John Morris
FBI supervisor in Boston, named by a federal court among John Connolly's supervisors and as chief of the organized crime squad, who the court found told Flemmi and Bulger they would not be prosecuted for anything on the 98 Prince Street tapes.
- Rights
- Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal records state.
On the record
- 1980s — 91 F. Supp. 2d 141 names "Connolly's supervisors, John Morris and James Ring," and has a section headed "Morris Becomes Chief of the Organized Crime Squad."
- 1985 — 91 F. Supp. 2d 141: "In 1985, at a dinner at Morris' home, in Connolly's presence, Morris again told Flemmi and Bulger that they would not be prosecuted for anything on the 98 Prince Street tapes."
- 2004 — McIntyre v. United States, 367 F.3d 38 names him in its account of the FBI's informant relationship.
A federal agent whose conduct is the subject of court findings. This page quotes only those findings and gives no personal detail.
Records
itemUnited States v. Salemme, 91 F. Supp. 2d 141 (D. Mass. 1999)Judge Wolf's memorandum of September 15, 1999 setting out, after long hearings, the FBI's relationship with informants Stephen Flemmi and James Bulger, the 1981 bugging of 98 Prince Street and the 1989 Medford recording. Reversed in part in 2000.itemMcIntyre v. United States, 367 F.3d 38 (1st Cir. 2004)First Circuit opinion of May 10, 2004 in two Federal Tort Claims Act suits against the United States arising from the FBI's handling of informants Bulger and Flemmi. It turned on when the claims accrued.