rose: so the movie "the departed," kevin, does it bear any resemblance between the character jack nicholson created and the character you have covered? >> maybe the menace, but certainly not the physical appearance. as i said, there was something fastidious about whitey bulger and he took great pride to his appearance, no offense to jack nicholson, but he appeared more slow vennly than the whitey bulger i remember when i tried to talk to him in the liquo store some years ago. a failed attempt. whitey wouldn't talk to me. he never talked to any reporter except onewho he threatened to kill. he did talk to him. >> rose: he is still in los angeles and will he be brought to boston soon? >> they said he'd be brought to boston they expected within 48 hours of this morning's press conference, which was around 10:340. and i think he's being arraigned right around now as we speak. >> rose: but, kevin, did i hear you say you think he might have wanted to be caught? >> i mean, it's possible. like i said, i'm just saying, charlie, and abby back this is up, she heard the same things i was hearing fromaw

jack nicholson based his career on james whitey bulger in the departed. >> what is the difference? >> reporter: in the 1970s he became an fbi informer. but the information flowed both ways. an agent tipped him off he was about to be indicted. he took off with a girlfriend in december 1994. the fbi put him on the most wanted list. tips came in from all over the world, alaska, poland, hong kong. agents thought they found him four years ago. but they turned out to be tourists from germany. the fbi ramped up its efforts, with a huge display in times square. >> a violent temper and charged with 19 murders. >> reporter: james whitey bulger and his companion were arrested in santa monica. catherine heenan, kron 4 news. >> we have a picture of james whitey bulger from when he was a prisoner, this from the late 1950s. during a search they found $800,000 in cash. 30 fire arms, several pieces of false identification. he will be returned to massachusetts to face charges. >>> fog is not going to be as extensive as originally thought. the winds are suppressing it. so we aren't seeing fog but it

. >> reporter: martin score say see based the jack nicholson character in "the departed" on whitey bulger. >> makes me sad this regression. >> reporter: but the real life story was even stranger than fiction. the mob sterp's younger brother, billy, for years, was the most powerful democrat in the massachusetts state house. president of the senate. >> sort of like an update of the old angels with dirty faces story of the priest and the gangster. jimmy bulger controlled the rackets in that part of town and his brother was own of the most powerful politicians in massachusetts. >> reporter: the fact that the two brothers kept in contact, even after whitey went on the lam, would later prove an embarrassment for billy bulger. a committee put him on the hot seat. >> i know my brother stands accused of many things. serious, brutal crimes. i do still live in the hope that the worst of the charges against him will prove groundless. >> reporter: in another twist of the plot, billy bulger's first campaign manager, john conley, ended up joining the fbi. whitey bulger was his informant, a position he u

bulger, the inspiration for jack nicholson's character in the movie "the departed" was the boss of south boston's irish mob, who became an informant to help shut down the italian mob in north boston. mixed feelings today in his old neighborhood. >> everybody's got an occupation. >> reporter: now 81, he'll soon be back in his hometown, likely to live out his life in prison. pete williams, nbc, washington. >>> when we come back here tonight, michelle obama's trip to south africa, the official and the emotional parts in her own words tonight. >>> and later, kicking off a very special new "making a difference" series, on the home front, helping america's returning vets return to better lives. >>> she's been making history all week on her trip to south africa. and today michelle obama in cape town somehow persuaded archbishop desmond tutu to join her in pushups to promote exercise. throughout this trip mrs. obama along with her daughters sasha and malia have been very much on stage in a way we haven't seen them before. kristen welker has been traveling with them and today she asked the first

. >> reporter: who became the inspiration for jack nicholson's character in the movie "the departed." bulger fled in the mid '90s. the family of one of his alleged victims spoke out today. >> i'm an eye for an eye type of guy. i would have been more glad if i found him. >> reporter: all these years, bulger was one of the fbi's top ten most-wanted fugitives but rose to the top when osama bin laden was killed. the fbi launched a new public campaign on tv this week in california. this time, focusing on tracking down greek who reportedly had plastic surgery. it paid off with a tip. >> over the last 16 years, the leaders of the fbi and the fbi boston division have stood on this podium and promised to spare no effort to return james bulger to boston. >> reporter: and now authorities are wasting no time. bulger is expected to return to boston as soon as possible. michelle franzen, nbc news. >>> fascinating story. >>> coming up, an over-the-counter remedy you probably have at home. the po enttentially life-saving benefit of aspirin. >>> and olympic skiing could be coming to california. >>> an

