Informant in terror case paid $41,000 by FBI

[azurnoir]

Source: strib

The FBI paid more than $41,000 to an informant who provided information implicating former friends in a terrorism conspiracy case against seven Twin Cities men, according to court documents that came to light Thursday.

The payments were disclosed in a motion filed Thursday by the defendants’ attorneys, who allege they undermine the informant’s credibility. The informant, code-named “Rover,” by FBI agents, was paid based on performance, they said.

“Most importantly of all, the informant has been paid in the most valuable currency of all — his freedom,” wrote attorney Andrew Birrell. “Despite lying under oath multiple times and having participated in the same conduct charged in the indictment, the informant has remained free.”

Birrell is asking a judge to order the government to identify the informant and make him available for questioning by defense lawyers. Birrell, who represents defendant Hanad Musse, wrote the motion on behalf of all the defendants, who have been accused in a conspiracy to leave the United States and fight alongside terrorists as members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Read more: http://www.startribune.com/informant-in-terror-case-paid-41-000-by-fbi/320929811/

[underthematrix]

1. this has been going on for years just ask the King family. The defense does not

have the right to cause the death of the informant. they shouldn't give him anything

[Hoppy]

2. something, something, something... to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have the

compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor....."

[jwirr]

3. Hopefully there was some other evidence against these guys. I would not convict on the word of

this informant alone.