He was Senate President in Mass.for 18 years. From mid seventies until mid nineties. Then went to UMass Boston as the president. Congress had a hearing questioned him on his involvement with Whitey. He plead the 5th on almost all questions. there was a lot of evidence of him helping Whitey while he was on the run but Billy never admitted to it. He took a lot of heat and resigned from UMass. He was allowed to keep his pension. He gets 198k a year. No doubt Whitey and Billy ruled Boston in those days. A lot of the Winter Hill guys of old have family members still on the state payroll with jobs in the courts and other public service. All that was from Billy. He still lives in southie.

http://thetrialofwhiteybulger.com/ This guy is a lawyer in this area. He knows his stuff and anything he doesnt he investigates at the court houses. Its not bad. sometimes he backs whitey up other times he rips him. And Boston.com has a whole whitey section from a couple reporters who wrote Black Mass.