a 2006 martin scorsese film starri starring dicaprio, jack nicholson. >> bulger has to be caught.ooner the better. >> the f.b.i. recently stepped up the efforts to find his girlfriend. kathryn. they disappeared in 1995 with a $2 million reward for information leading to his capture. the 60-year-old faces charges of harboring a fugitive. recent publicity produced a tip to lead agents to santa monica. they were arrested without incident. kathryn was known for her multiple surgeries and her hygiene. she made monthly visits to a dentist for cleanings. john hendren, abc7 news. >>> cal's baseball team will try to keep the magic going at the college world series in omaha today. the golden bears will play virginia in another elimination game today at 4:00. cal beat texas a&m to stay alive in the double elimination tournament and send aggies home. the run to omaha comes after supporters of the program raised $9 million in donations. the university had cut the baseball program, because of budget woes. >>> okay. 4:51. as you mentioned, we have already noticed the cooldown. >> it's nice to wa

. >> reporter: martin scorsese based the jack nicholson character in "the departed" on whitey bulger.obster's younger brother billy for years was the most powerful democrat in the massachusetts statehouse. president of the senate. >> whitey bulger controlled the rackets in that part of town and his brother was one of the most powerfrf politicians in massachusetts. >> reporter: the fact that the two brothers kept in contact even after whitey went on the m would l ler prove an embarrassment for billy bulger, a congressional committee put him publicly on the hot seat. >> i know my brother stands accused of many things. serious crime, brutal crimes. i do still live in the hope that the worst of the charges against him will prove groundless. >> reporter: in another twist of the plot billy bulger's first campaigngnanager john connelly ended up joining the fbi. whitey bulger was his informant. a position he used to eliminate rival italian mobsters and consolidate his own grip on power. bulger's fbi handler john connelly was eventually put in jail himself. now bulger may be in a position to i

jack nicholson based his character in the 200 sex " the departed coach.when you are facing a loaded gun, what is the difference? >>catherine: in the 1970's he became fbi informant. the information flows both ways. an agent tipped him off right before he was indicted for murder, racketeering, drug trafficking he took up with his girlfriend. in december 1994 and the fbi put him on the most wanted list. over the years, all over the world, from alaska, poland, and hong kong of his whereabouts. they finally found him in sicily for years ago. but they were tourists from germany. four years ago. >>pam: finall the ramp up national media campaign and a huge display in times square. a video press release. >> he is a pilot hathe violent temper and his charge with 19 murders. >> and within days, he was appeared arrested--to cash in the santa monica and appears to be suffering from alzheimer's. >> this from the 1950's, his career was cut short because it took part in government experiments, l a s and d. they gave mind altering drugs to volunteers as part of its mk ult

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a mobster so notorious he was the inspiration for jack nicholson's character in "the departed." the fbi said he didn't resist arrest but was verbally combative. he face charges in connection with 19 murders as well as drug trafficking and money laundering. he was on the "10 most wanted list." he this say he was living with greig and charles and carol gasgo. it came in response to a new publicity campaign n boston they had just about given up hope. >> i thought he was gone forever. >> reporter: police there describe bulger as diabolical, among the most cold-blooded killers in criminal history and said his arrest finally brings relief to families of his alleged victims. >> this pursuit of justice was for them and to hold mr. bulger accountable for the carnage that left behind. >> reporter: the manager of bulger's apartment building says he had been living there for 15 years, nearly the entire time he was on the lam. >> reporter: and that manager also said that bulger and his girlfriend were ideal tenants, paying their rent on time every month with cash. reporting live in los angel

