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July 30, 2013

David Boeri

The first defense witness in the trial of Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger returns to the stand for cross examination Tuesday.

Robert Fitzpatrick — a former FBI agent who testified he once tried to dump Bulger as an FBI informant — faced a scathing cross-examination Monday that at one point took a strange detour from South Boston and Bulger's alleged crimes to Memphis in 1968.

Text Report: Ex-FBI Agent Says Bulger Denied Informant Role

This program aired on July 30, 2013.

David Boeri Senior Reporter
Now retired, David Boeri was a senior reporter at WBUR.

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