I am currently reading a book written by an Irish-American man who was a soldier in the US Marines and then joined the IRA. He was in charge, on the IRA side, of the arms shipment the Boston Irish Mob sent to the IRA in 1985. He dealt directly with Whitey Bulger and his crew.
Interestingly, he mentions that Whitey Bulger wanted the IRA to send an explosive expert to Boston to train his crew in car-bombs. Bulger also wanted the IRA to send to him a few guys on the run so he would protect them and they would work for him. The IRA knew he would use these guys as his private army so it never eeally materialized although the IRA always had a few guys hiding in Boston.
This is very interesting. Bulger was an informant at the time, which makes me wonder if he was going to use the IRA, then set them up to be arrested. I wonder if the FBI knew about it? Does the author give any opinions on Bulger as an informer ( I realize no one knew it at the time) and does he say anything about it?
