Some FBI Agents Pay High Price For Using Snitches

Courtesy NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Mon, 09/01/2008 - 11:51pm

There's a saying among FBI agents: If your confidential informant doesn't get you in trouble, he's probably not a very good informant.

But recent high profile court cases have some agents thinking twice about working with confidential informants.

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