Who died that they don’t have to protect anymore—Ted Kennedy died two years ago, just saying.
Connolly and the other crooked FBI worked side-by-side in the FBI office. The honest FBI guys have had to know that something was going on. Over the years, there must have been lots of members of the public who gave them information about Whitey and his partners without it going anywhere. Maybe this went all the way to Washington. Wouldn’t they need a cover in the Washington office to keep all of the corruption in the Boston office from being found out? I suspect that when there is corruption in law enforcement there are probably political people behind the scenes who are getting their share of the take. Whitey made lots of money selling drugs and other crimes, look at all the money he had stashed away. There must have been lots of money to share with any crooked politicians who wanted a peace of the action.