tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post5043562847411452227..comments2024-03-19T08:55:53.122-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: They Always Get Their ManJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-88913620095548935332011-08-23T23:44:55.903-04:002011-08-23T23:44:55.903-04:00Thanks so much, Jon! Come back and visit when the ...Thanks so much, Jon! Come back and visit when the book comes out.<br /><br />ANd the winner of Jon's book--and your choice of any one Jungle Red books!--is Dixie50!<br /><br />Email me via my website Http://www.HankPhillippiRyan.com and send me your address and you choice!<br /><br />See you tomorrow--when we're talking about Green. NO, nope money. Not the environment. ANd we're giving away a must-read new book!Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-44721814216750479252011-08-23T19:35:42.711-04:002011-08-23T19:35:42.711-04:00Thanks, Billy! We'll refer to him in the futur...Thanks, Billy! We'll refer to him in the future as James!<br /><br />(Hmm.Wonder if we're on the list already ,anyway?)Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-51638985145442715182011-08-23T19:11:11.635-04:002011-08-23T19:11:11.635-04:00Hank and jon,
It's James, it's James! She...Hank and jon,<br />It's James, it's James! Sheesh, ya wanna get on his list?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-68572978184847928152011-08-23T15:38:48.557-04:002011-08-23T15:38:48.557-04:00Hank, I was like you. When I heard the news, I cam...Hank, I was like you. When I heard the news, I came straight out of my morning doze and ran to the bathroom to yell at Lawyer Guy. While we're in Oklahoma, there's a famous (for us) case of a murder for hire at a country club in Tulsa. The alleged murderer? Yup, Whitey.Silver Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606837105470988646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-88033643635699193912011-08-23T14:52:10.486-04:002011-08-23T14:52:10.486-04:00Hallie: Great comment! I think we should care be...Hallie: Great comment! I think we should care because of how the FBI became Bulger's willing and able accessory. Think about it. Capone never co-opted the government. Neither did Gotti or any other gangster in history. But the FBI was Whitey's accomplice in all manner of crime, including murder, ever since signing him as a Top Echelon informant around 1976. So can you make the argument that Bulger is actually the most notorious gangster of them all? Just maybe. JonJon Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01783709756792749654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-6440828136602175102011-08-23T14:48:47.928-04:002011-08-23T14:48:47.928-04:00Hank: Fitz gave me loads of incredible documents,...Hank: Fitz gave me loads of incredible documents, including confidential memos referenced frequently in the text. The MISSISSIPPI BURNING film, while wonderful at capturing that era, has very little basis in truth. Fitz was the agent who turned Kathy Ainsworth which allowed the FBI to catch Thomas Tarrants in the midst of planting a bomb at the Meyer Davidson Synagogue which led directly to the arrest of Sam Bowers himself. We cover this in BETRAYAL, along with the frantic aftermath of the Martin Luther King Jr. assassination and Fitz's coordination of the ABSCAM investigation. All great stuff! JonJon Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01783709756792749654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-5734966785519499722011-08-23T14:47:34.656-04:002011-08-23T14:47:34.656-04:00Whitey Bulger--a thug. So why should we care? But ...Whitey Bulger--a thug. So why should we care? But we do... Sounds like a terrific book.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-33391970475980219112011-08-23T13:35:19.524-04:002011-08-23T13:35:19.524-04:00Wow, Jon, that's amazing.
Did he give you lot...Wow, Jon, that's amazing.<br /><br />Did he give you lots of wonderful documents? <br /><br />Did he say the Mississippi Burning movie was realistic? My husband was therw at that time as a civil rights lawyer..he has some thoughts...:-)Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-67589156858739816602011-08-23T13:07:00.950-04:002011-08-23T13:07:00.950-04:00Ever since J. Edgar Hoover was exposed as a parano...Ever since J. Edgar Hoover was exposed as a paranoic hypocrite of the highest order I've been reluctant to give the FBI much credence. Personal agendas have taken over a lot of common sense in too many arenas in this country, including in the FBI. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. That is absolutely true.Karen in Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-84995924835783660302011-08-23T11:32:13.865-04:002011-08-23T11:32:13.865-04:00Thanks for the query, Hank. My brother plays golf...Thanks for the query, Hank. My brother plays golf with a few ex-FBI agents who are friends with Fitz. They mentioned to him he wanted to write a book, or was trying to write a book, and the next week we were having lunch. I knew from the get-go that there was a great story here. A clash of the titans, if you will: the most notorious gangster of his era versus one of the most celebrated FBI agents of all time. Fitzpatrick was a primary agent in the famed "MIssissippi Burning" case that nabbed the nefarious Sam Bowers. He found the gun that killed Martin Luther King, Jr. and led James Earl Ray's arrest. He ran the ABSCAM investigation down in Miami. And then he came north to take on both Bulger and his own beloved FBI. What a story!Jon Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01783709756792749654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-71628350135816051272011-08-23T11:28:38.870-04:002011-08-23T11:28:38.870-04:00Bill and Keith: Always nice when friends drop by ...Bill and Keith: Always nice when friends drop by to chime in. As fellow fiction writers, I think you guys will appreciate BETRAYAL more than anyone!Jon Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01783709756792749654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-50039702553972037802011-08-23T11:27:44.966-04:002011-08-23T11:27:44.966-04:00Julia: I couldn't have said it any better myse...Julia: I couldn't have said it any better myself! The book publishes on January 3. Amazing that after 30 novels, I may have written my