Much of that information is often used to leverage the recruitment of other informants, TRT details. Putting the confidential informant operations into context, the FBI’s post-9/11 surveillance program in Muslim communities sparked a wave of recruitment, finding over 15,000 additional informants to source information in terms of immigration, criminal, or financial problems. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) also funneled $17.2 million (2012-2015) to 1,855 informants that were paid $4.3 million annually, according to TRT World. Similarly, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) shelled out $237 million (2011-2015) and had over 18,000 active informants assigned to its domestic offices, with 9,000 of them on the federal agency’s payroll for services provided. The New York Times also reported this summer that at least two FBI informants were embedded with the crowd on January 6 in Washington D.C., and were in contact with their FBI handlers the day of the Capitol riot.Īll of these crimes have cost taxpayers money, $294 million (2012-2018) with an average of $42 million annually to be exact - with “long term” FBI informants comprising 20 percent of its intelligence relationships and fund recipients. See Also: ‘Watching the Watchmen’: The FBI’s Hidden Role in MI Gov Kidnapping Plot The FBI informants reportedly planned meetings and purchased explosives for participants. In terms of the plan to kidnap the Michigan governor, 12 informants were found to have been involved in the conspiracy to kidnap Witmer, according to Buzzfeed News.

Two recent examples noted by TRT World are the plan to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Witmer and the Jan. Unclassified government documents obtained by Gizmodo earlier this year found that 9,600 crimes were committed by FBI informants just during 20 - the first two years of Donald Trump’s presidency. Taxpayers footed the $548 million bill for informants working for the FBI, DEA and ATF, over a period lasting between 20. According to newly released government audits and documents reported by the Inspector General (IG) at the Justice Department, federal government informants committed 22,800 crimes between 20, according to TRT World.

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