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NEWS ABOUT: informant

informant stories: 5 news summaries

 Informant: Italian Mafia Sank 
 Ship Carrying Nuke Waste 

Authorities have pinpointed ship, but haven't confirmed contents

Sep 15, 09 6:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Italian authorities are investigating an informant’s claim that the mafia sank a ship containing nuclear waste off the country’s southwest coast, the BBC reports. Underwater cameras show the ship intact, with barrels nearby marked as containing toxic contents; the informant says that organized crime has gotten into the... More »

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crime • Italy • radioactive • nuclear waste • Mafia • shipping • Calabria • environmental damage • informant • waste disposal

Accused Bronx Bombers' Gals Cry 'Entrapment'

They say informant plied 'sensitive' men with drugs, rent money

May 24, 09 3:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The girlfriends of two accused synagogue bomb plotters say their beaus were duped by an overeager informant, the New York Daily News reports. "David is the most sensitive man I've ever met," said Cassandra McCoy of her Bronx boyfriend, David Williams. "He has three leatherbound books of... More »

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Bronx • synagogue • domestic terrorism • informant • James Cromitie • David Williams • entrapment

Federal Informer Was Behind Massive Credit Card Theft

Multinational gang stole 45M credit card numbers from US retailers

Aug 12, 08 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Federal agents struggling to crack the biggest data-theft ring in history discovered that one of their own informants was orchestrating the syndicate's US operations, the New York Times reports. The supposedly reformed hacker had turned Secret Service informant to escape a prison sentence in 2003 but secretly continued his criminal... More »

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Secret Service • hacker • data theft • cybercrime • informant

Chavez Takes Over Intelligence Agencies

Extends domestic spying and requires citizens to be informers

Jun 3, 08 10:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hugo Chavez has ordered a draconian restructuring of Venezuela’s intelligence agencies, bringing them under his personal control, increasing domestic spying powers, and levying prison sentences on citizens who decline to cooperate, the New York Times reports. One justice on Venezuela’s top court expressed outrage, calling it “... More »

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Venezuela • intelligence • domestic intelligence • Patriot Act • Hugo Chávez • government spying • informant

Second Mistrial Declared in Sears Tower Terror Case

'Enough is enough,' says defense attorney

Apr 16, 08 4:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - A federal judge called a second mistrial today in the case of six men who allegedly conspired with al-Qaeda to blow up the Sears Tower. After 13 days of deliberation, the jury was finally released, unconvinced the defendants were serious about terrorism. “Enough is enough,” said the defense... More »

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terrorism • mistrial • Sears Tower • Liberty City 7 • informant

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