The Secret World Of Confidential Informants http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124073579&ft=1&f=124073579 Confidential informants pose as criminals so they can provide information to the police or some government agency. They've helped crack some major cases. But they operate in a secret and largely unregulated world. And sometimes, things go terribly wrong. en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:18:00 -0500 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif The Secret World Of Confidential Informants http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124073579&ft=1&f=124073579 Retired Drug Informant Says He Was Burned Ernesto Gamboa, a native of El Salvador, spent more than a decade as an undercover informant for narcotics police, helping U.S. federal prosecutors secure nearly 100 convictions. Last summer, days after Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced a major bust it made with Gamboa's help, agents moved to deport him. Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:18:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/2010/02/13/122357350/retired-drug-informant-says-he-was-burned?ft=1&f=124073579 http://www.npr.org/2010/02/13/122357350/retired-drug-informant-says-he-was-burned?ft=1&f=124073579 Ernesto Gamboa, a native of El Salvador, spent more than a decade as an undercover informant for narcotics police, helping U.S. federal prosecutors secure nearly 100 convictions. Last summer, days after Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced a major bust it made with Gamboa's help, agents moved to deport him.

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]]> Critics Blast Informant System Cloaked In Secrecy Though movies like the 1990 mob tale <em>Goodfellas</em> put the spotlight on government informants, in reality, the ties between snitches and their handlers are rarely that transparent. Critics say the government often uses, then discards informants — and they want to see more safeguards. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:14:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123647253&ft=1&f=124073579 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123647253&ft=1&f=124073579 Though movies like the 1990 mob tale Goodfellas put the spotlight on government informants, in reality, the ties between snitches and their handlers are rarely that transparent. Critics say the government often uses, then discards informants — and they want to see more safeguards.

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]]> The Case Of A Confidential Informant Gone Wrong Confidential informants, or people who pose as criminals so they can provide information to the government, have helped crack some major U.S. cases. They operate in a secret, largely unregulated world. But sometimes things go terribly wrong — like informant No. 913, known as Lalo, who stayed on the U.S. payroll even after he was connected to murders. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123385312&ft=1&f=124073579 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123385312&ft=1&f=124073579 Confidential informants, or people who pose as criminals so they can provide information to the government, have helped crack some major U.S. cases. They operate in a secret, largely unregulated world. But sometimes things go terribly wrong — like informant No. 913, known as Lalo, who stayed on the U.S. payroll even after he was connected to murders.

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