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Fbi Informant

Crime Tech

The Untold Story of the Teen Hackers Who Transformed the Early Internet

Bill Landreth was one of the whiz kids, poking around Pentagon servers with the friends he had never met. But one of them was an FBI informant.

Matt Novak Paleo Future Apr 2016 20min Permalink

Crime

The Snitch

In Scott Kimball, the FBI thought it had found a high-value informant who could help solve big cases. What it got instead was lies, betrayal, and murder.

Jordan Michael Smith The Atavist Magazine Jun 2021 45min Permalink

Crime Politics

After Pork Giant Was Exposed for Cruel Killings, the FBI Pursued Its Critics

The agency, seeking information on an animal rights group, attempted to recruit a former truck driver as an informant, the truck driver says.

Lee Fang The Intercept Feb 2021 15min Permalink

Crime

In Too Deep

Did an affair with a Russian agent push Overstock’s Patrick Byrne too far?

Sheelah Kolhatkar The New Yorker Dec 2020 30min Permalink

Best Article Crime

To Catch a Terrorist

How the FBI manufactures phony crimes to arrest so-called terrorists.

Petra Bartosiewicz Harper's Aug 2011 30min Permalink

Crime

The Would-Be Terrorist vs. the FBI

The story of a marginalized, mentally ill young man who drew the FBI’s attention with his social-media posts and then staggered into its elaborately constructed snare.

Mike Mariani GQ Nov 2018 25min Permalink

Crime

The Trials of White Boy Rick

Was one of Detroit’s most notorious criminals also one of the FBI’s most valuable informants?

Evan Hughes The Atavist Sep 2014 1h15min Permalink

Tech

“Hello, I Am Sabu ...”

A profile of Hector Xavier Monsegur, aka Sabu, a hacker star of Anonymous and resident of a New York City housing project.

Steve Fishman New York Jun 2012 20min Permalink