FBI authorized informants to break the law 22,800 times in 4 years
Dell Cameron and Patrick Howell O'Neill —
Aug 23 at 8:51PM | Last updated Aug 23 at 11:49PM
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New details about FBI informants were obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.
Over a four-year period, the FBI authorized informants to break the law more than 22,800 times, according to newly reviewed documents.
Official records obtained by the Daily Dot under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) show the Federal Bureau of Investigation gave informants permission at least 5,649 times in 2013 to engage in activity that would otherwise be considered a crime. In 2014, authorization was given 5,577 times, the records show.
USA Today previously revealed confidential informants engaged in “otherwise illegal activity,” as the bureau calls it, 5,658 times in 2011. The figure reached 5,939 a year later, according to documents acquired by the Huffington Post. In total, records obtained by reporters confirm the FBI authorized at least 22,823 crimes between 2011 and 2014. (Totals from 2015 were unavailable when the Daily Dot initiated its records request.)
http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/fbi-informants-otherwise-criminal-activity-report-foia/
