mob wives, even after the sopranos, america's fast nation with the mob is alive and well. for steven o'donnell, growing up in a blue collar neighborhood in providence, rhode island, organized crime was a fact of life and he was top dog. >> i was fascinated with organized crime. >> reporter: fascinated but determined to stay on the right side of the law. he started as a maximum security prison guard learning the language of the mobsters. >> without question the work in the prison set me up for some type of success. >> reporter: on one faithful day in 1994 on the steps of the providence courthouse, o'donnell, now an undercover cop, found himself face to face with a mob hit man out on parole. >> you seized the moment. >> i saw him and hi to get rid of the warrants and talk to him. convincing him they had done time together. >> he bought everything? >> ic convinced him i was a inmate. >> reporter: so began the big lie. he was steve foley now. living someone else's life. he was all in. >> i was a book maker. i was a drug dealer. they thought i was buy

called true crime but we sat down to make this a social history and to explain at creature like whitey bulger could only exist at a certain time and place. and very peculiar to boston. we don't really believe that older could have existed in new york or philadelphia or chicago or tucson or l.a. because of the way the ethnic dynamics of boston where the irish were in control of politics, law enforcement, business. the irish really ran the town and the influence of the italian mafia was such that the fbi could create a national policy to go after the mafia and use and other criminals from an irish background and say that they were being used to help with the mafia. that could only happen in boston.

. >> reporter: from whitey bulger to the mob wives -- >> don't, don't. >> did i get her in the face? >> reporter: even after "the sopranos" -- >> johnny's in jail. >> reporter: -- america's fascination with the mob is alive and well. for steven o'donnell, growing up in a blue-collar neighborhood in providence, rhode island, organized crime was a fact of life, and the patriarch of mob family was top dog. >> i was fascinated with organized crime. >> reporter: fascinated but determined to stay on the right side of the law. o'donnell started off as a maximum security prison guard, learning the language of the mobsters. >> without question, we work in the prison set me up for some type of success, because i could walk the walk, talk the talk. >> reporter: on one fateful day in 1994, on the steps of the providence courthouse, o'donnell, now an undercover cop, found himself face to face with harold tillinggast, a mob hit man out on parole. you seized the moment. >> i was coming to get a warrant signed unrelated. i saw him and i had to get rid of the warrants i had and then just talked to hi