DEA's Army of 18,000 Informants Pocketed $237 Million Over Five Years

DEA's Army of 18,000 Informants Pocketed $237 Million Over Five Years ( theintercept.com )

submitted 2020-12-02T10:33 by israelmossadjewgold

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JTMTL 2020-12-04T01:27

Good old private prisons.

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goatboy 2020-12-02T11:04

That’s an average of $13,166.67 per person over the period or $2633.33 per person per year. Doesn’t seem like a great way to make a living. The job must have some awesome fringe benefits.

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kishind 2020-12-02T11:35

Some informants are given total immunity to the law and end up less as "informants" and more as "drug kingpins with allies in government".

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israelmossadjewgold 2020-12-02T11:28

that's just the pay they report to the irs...so they can buy stuff without getting audited. some make more than others as well. like someone working at homedepot they can give that much money and drugs and it feels like they are in heaven. but someone with a family and kids they have to give a little more money to...or someone rich they can't get them to turn over for so little because they can afford to fight them in court.

and yes it does have fringe benifits too. government drugs...

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israelmossadjewgold 2020-12-02T10:33

they can live in your neigboorhood and sell and do drugs as they please and get payed for it but they never get arrested.

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