. >> he was the inspiration for jack nicholson's character in the 2006 best picture "the departed." bulger was once believed to have been seen coming out of a san diego picture showing the film. over the years he became a huge embarrassment for the fbi. a congressional committee once called it "one of the greatest failures in the history of federal law enforcement." no word on whether the person who tipped off the fbi will receive that $2 million reward, betty. >> interesting, terrell brown joining us live in new york. thank you so much. >>> in other news the tide of war is receding. those were president obama's words last night as he announced plans for withdrawing u.s. troops from afghanistan. the drawdown is faster than what was recommended by military commanders but not fast enough for the war's critics. a total of 10,000 troops will leave the war zone by the end of this year and another 20,000 out by the summer of 2012. >> we're starting this drawdown from the position of spring. al qaeda is under more pressure than at any time since 9/11. together with the pakistanis, we've ta

he was the inspirit ration for jack nicholson's character in "the departed." but in this case, real life is far more intriguing. just as investigators say whitey was ordering hits, his brother, billy bulger was rising in state government, president of the massachusetts state senate and later president of umass, he came to court today to see his brother. billy has always denied any knowledge of whitey's alleged crimes or where he's been hiding. msnbc's lawrence o'donnell grew up nearby. >> you would not be asked questions about what your brother does, because too many people have brothers doing things they couldn't explain. >> reporter: but those pesky questions never went away, even at a 2003 congressional hearing. >> i do not know where my brother is. >> he was respecting his brother by not telling him where he was. >> everybody knows everything and kept people, same old, same old. >> reporter: you think billy knew? >> yes. >> reporter: billy did release a statement after the arrest late last night saying i wish to express my sympathy to all of the families h

bulger's alleged gangland activities and explosive temper were the inspiration for jack nicholson's character in martin scorsese's movie "the departed." >> you dump him in the marsh. >> reporter: but the film's popularity in 2006 did not help the f.b.i. find its man. public appeals and wanted posters brought no results until this week. >> have you seen this woman? >> reporter: on monday, the f.b.i. unveiled this ad focusing on bulger's long-time girlfriend, catherine grieg. a spot airing on daytime television and aimed at female viewers described grieg and her numerous plastic surgeries. within 24 hours, authorities got a very specific tip that bulger and grieg were living in this apartment building. the f.b.i. lured bulger outside and arrested him. then they entered the building, arrested grieg and confiscated nearly 30 guns and hundreds of thousands of dollars stashed in the apartment. neighbors knew the couple as charles and carol gasko. they lived in apartment 303 and, for much of the past 15 years, it seems, paid their $1,100-a- month rent in cash. but sources say bulger, armed with mult

he was so notorious, he was the inspiration for "the departed" starring leonardo dicaprio and jack nicholson. >> bottom line is bulger has to be caught and the sooner the better. this has gone on long enough. >> reporter: they recently stepped up their efforts to find his girlfriend, catherine greig. >> we focused on manicurists, beauty salons, veterinarian clinics. anybody that may have had contact with her. >> reporter: greig and bulger disappeared in 1995 with a $2 million reward for information leading to his capture. the 60-year-r-d greig faces charges of harboring a fugitive. >> we look to publicize the bulger case worldwide in order to, in essence, make his world smaller for him. >> reporter: the two were arrested without incident and will appear in a southern california courtroom. greig was known for her multiple surgeries and for her hygiene and made monthly visits to a dentist for cleaning. rob and peggy? i'm sorry. daniel and peggy. >> that's okay. very interesting. >> you know, this was no casual search, was it? >> reporter: no, it wasn't, in fact, peggy, the police, the fbi trac

jack nicholson based his character in the 200 sex 2000 sex s f o 2006 film the ded coach. the 2006>> when you are facing a difference? he became fbi informant. the information flows both ways. an agent tipped him off right before he was indicted for murder, racketeering, drug trafficking he took up with his girlfriend. in december 1994 and the fbi put him on the most wanted list. over the years, all over the world, from alaska, poland, and hong kong of his whereabouts. they finally found him in sicily four years ago. but they were tourists from germany. four years ago. >>pam: finall the ramp up national media campaign and a huge display in times square. a video press release. >> he is a the violent temper and his charge with 19 murders. >> and within days, he was appeared arrested--to cash in the santa monica and appears to be suffering from alzheimer's. catherine heenan, kron 4 news and. >>pam: >> this from the 1950's, his career was cut short because it took part in government experiments, l a s and d with lsd. they gad altering drugs to volunteers as part of its mk ultr

if you are going to be president, you look at people in the eye, and it is going to be the jack nicholson election. there's the famous line when he is on the witness stand and he says, you cannot handle the truth. the american people i think can handle the truth. it does not mean we free them out or scare them, but it is important and the responsibility of leaders to reform, education, and mobilized a positive solution. here's what we should do. on social security, as you know, the numbers are upside-down at it as a big part of the pie chart. i propose specifically we are going to tell the people on the program or near retirement he will not be affected, did not be afraid. we will continue to keep commitments. if you come into the workforce, gradually over time we are going to raise the retirement age. that changes a big part of the numbers. it does not solve the problem, but changes a big part of the problem. i do not like means testing philosophically. i think it is not a great thing, but we are choosing between a bad option, so one part of social security reform should be to say if you

