I thought that was restricted to the politicians of Massachussetts.
And to the FBI. Ever wonder how J. Edger Hoover got that info on the murdered civil rights leaders, that he was so quick to brag about to President Johnson?
Linda Schiro testified at the trial of one-time FBI agent R. Lindley DeVecchio, who is accused of secretly aligning himself with mobster Gregory Scarpa Sr., an informant within one of the warring factions of the Colombo crime family.
She testified that she went to Mississippi in 1964 after Scarpa was recruited by the FBI to help find the bodies of slain civil rights workers.
She said she witnessed an FBI agent delivering a gun and a wad of cash to Scarpa in their Mississippi hotel room.
Scarpa later told her he had forced someone to reveal the location of the workers' bodies by "putting a gun in the guy's mouth and threatening him," said Schiro.
OK, if convicting the FBI is the topic, let’s at least throw in
a “close to home” (Boston/Mass) case:
“John “Zip” Connolly is a former FBI agent, currently in federal prison
for racketeering and obstruction of justice stemming from his relationship
with Whitey Bulger, Steve Flemmi, and the Winter Hill Gang.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Connolly_%28FBI%29