I am gob-smacked Why does anyone need the name of FBI informants. These need to be John Doe’d.
If FBI informants are shown to be the ones instigating conflict and promoting criminal acts, then the government’s case should be entirely thrown out by any just jury.
When the question of which individuals were working for the government can have this much impact on the outcome of a question, this is need-to-know for the public.
Weird how a regular dude gets this treatment while NYT outs national security whistleblowers and nobody blinks an eye.
Why?
Because of the right to confront witnesses. That whole 6th amendment thing.