. >>> i mean, jack welch, jack nicholson, hard to tell the difference. >> no it isn't. y big moment. >> tell me about your new online venture. >> we got a school called the jack welch management school. it's at chancellor university which is a small school in cleveland and we have an mba program and certificates where we're teaching people how to lead, 000 manage. we have four certificates. the first one which we just started is how to be a new leader. i wrote the course myself with another person. >> that's quite interesting. someone was just tweeting. i liked this question. if you were running a fortune 500 today what current ceo, remove steve jobs from this, would you hire to run a business? >> you got to say that the ceo at ibm has done an incredible job. >> best businessman in the world right now. >> one of them. there's been some. >> who has been so inspirational of all the business people you've met? >> not one. and i think anybody who looks at one person as a leader is wrong. everyone has something special. somebody can teach you how to do this better. everyone,

starring leonardo dicaprio, matt damon, and jack nicholson. connection with 16 murders. the fbi apprehended bulger in the los angeles area after a surveillance operation yesterday. >>> and fbi forensics experts were the main defense witnesses in the casey anthony trial. there are also some new indications that the closely watched case could be close to wrapping up. t.j. winick reports. >> reporter: score one for the defense. when an expert witness testifies casey anthony's car did not test positive for human decomposition. >> i could not conclusively determine that those -- the presence of those compounds indicated that there had been human remains in the trunk of the car. >> reporter: quite a 180 from earlier descriptions of the car reeking of death. anthony is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter caylee with chloroform. but then the prosecution punched a hole in the testimony of another defense witness who found no trace of knockout drugs in a sample of caylee's hair. >> even had it been positive, i wouldn't be able to say when or how

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his larger than life persona borrowed by jack nicholson in the movie "the departed." >> makes me curiouso see you in this neighborhood. >> today, boston's most notorious gangster and his long time girlfriend are in jail after 16 years on the run. they will make their first court appearance today. kara finnstrom in l.a. an unusual strategy that was used to nabbing him? >> reporter: right. certainly was. gangster -- we are told a tipster actually saw this psa that was airing. then he called in and he led them to the pair last night. interestingly enough, james "whitey" bulger had eluded authorities for more than a decade and a half. they tried to find him but he traveled. he would use disguises and had gone all around the world eluding them so finally they went after his girlfriend and they aired these psas which had specific information about her and that is what ultimately led them to him. >> tell us about that information. actually, some of it is quite comical. >> reporter: yeah they included some very specific information about her and said she had numerous plastic surgeries, that she

. >> reporter: bulger reportedly left boston back in 1995 and was the inspiration of jack nicholson's character in the departed. >>> the 89-year-old -- suffered a stroke. the oakland station has been playing repeats of his program. but now station managers say they will replace the program at the end of this month. camping first unsuccessfully predicted the rapture would take place in 2004 and again this year on may 21st. >>> tonight a ground breaking push to change the way the feds handle marijuana. is decriminalization a possibility? >> a golf course is an unlikely place for police but that's exactly who showed up today at an east bay golf course. what brought them there, coming up next. >>> clearing today around the bay. the fog cleared from the coast and temperatures cooled in many locations. there's further cooling on the way. i'll tell you how cool. negotiating, eh? you got it! what's up? oh, what's wrong with your hair? oh. i was cruising the world-wide-web. found this do. what are you wearing? dope, right? it's got a hood. want one? boom. done. [ ding! ] [ boy ] lookin' good m

