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The FBI had at least 26 confidential informants on the ground in Washington, DC, during the Jan. 6, 2021 storming of the Capitol — most of whom engaged in illegal activity during the chaos, the ...
The FBI has been criticized for its handling of Boston organized crime figure Whitey Bulger. [43] [44] [45] Beginning in 1975, Bulger served as an informant for the FBI. [46] As a result, the Bureau largely ignored his organization in exchange for information about the inner workings of the Italian American Patriarca crime family. [47] [48] [49]
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The FBI Name Check is a background check procedure performed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for federal agencies, components within the legislative, judicial, and executive branches of the federal government; foreign police and intelligence agencies; and state and local law enforcement agencies within the criminal justice system.
A 2019 audit of the FBI’s management of informants from the Justice Department Inspector General found several deficiencies in how the FBI uses informants, including in the process for vetting ...
Operation Silver Shovel was a major United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) probe into political corruption in Chicago during the 1990s. By the end of the probe illegal activities from labor union corruption to drug trafficking, organized crime activity and elected city officials on the take were unearthed, and corruption convictions were handed out to 18 individuals.
The FBI was working with an informant inside the Kansas City Proud Boys chapter in 2020 who warned the agency about the potential for violence on Jan. 6, 2021, according to records a far-right ...