I'm flat out dumbfounded that this informant has been identified by this article and now his life is in jeopardy because of it. I'd email the author of the article, Scott Sandlin, but I don't want to have to pay a subscriber fee to access this trash newspaper's site (The Albuquerque Journal).
Anyone got his email addy or phone #? We all need to bombard this idiot.
ssandlin@abqjournal.com Go for it.
Per my post #21, the newspaper wasn't the problem here, at least as far as the safety of the informant is concerned. The newspaper coverage does, however, compound the problem by sending a warning to many potential anonymous informants that they should keep their mouths shut because the authorities won't do squat to protect their identities from the informees.