was so notorious, he was the inspiration for "the departmented" martin scorsese film starring jack nicholsonaught. the sooner the better. this has gone on long enough. >> they stepped up the effort to find the girlfriend, kathryn greeg. they disappeared in 1995 with $2 million award leading to the capture. kathryn faces charges of harboring a fugitive. recent publicity produced a tip that led agents to santa monica. they were arrested without incident. the girlfriend was known for multiple visits to dentists for cleanings. john hendren, abc news. >>> coast guard helicopter is safely on the ground after an emergency landing in the east bay a short time ago. this is a live look at the scene in alameda where the coast guard chopper landed. it was on patrol before 5:00. searching over the bay waters for a possible jumper off the bay bridge. they made the eemergency landing to check out electrical problem on board. >> 6:47. google business operation getting unwanted attention from washington. former rapper vanilla ice is giving advice about the housing market. >> we want to hear what he has to sa

bulger the inspi rags for jack nicholson's character in "the departed."hat. >> reporter: on the streets of south boston, in a largely irish-american neighborhood, word of james bulger, aka whitey bulger's arrest, spread fast. >> basically it's just weird how they caught him. >> reporter: for more than two decades bulger ran the irish mob known as the winter hill gang. he paid off police and politicians and disappeared christmas 1994 after a tip from a corrupt fbi agent alerting him federal agents were closing in. >> the state police knew, the fbi was in his pocket. >> reporter: bob stutman was in boston running the drug enforcement agency and working with the task force to get bulger. >> there was a saying in boston that whitey walked down the street, the sidewalk shook. that's how bad he was. that's how tough he was. that's also how mean, crazy and nasty he was. >> bulger is said to have modeled himself after gangsters immortalized by hollywood's jimmy cagney. his brutality was well known. like new york mafia john john gaddy he killed his boss to take ov

the man famously portrayed by jack nicholson in the movie "the departed," had several hundred thousandsartment pierre thomas has the latest. pierre? >> reporter: well, bulger was captured along with his girlfriend, as you said, living in quiet santa monica not far from the beach. and that p.r. campaign proved critical. the fbi decided to target his girlfriend because they thought that that would reignite leads, and, josh, that's exactly what happened. >> so, pierre, this is a man that moved to the top spot on the most wanted list after the killing of osama bin laden. after 16 years, though, why so crucial to catch bulger now? >> reporter: well, he's suspected of murdering 19 people. it was very frustrating that the fbi could not find him. also, their own credibility was on the line. fbi agents tipped him off when they learned he was about to be indicted. so, the fbi was involved in alleged corruption. they wanted to catch this guy. >> pierre thomas with the very latest. and moments ago, in fact, we asked former fbi special agent and abc news consultant, brad garrett, for his thoughts on

bulger was the inspiration for jack nicholson's character in "the departed." we are following developments on this arrest. how did they eventually catch up with this notorious crime boss? >> it is quite a story. james "whitey" bulger is a legendary boston crime boss. he eluded authorities for more than a decade and a half. last night in santa monica, california, the fbi got its man after targeting his girlfriend. fbi officials say the 81-year-old bulger and his 60-year-old girlfriend were arrested from a residence without resisting. the fbi is crediting a publicity campaign for their capture and began airing this 30-second public service announcement that centered on his longtime girlfriend, katherine elizabeth, who allegedly fled with him, and wanted for harboring a fugitive. the fbi about 350 tv spots that aired in 14 u.s. cities including here in los angeles. those ads focused on specific habits of his girlfriend, including the fact she liked to have a dental cleaning done once a month and she frequented beauty salons. apparently a tip from that ad let to t

. >> i mean, jack welch, jack nicholson, it's hard to tell the difference. >> no, it isn't. >> do you>> it was my big moment in the sun, i'll tell you. >> tell me about your new online venture. >> we've got a school at chancellor university, which is a small school in cleveland, and we've got an mba program and certificate where is we're teaching people how to lead and manage. we have four certificates. the first one we just started is how to be a new leader. i wrote the course myself with another person. >> i like this question here. neutron jack, if you were running a fortune 500 today, what current ceo, remove steve jobs from this, would you hire to run a business? >> you've got to say that sam pompsano at ibm has done an incredible job. >> best businessman in the world right now? >> one of them. >> who's been to you the most inspirational over all the years, all the business people you've met? >> not one, and i think anybody who looks at one person as a leader is wrong. everyone has got something special. somebody can teach you how to do this better. you can learn from everybody.

