Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger Page #8

in the 1980s by the name

of Lawrence Sarhatt.

In this memorandum, Sarhatt says

that he had a conversation

with James Bulger when they met

at a hotel. And the government pretends

that this memorandum somehow shows

James Bulger is an informant.

So, during the trial

we learn information

that there's a secret safe

in the Boston SAC,

that's Special Agent in Charge's office

in the C3 unit of the FBl,

the criminal division, and in that safe,

supposedly documents will go into

and never come out again.

We also learned

that there was a secretary

who had worked for decades

in the Boston FBI.

She's 82 years old, and still working

for the Boston FBI.

So, she is the person who knows

whether or not a secret safe exists.

Brennan:
When we called

this secretary as a witness,

mysteriously new documents appeared.

While they told the jury

and the public

- This is the truth at this trial...

- Man:
At this trial.

what we learned

when we called the secretary

is there were other documents

that existed.

The same exact memo

that the government introduced

at this trial from the same person,

exact copy of it,

we learned that the memo

was not complete,

because there's

an observation section.

Mr. Sarhatt says, "I am not certain

that I am convinced

the informant is telling

the full story of his involvement.

Consideration should be given

to closing him

and making him a target."

So what do they do

with this information?

Well, the government at this trial,

leaves that part out until we expose it.

What else did they do with

the information back in 1980?

We'd learn from the secretary exactly

what they did with that information.

The actual memorandum

that was given to her,

she put in an envelope

by direction of Mr. Sarhatt,

and put in the safe.

And it says, "Strictly Eyes-Only."

Nobody other than the Special Agent

in Charge should see it.

And anytime a new Special Agent

In Charge would come in

and take the place of an old one

who was resigning or moving on,

she would tell them

about this document in the safe,

and it stayed in that safe

for generations

of Special Agents in Charge

when they took each other's spot.

And one Special Agent In Charge

said, "Get rid of this,

or we'll all get fired."

What could be so terrible

about this document

that they would lose their job?

That James Bulger was an informant?

Would that be so terrible

everybody would get fired?

Or that they knew

he wasn't an informant,

they knew that he

should've been targeted,

and he was being protected.

Kelly:
The defense complaining

about the Sarhatt memo

is another desperate tactic by them,

which is another version of,

"Let's pretend,"

because they are pretending

they didn't have these documents,

which they did. There's nothing sinister

about it, it was disclosed.

They had it. And it didn't...

it didn't prove anything,

other than the fact that

there was a head of the FBI

who was concerned about

keeping Bulger open as an informant.

If anything, the Sarhatt memo

proves Bulger was an informant.

He sat with the head of

the Boston FBI for four hours

and gave them all sorts of information,

most of which was useless,

but in fact, he was

reporting it to the FBl,

and that makes him an informant.

Woman:
The latest twist in the trial

of James Whitey Bulger.

Man:
On Tuesday, Stephen Rakes was

dropped from the witness list.

Woman 2:
Rakes had been set to testify,

but prosecutors told him he was

no longer needed to

take the stand.

Thirty years of torment, and

now it's coming to an end.

(phone ringing)

Hello. No, I haven't been

able to get...

I'm going by his house later

because I haven't been able

to get a hold of him or anything.

Yeah, he's probably

beside himself about it.

They took him off the witness list.

I tried calling him after court,

and his phone went right to voicemail.

I call him all day yesterday,

same, after court, same thing.

So, I'm going to go over.

I figure, give him

a little time to cool down.

Yeah.

(indistinct voice on phone)

Yeah.

Where?

I don't know, what was

the body described like?

That's him.

That's him.

Motherf***er.

I'm going by his house right now.

Yeah, I'll call you

right back, bye.

- He's dead.

- Woman:
He's dead?

What, what?

What? What happened?

They found him on

the side of the road in Lincoln.

Woman:
In Lincoln, Massachusetts?

Yeah.

Woman:
Who's in Lincoln,

Massachusetts?

I gotta go by his house right now.

Woman:
Who's in...

Oh, my God, no way.

Man:
Stephen Rakes is a courthouse

regular, coming each day

to the Whitey Bulger trial, waiting

for the day when he would testify,

but Rakes would never

get that chance.

See the corruption?

Woman:
Well, wait,

let's not jump to conclusions.

Let's say a prayer that he's okay.

- He's not here.

- Woman:
Oh, my God.

- Woman:
Is his car here, Stephen?

- No.

Woman:
Oh, my God. Can you go

knock on the door and see?

Davis:
I knew something was wrong,

because I talk to him every day,

we meet for coffee.

(ringing doorbell)

You know, and that's got

my stomach turned, thinking,

"Is anyone else in danger?"

With his testimony,

I used to say to him,

"Steve, what do you have to say?

I mean, what is it?"

"Oh, you'll see, you'll see.

Believe me, you'll see how deep

the people... you'll see."

Woman:
Key witness in

the Whitey Bulger trial is dead.

Woman 2:
A source tells CNN,

authorities called the death suspicious.

Man:
We don't know what the cause

of death was, no sign of trauma.

Don't know if this was a suicide.

Man 2:
It's a very suspicious death.

And the body is seven miles away

from where his automobile was,

and he did not have

any identification on him.

They'll probably say cause of

death was a heart attack,

an aneurysm, you know, and is it?

We'll never really know.

Do you believe what they tell you,

or did something really happen?

Do you trust your people that are

supposed to serve and protect

when you know

what we're living through,

and what's happened in this family?

What is the truth anymore,

and who do you believe?

Sometimes, you know, I wish

that this never happened.

This life... because all the hurt.

I've had a lot of hurt, Joe,

I mean, from...

I'm talking from... I can remember

far back as four or five years old.

I don't have any faith no more.

I want the truth.

This has tied me up for 32 years.

They say, you know, ease your pain.

And honestly, Joe, I got to tell you this,

and I say it with my throat,

I'd kill this cocksucker

if they ever let him go free,

and I'd tell the...

Tell the judge that and I wouldn't

give a f*** about going away for it.

This prick here is never gonna

run free, because I...

I mean it, I'd take him out.

Man:
Prosecutors put former hit man

John Martorano on the stand

to prove that Bulger's reign

was murderous.

Woman:
Martorano was perhaps

the most feared member

of Bulger's Winter Hill Gang.

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