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Home Page > Legislative Branch > U.S. Congressional Serial Set > Congressional Reports > H. Rpt. 108-414 - Everything Secret Degenerates: The FBI'S Use of Murderers as Informants

Congressional Reports: H. Rpt. 108-414– Everything Secret Degenerates: The FBI'S Use of Murderers as Informants
Vols. 1 & 2

Cover Everything Secret Degenerates: The FBI'S Use of Murderers as Informants.

This Report by the House Committee on Government Reform discusses the consequences of the FBI's use of murderers as informants in New England. It focuses mainly on the 1965 murder of Edward ‘‘Teddy’’ Deegan,and the actions of federal law enforcement officials to protect cooperating witnesses and informants.

Volume 1 (57.4MB, 1,802 pages) and Volume 2 (73.8MB, 1,716 pages ) of the Report are available as a ZIP files. Documents within the ZIP file and in the browse table below are available in PDF format.

Volume 1
Document Title File Format & Size Print Copy Pages
Front Matter (Cover, committee members, letter of transmittal, table of contents) PDF 110 KB Front Matter
I. Executive Summary PDF 62 KB 1-9
II. Why the Committee Investigated these Matters PDF 34 KB 9
III. Joseph Barboza and the Deegan Murder Prosecution: An Extraordinary Failure to Serve the Ends of Justice
A. Barboza, the Flemmis, and the Deegan Murder Prosecution
1. Joseph "The Animal" Barboza
2. The Murder of Edward "Teddy" Deegan
3. Developing the Flemmi Brothers as Informants
4. The Deegan Murder Prosecution
i. Barboza's Pretrial Dealings with Federal Officials
ii. Barboza's Grand Jury Testimony
iii. Barboza's Testimony Compared to Preexisting Information
iv. Anthony Stathopoulos and the Deegan Murder Prosecution
v. Federal Involvement in the Deegan Prosecution
5. The Failure to Prosecute Raymond Patriarca
6. Post-Conviction Indications That a Grave Miscarriage of Justice Had Occurred
7. The Deegan Murder Defendants After Conviction
i. Joseph Salvati
ii. Peter Limone
8. Efforts to Protect Stephen Flemmi After the Deegan Murder Trial
9. The Misuse of the Flemmi Brothers as Informants: Two Human Perspectives
B. Interference with State Law Enforcement
1. California
i. Joseph Barboza’s Relocation to California
ii. The Murder of Clay Wilson
iii. The Clay Wilson Murder Trial in California
iv. Joseph Barboza Returns to Prison
2. Nevada
3. Oklahoma
4. Florida
5. Massachusetts
i. Operation Lobster
ii. The Lancaster Street Garage
iii. The Howard Johnson’s Investigation
iv. The DEA Investigation
6. Connecticut
7. Rhode Island
 PDF 326 KB 10-103
IV. The Use of James ‘‘Whitey’’ Bulger as An Informant Raised Questions About Whether the FBI Used its Authority to Advance or Protect Former Massachusetts State Senate President William Bulger
A. William Bulger’s Testimony Before the Committee
1. FY82 Massachusetts State Budget Line Item
2. 75 State Street Real Estate Venture
3. Massachusetts State Police Trooper Billy Johnson’s Encounter with James ‘‘Whitey’’ Bulger at Logan Airport
4. William Bulger’s Relationship with Former FBI Special Agent and James ‘‘Whitey’’ Bulger’s Handler, John Connolly 5. William Bulger’s January 1995 Telephone Conversation with James ‘‘Whitey’’ Bulger
6. FBI Contact with William Bulger and the Bulger Family Concerning James ‘‘Whitey’’ Bulger’s Whereabouts
B. Subsequent Investigation of William Bulger’s Testimony
1. Interview of John Gamel
2. Interview of Carl Gustin
3. Interview of William Nally
4. Interview of Robert Zoulas
5. Contact with John O’Donovan
6. Contact with Peter Agnes
7. Research at Massachusetts State House and Library
 PDF 98 KB 103-124
V. Institutional Reluctance to Accept Oversight
A. Congressional Oversight
1. The Patriarca Microphone Surveillance Logs
2. Documents Pertaining to Robert Daddeico
3. U.S. Attorney’s Office Gangland Murder Summaries
B. Institutional Oversight
C. The Claim of Executive Privilege Over Key Documents
1. The Committee’s Request for the Documents
2. The President’s Claim of Executive Privilege
3. The Justice Department’s Shifting Explanations
i. The Administration’s Denial that it Was Creating an Inflexible Policy
ii. The Administration’s Failure to Compromise with the Committee
iii. The Administration’s Misrepresentations Regarding Historical Precedent
4. The Justice Department Finally Provided the Committee with Access to the Subpoenaed Documents
5. The Documents Which Were Withheld Contained Vital Information
 PDF 62 KB 124-135
VI. Conclusions and Recommendations PDF 23 KB 135-136
Appendices
Appendix I. -- Committee Correspondence PDF 3.9 MB 137-380
Appendix II. -- FBI Office of Professional Responsibility Report PDF 1.4 MB 381-451
Chronology
Chronology of events from the 40's through 2002 PDF 542 KB 452-630

*Note:  Missing exhibits were omitted in the original.
631-1802

Volume 2


*Note: Missing exhibits omitted in original
1803-3513
Views
Minority views of Hon. Henry A. Waxman, Hon. Tom Lantos, Hon. Major R. Owens, Hon. Bernard Sanders, Hon. Elijah E. Cummings, Hon. Dennis J. Kucinich, Hon. Diane E. Watson, Hon. Stephen F. Lynch, and Hon. Eleanor Holmes Norton PDF 26 KB 3514-3516
Additional minority views of Hon. John F. Tierney, Hon. Stephen F. Lynch, Hon. Elijah E. Cummings, and Hon. Bernard Sanders PDF 20 KB 3517-3518

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