greatest story ever and it's real. Go figure!Jon Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01783709756792749654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-73331283451121970402011-08-23T11:25:52.485-04:002011-08-23T11:25:52.485-04:00Dixie, Paul and Carol: You will not be disappoint...Dixie, Paul and Carol: You will not be disappointed! The great thing about this book that I haven't talked about a lot is Fitzpatrick himself. He was raised in an orphanage, a boys home on Staten Island called Mount Loretto. On nights he couldn't sleep, and there were many, he'd listen to the sounds of an old time radio shows drifting down the corridor from a nun's room. One of these was THIS IS YOUR FBI. That's where his dream was born and even after it became a nightmare he never gave up. And the great thing about BETRAYAL, to me anyway, is the vindication he receives in the end. This is one of those rare true stories with a beginning, middle and an end, and Fitz is a true hero!Jon Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01783709756792749654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-42144146557128224962011-08-23T11:22:35.248-04:002011-08-23T11:22:35.248-04:00Karen: Many people far smarter and more in than t...Karen: Many people far smarter and more in than the know than I believe the FBI never wanted to find Bulger. The story we tell in BETRAYAL is one the Bureau never wanted told and when you read the book you'll see why. The culture of corruption, and enabling, in Boston wasn't limited to one or two agents. It extended all the way to Washington right up to the office of the Director. If I hadn't written the book, I wouldn't believe it myself.Jon Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01783709756792749654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-53760473147936782662011-08-23T11:20:50.463-04:002011-08-23T11:20:50.463-04:00SO, Jon, how did you a Fitzpatrick first meet? (if...SO, Jon, how did you a Fitzpatrick first meet? (if you can reveal it...)<br /><br />And how did you work together...? If that's not secret, too :-)Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-75994234852506304112011-08-23T11:20:27.960-04:002011-08-23T11:20:27.960-04:00Jan raises a great question! It's truly mind-...Jan raises a great question! It's truly mind-boggling that after everything they should've learned with Bulger, it remains business as usual in Boston. What we can't lose sight of, and Fitzpatrick himself says this all the time, is that the FBI remains perhaps the greatest crime-fighting organization in the world. It seems so pointless to tarnish its reputation by continuing to associate with known gangsters out only to further their own interests.Jon Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01783709756792749654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-29367314792360224972011-08-23T11:19:40.501-04:002011-08-23T11:19:40.501-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-35913262455799665132011-08-23T11:18:23.648-04:002011-08-23T11:18:23.648-04:00Dee: Thanks much and I promise you're going t...Dee: Thanks much and I promise you're going to love it! Best, JonJon Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01783709756792749654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-85313995839859183472011-08-23T11:17:23.055-04:002011-08-23T11:17:23.055-04:00E.B.--Thanks for the interest and the questions! ...E.B.--Thanks for the interest and the questions! I hesitate to say I'm a journalist but I did begin my career writing for PEOPLE, the SATURDAY EVENING POST and other periodicals. My novels are big-scale thrillers that draw inspiration from real-life events and issues without being based upon them. I did indeed write BETRAYAL "with" Bob Fitzpatrick. The book is presented in first person in his voice. Bob left the bureau in 1987 after the situation had become understandably untenable for him. He's a true hero and everything he said then is being proven true today. Come January 3, let me know what you think of the book! onJon Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01783709756792749654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-49904302209630697112011-08-23T11:16:24.340-04:002011-08-23T11:16:24.340-04:00I cannot WAIT for this one! Being a long time Jon...I cannot WAIT for this one! Being a long time Jon Land fan, plus one of the biggest Bad Guys of the decade? You know it's gonna be good!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11538690057861333760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-574642618809965362011-08-23T10:56:29.892-04:002011-08-23T10:56:29.892-04:00Still limping along on partial internet access at ...Still limping along on partial internet access at the kid's computer, but I had to comment and say that I'll be first in line to read this when Jon gets it out.<br /><br />Really, the whole Whitey Bulger story is the sort of true crime you simply wouldn't believe if it were written as straight fiction!Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553268569509053159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-21379777209799319022011-08-23T10:50:50.407-04:002011-08-23T10:50:50.407-04:00What a great story.What a great story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-54043350220886154582011-08-23T10:36:57.837-04:002011-08-23T10:36:57.837-04:00What a story! And who better to tell it than the g...What a story! And who better to tell it than the great Jon Land.<br /><br />(Another character for the tale: Whitey's brother, Billy, was president of the State Senate and then president of UMass. He was forced to resign from the latter position when it turned out he'd communicated with his fugitive brother.)Keith Raffelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926077627965529183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-90557707764554890662011-08-23T10:33:21.001-04:002011-08-23T10:33:21.001-04:00Looks like a fascinating book! the whole case sou...Looks like a fascinating book! the whole case sounds like a novel.Carolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-86189080561573383782011-08-23T10:08:50.975-04:002011-08-23T10:08:50.975-04:00Fascinating! Looking forward to the book.Fascinating! Looking forward to the book.Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05964692431996499721noreply@blogger.com