''Betrayal: Whitey Bulger and the FBI Agent Who Fought to Bring Him Down'' is the

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of Robert Fitzpatrick, a former assistant

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of the FBI’s

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office. It was written by Fitzpatrick and his co-author

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. In the early 1980s,

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sent Fitzpatrick to the Boston FBI office to evaluate Whitey Bulger's "suitability" as a high level

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. Instead he encountered an environment that appeared to support and enable Bulger's alleged antithetical behaviors and goals. Former FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Sentenced for Perjury and Obstruction of Justice During Bulger Trial https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/former-fbi-assistant-special-agent-charge-sentenced-perjury-and-obstruction-justice

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