John Morris
American former FBI agent who was charged with corruption
About John Morris
Born 1947. John Morris is a fBI agent.
John Morris (born 1947) is an American former FBI agent who was charged with corruption for his involvement with James "Whitey" Bulger, Steve Flemmi and the Winter Hill Gang. He was the direct supervisor of John Connolly, who was convicted of racketeering, obstruction of justice and murder. He and Connolly compiled much of Bulger's 700-page FBI informant file.
Morris met Bulger for the first time in 1978, when Morris hosted a dinner at his home in Lexington, Massachusetts. Morris was put in charge of the Organized Crime Squad at the FBI's Boston field office in December 1977. Morris not only proved himself unable to rein in Connolly's protection of Bulger, but even began assisting him.
Morris was played by David Harbour in the 2015 movie Black Mass. then to his former secretary, with whom he had a decade-long affair.
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American former FBI agent who was charged with corruption
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