Betrayal, Robert Fitzpatrick
Betrayal, Robert Fitzpatrick
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Betrayal
Whitey Bulger and the FBI Agent Who Fought to Bring Him Down

Author: Robert Fitzpatrick, Jon Land

Narrator: Michael Prichard

Unabridged: 9 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/26/2012


Synopsis

The Jack Nicholson film The Departed didn't tell half of their story. A poor kid from the slums, Robert Fitzpatrick grew up to become a stellar FBI agent and challenge the country's deadliest gangsters. Relentless in his desire to catch, prosecute, and convict Whitey Bulger, Fitzpatrick fought the nation's most determined cop-gangster battle since Melvin Purvis hunted, confronted, and killed John Dillinger.
 
In his crusade to bring Bulger to justice, Fitzpatrick faced not only Whitey but also corrupt FBI agents, along with political cronies and enablers from Boston to Washington who, in one way or another, blocked his efforts at every step. Even when Fitzpatrick discovered the very organization to which he had sworn allegiance was his biggest obstacle, the agent continued to pursue Whitey and his gang . . . knowing that they were prepared to murder anyone who got in their way. 


About Robert Fitzpatrick

Robert Fitzpatrick served more than twenty years as an FBI agent and chief in a career highlighted by his involvement in the Martin Luther King, Jr., killing and the ABSCAM investigation in Miami that resulted in the indictments of numerous public officials. He played a key role in the famed "Mississippi Burning" investigation and recovered the rifle that was used in the King assassination and that ultimately led to the arrest of James Earl Ray.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jill on September 26, 2015

I wanted to get a different perspective on the Whitey Bulger story before seeing the movie Black Mass. This account had very little to do with Bulger ... The focus was the FBI agent and his battle with the agencies in charge of taking Bulger down. Looking forward to the movie though!......more

Goodreads review by Russell on January 13, 2012

BETRAYAL: Whitey Bulger and the FBI Agent who Faught to Bring Him Down Reviewed by Russ Ilg Jon Land and Robert Fitzpatrick have combined to bring to paper the greatest “nonfiction novel” I have had the honor to read. The story of how the FBI protected and sheltered one of the most vicious and derange......more

Goodreads review by Bruce on April 05, 2012

As a journalist born and bred just south of Boston, I followed the Whitey Bulger saga closely and even had a hand in breaking a big story or two about the mobster and his corrupt allies in the Boston Bureau of the FBI. But Betrayal by Robert Fitzpatrick and Jon Land spills details about the decades-l......more

Goodreads review by Donna on May 16, 2021

A good book with a lot of facts, figures, and personal experience from an FBI agent. A true look into corruption within the legal system.......more

Goodreads review by Robert on March 15, 2017

This book is more of an autobiography of an embittered FBI agent than it is an account of the take-down of Whitey Bulger. Not that I think "embittered" is a reason to discount Fitzpatrick's version of the events. What does give me pause is the public information on Fitzpatrick, who recently pled guil......more