Steve "The Rifleman" Flemmi
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The defense attorneys [...] were portraying Flemmi as if he were "Junior G-man with a license to kill."
"Isn't that preposterous?" mocked Wyshak. (3.20.11)
It might be preposterous, but it's a fairly accurate depiction of the twisted relationship Flemmi and Bulger develop with the FBI. Connolly and Morris have turned a blind eye to crime after crime—and murder after murder. Why shouldn't Flemmi believe that he has a license to kill? He certainly hasn't been treated like your average murderer.