Informants

Newburgh Four Arrested in FBI Entrapment Sting - "Buffoonery" Made Into Terrorism

2009-05-20 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Four men from Newburgh, New York—James Cromitie, David Williams, Onta Williams, and Laguerre Payen—were arrested in an FBI sting operation in which a paid government informant conceived the plot, provided all the means, and coerced economically desperate men into participating. A federal judge …

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FBI Infiltrates Orange County Mosques with Informant in Dragnet Surveillance

2006-03-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

The FBI ordered informant Craig Monteilh to infiltrate multiple large mosques in Orange County, California, in a dragnet surveillance operation that targeted entire Muslim communities rather than specific suspects. The operation exemplified the FBI’s post-9/11 practice of religious profiling …

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