Boston Bombing FBI Chief Uses Media Flair That Got Bulger
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FBI special agent Richard DesLauriers ended the 16-year hunt for accused Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger by organizing a television and social-media campaign targeting female viewers of daytime soap operas whose age range roughly matched the fugitive’s girlfriend.
“We were trying to think outside the box on this one,” DesLauriers told CBS News the day Bulger appeared in court after his June 22, 2011, arrest. The Federal Bureau of Investigation sought to “be creative and use the power of the worldwide Internet and social media,” he said.