have you seen "the shining," jack nicholson, that's me. >> yeah, exactly, weird and slightly scary. >d that's why i'm so happy i'm out. it is finally done. let's talk about the book. >> you stop the shameless plugs. let's talk weiner. let's talk weiner. >> i would love to talk weiner because that comes right back. >> tell me about weiner. >> among the things i like is that in his press conference yesterday he, you know, admitted he sent the pecker photo out and said he sent it as a joke. i would just say, score. totally great joke. how does that joke go again? naked congressman walks into a bar. the other thing i find -- >> should he resign? >> you know, i mean, this is the difference between among many others, among democrats and republicans on this, all of our sex scandal guys, not only do they resign or don't get re-elected except one, i'll mention him in a minute, but we don't care. we don't try to rehabilitate them, we don't try to defend them. look at edward -- senator kennedy. teddy kennedy, kills a girl, he's having an affair with. clinton, you have -- >> who is -- who is defe

james whitey bullger was so notorious he was the inspiration for the jack nicholson character in them the departed. >> when i was your able they would say could become cops or criminals. what i am saying to you is this. when facing a loaded gun if, what is the difference? >>reporter: agent rae move weapons guns and cash when they arrested bullger in santa monica cam. he's now set to be returned to his native boston to face a long list of charges. tj explains how the whole thing went down. >> for 16 years whitey bullger stayed one step ahead of authorities. even wednesday night after he was finally arrested at this apartment complex in santa monica, california, a bearded bullger smiled into the camera. >> today marks the moment of when james whitey bullger will finally face justice for number of his crimes including murder related to 19 individual. >> former boston mob boss and long time girlfriend made first court appearance thursday. he was laughing as he looked at the gathered media. he waived identity. waived all the process that he's entitled to in federal court in los angeles an

bulger was an inspiration in hollywood, portrayed by jack nicholson in the movie "the departed."oday his neighbors had a variety of descriptions for the couple. one neighbor described bulger as a rage-aholic. >> federal agents removed evidence from an apartment building in santa monica today but neighbors are finding out the couple in unit 303 lived with a secret. >> it's amazing they found him here. >> reporter: james bulger was living a quiet, unassuming life in an $1100 a month rent-controlled unit. some residents of the princess eugenie apartments describe him and his girlfriend as nice and normal. >> they would always greet us and help me with my groceries. they would walk all the way to my apartment and get my groceries into the house, which was unusual. it was really nice. >> reporter: others say the ex-mob boss accused of 19 murders could just as easily lose his temper. >> he was kind of what a call a rage-aholic. he wasn't a very well-balanced person. and she was putting up with a lot. >> that apparent duality is both disturbing -- >> i'm a little afraid. because that's

inspiration for jack nicholson's blood thirsty killer in "the departed".ears he ratted out his competition, others he murdered, tortured, allegedly. 19 in all according to authorities. and all the while, all the while while he was killing others his handler in the fbi turned a blind eye to his blood lust. in fact it was this same fbi agent who alerted bulger that he was about to be indicted, make sparking him to make a run for it in 1994. since then there have been bulger sightings all around the world. here in a rent-controlled apartment in a modest street in santa monica, california where agents arrested him last evening. he and his girlfriend were arraign today in l.a. federal court, agreeing to extradition back to boston. the fbi crediting his capture to a public service campaign, tv spots aimed at making grieg's face as well-known as her boyfriend's. >> on tuesday, june 21nd, just after 8:p.m. pacific standard time, a tip was received by the fbi's los angeles office. the tip was generated as a direct result of the fbi's unique publicity campaign organ

his alleged brutality inspired jack nicholson's character in the mob movie "the departed." >> swear onr mother's grave! >> warner: bulger disappeared suddenly in 1995, after being tipped off by his fbi handler of his pending indictment on racketeering charges. now, at age 81, he will finally face murder charges in boston, and in oklahoma city and miami. for more on whitey bulger's criminal career and larger-than- life aura in boston, we turn to dick lehr, an attorney and former reporter for the "boston globe." he is author of "black mass: the irish mob, the fbi, and a devil's deal." he currently teaches journalism at boston university. welcome. tell us a little more about whitey bulger what put an irish wob ster on the fbi most wanted list with a bin laddern. >> it is an epic story. the first piece was that he was a crime boss of the irish gang in boston overseeing the underworld for nearly two decades. but the big piece is that he is at the centre of the fbi's worst informant scandal in its history. in the mid 1970s when with he agreed to provide information for the fbi, he quickly tu