How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
It was Brian Halloran's dead body on Northern Avenue that left a deep mark on agents in the Boston office. (2.10.60)
Halloran is a prospective informant against Bulger who's murdered after Connolly leaks his identity to crime boss. Shady. By now, the rest of the FBI has no illusions: the deal with Bulger is causing more evil than it's stopping.
Quote #5
[T]he moment Bulger had uttered the line, "He's right—there is a bug in the car," DEA agent Reilly was convinced that the FBI had tipped of Bulger. (2.12.97)
No matter how expertly they plan their raids, the DEA remains one step behind Bulger. This just confirms their suspicions: Connolly is definitely leaking intel to the gangster. That's got to be against the bro code. Even if they now know that Connolly is their enemy, however, they still don't know how to take him down.
Quote #6
"I think part of it, if Connolly were surfaced, that would mean that I would be surfaced; and I think at that point in time I in fact wanted my own involvement surfaced." (2.16.18)
John Morris has always had reservations about the deal with Bulger—though to be fair, those reservations weren't enough to stop him from accepting thousands of dollars in bribes. No matter the reason behind his sudden admission to the Boston Globe, however, it kicks off the chain of events that finally lands Whitey where he belongs: a jail cell.