In 2001 the four men were fully exonerated and compensated $100 million. The four had bern framed to protect another FBI informant whose brother did the actual killing. Two of the innocent men died in prison. The same year Mueller, who covered up FBI and DOJ abuses in Boston for two decades, was appointed FBI director.<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140904190742-29817943-doj-complicity-and-cover-up-of-murders-involving-boston-fbi-agents </ref> | In 2001 the four men were fully exonerated and compensated $100 million. The four had bern framed to protect another FBI informant whose brother did the actual killing. Two of the innocent men died in prison. The same year Mueller, who covered up FBI and DOJ abuses in Boston for two decades, was appointed FBI director.<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140904190742-29817943-doj-complicity-and-cover-up-of-murders-involving-boston-fbi-agents </ref> |