Confidential Informant » CI Blog Posts http://www.confidentialinformant.org Covering those that speak out: confidential informants, confidential witnesses and whistleblowers Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:30:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 CrimProf Blog: "The Informant!: Ohio Court Finds Confidential… http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/08/12/crimprof-blog-the-informant-ohio-court-finds-confidential/ http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/08/12/crimprof-blog-the-informant-ohio-court-finds-confidential/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:30:08 +0000 webmaster So, let's say that a detective drives a confidential informant to a controlled drug buy. After leaving the undercover car, the informant approaches the co-defendant and engages him in conversation. The informant then …

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]]> http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/08/12/crimprof-blog-the-informant-ohio-court-finds-confidential/feed/ 0 EvidenceProf Blog: The Informant!: Ohio Court Finds Confidential… http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/08/11/evidenceprof-blog-the-informant-ohio-court-finds-confidential/ http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/08/11/evidenceprof-blog-the-informant-ohio-court-finds-confidential/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:30:07 +0000 webmaster So, let's say that a detective drives a confidential informant to a controlled drug buy. After leaving the undercover car, the informant approaches the co-defendant and engages him in conversation. The informant then …

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]]> http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/08/11/evidenceprof-blog-the-informant-ohio-court-finds-confidential/feed/ 0 9th Circuit sides with felon in FOIA fight over confidential informant http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/07/30/9th-circuit-sides-with-felon-in-foia-fight-over-confidential-informant/ http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/07/30/9th-circuit-sides-with-felon-in-foia-fight-over-confidential-informant/#comments Sat, 30 Jul 2011 11:30:06 +0000 webmaster [Ginny LaRoe] A chemist turned convict sent to the pen in a big LSD bust got the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to side with him in a Freedom of Information Act fight over information about a confidential informant.

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]]> http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/07/30/9th-circuit-sides-with-felon-in-foia-fight-over-confidential-informant/feed/ 0 The Use and Abuse of Confidential Informants By Law Enforcement in the http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/07/16/the-use-and-abuse-of-confidential-informants-by-law-enforcement-in-the/ http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/07/16/the-use-and-abuse-of-confidential-informants-by-law-enforcement-in-the/#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 11:30:10 +0000 webmaster One of law enforcements dirty kept secrets which very rarely see the day of light is the use of confidential informants. In every type of criminal case in both the state and federal levels a defendant can obtain a very …

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]]> http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/07/16/the-use-and-abuse-of-confidential-informants-by-law-enforcement-in-the/feed/ 0 Confidential informant in New Jersey, burglar in Pennsylvania … http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/07/15/confidential-informant-in-new-jersey-burglar-in-pennsylvania/ http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/07/15/confidential-informant-in-new-jersey-burglar-in-pennsylvania/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:30:07 +0000 webmaster Confidential informant in New Jersey, burglar in Pennsylvania?Allentown Morning Call"Burglaries are happening in Pennsylvania but he's calling New.

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]]> http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/07/15/confidential-informant-in-new-jersey-burglar-in-pennsylvania/feed/ 0 Longoria Worked as Confidential Informant | NewsCenter http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/07/15/longoria-worked-as-confidential-informant-newscenter/ http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/07/15/longoria-worked-as-confidential-informant-newscenter/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:30:07 +0000 webmaster The Hutchinson News is reporting that 36-year Adam Longoria, who has been charged with Capital Murder and Sodomy in the August 2010 death of 14-year old Alicia DeBolt of Great Bend, was working for the Great Bend Police …

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]]> http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/07/15/longoria-worked-as-confidential-informant-newscenter/feed/ 0 Court Documents in Case Against Goatse Hackers Reveal Unknown … http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/07/15/court-documents-in-case-against-goatse-hackers-reveal-unknown/ http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/07/15/court-documents-in-case-against-goatse-hackers-reveal-unknown/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:30:07 +0000 webmaster In a court document posted on Cryptome, it's revealed that a confidential informant provided IRC chat logs to the FBI. According to the affidavit, "Approximately one month after the search of defendant Auernheimer's home …

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]]> http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/07/15/court-documents-in-case-against-goatse-hackers-reveal-unknown/feed/ 0 Is a confidential informant's testimony worth $400k?, posted on … http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/07/14/is-a-confidential-informants-testimony-worth-400k-posted-on/ http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/07/14/is-a-confidential-informants-testimony-worth-400k-posted-on/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:30:06 +0000 webmaster As reported on NewsOn6.com, a key witness in the Tulsa Police corruption case is hoping to get $400000 from authorities after helping the FBI to buil.

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]]> http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/07/14/is-a-confidential-informants-testimony-worth-400k-posted-on/feed/ 0 Innocence Blog: Confidential Informants, Questionable Convictions http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/07/10/innocence-blog-confidential-informants-questionable-convictions/ http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/07/10/innocence-blog-confidential-informants-questionable-convictions/#comments Sun, 10 Jul 2011 11:30:06 +0000 webmaster The Innocence Project is a national litigation and public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.

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]]> http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/07/10/innocence-blog-confidential-informants-questionable-convictions/feed/ 0 John Jay College Confidential Informant Study Reveals Weaknesses … http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/07/04/john-jay-college-confidential-informant-study-reveals-weaknesses/ http://www.confidentialinformant.org/2011/07/04/john-jay-college-confidential-informant-study-reveals-weaknesses/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 11:30:07 +0000 webmaster The study revealed inconsistent policies governing the use of confidential informants at all levels of government, which have led to violations of informants' rights and compromises in the integrity of criminal …

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