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The DEA's star undercover operative used a stable of his own paid informants to assist him in setting up drug buys, a fact that was kept from defense lawyers in an undetermined number of those cases. Incredibly, these "sub-informants" were paid only if they successfully set up a "buy," fueling charges of entrapment.
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www.whosarat.com/latest_news3.php
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USA - Paid Informants Law and order ... Been looking into paid informants out of curiosity. The remark "if the cops can't find nothing on you, they will create something" has new meaning. Would put the link up, but the site has a forum.
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www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=73540
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In the case of the Fort Dix Five, the bulk of the evidence consists of recordings made by two paid informants – one a bankrupt convicted felon, the other a man who boasted of murdering someone back home in Albania and bragged that he was not afraid to die in a suicide bombing.
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washingtonindependent.com/22674/terrorism-cases-hinge-o...
washingtonindependent.com/22674/terrorism-cases-hinge-on-paid-informants
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Strathclyde police forced to disclose sums after officers were taped offering cash to Plane Stupid activist ... The details revealed that the force had almost doubled the annual amount it paid to informants since 2004, when £145,198 was paid. A total of £762,459 was paid between 2004 and 2008.
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www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/may/08/strathclyde-pol...
www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/may/08/strathclyde-police-informant-payments
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Both web sites provide information, including photographs, about undercover law enforcement officers and "confidential informants," or snitches. And while law enforcement sources have pronounced themselves outraged, it all appears perfectly legal.
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stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/351/names.shtml
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This three-part series examines the role of confidential informants in the so-called "War on Drugs." ... Ronald Dean Hicks saunters up the stone steps of the Kanawha County Public Library. He won't be checking out a book or browsing the newspaper racks. He's looking to get paid...
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www.wvgazette.com/static/series/snitches/
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This is a good article about the use of paid informants in Muslim communities, and how they are both creating potential terrorists where none existed before and sowing mistrust among people.
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www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/08/paid_informants....
www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/08/paid_informants.html
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A recent newspaper article titled U.S. Challenges Ruling On Paid Informants In His Final Order, Judge Criticized Tactics In Case about a case handled by Broden and Mickelsen, criminal defense attorneys based in Dallas, Texas. ... Home; About Us; Blog; Results; In the News; Practice; ... And so, as his last official act,
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www.brodenmickelsen.com/article07_text.html
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The public prosecutor's office in the north German city of Bremen announced Wednesday that it is investigating six police officers for using drugs to "pay" their informants. ... Mordhorst emphasized that although rewarding informants for information is common practice, they are paid exclusively in cash -- not drugs.
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www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,538316,00...
www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,538316,00.html
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