ssandlin@abqjournal.com Go for it.
Hey! Write the ATF/FBI or whatever agency released the info, not the Journal. I don't want the Journal investigating my confidential informant status on FR!!
Thanks, I did. Here's what I just sent to the P.O.S.:
Scott,
My jaw hit the floor when reading your article, "Papers Show How Alleged Explosives Theives Were Caught", dated Tues, Dec 27th. I'm not sure how you attained the confidential information about the confidential informant, but you may as well be a hit man yourself.
Thanks to you, this informant (who is no longer confidential) probably has a bounty on his head! Obviously, you don't aspire to become a "professional journalist". And no, I'm not just picking on you. The fact that ATF Agent, Gary Ainsworth, revealed any names and details to anyone in the press is inexcusable. At the very least, he should be fired.
Way to go, Scott. With rats like you and Gary Ainsworth, who are only interested in your 15 minutes of fame, the lesson you both have taught whistleblowers, who can be invaluable tools in helping to fight crime, is to keep their mouths shut. Otherwise, punk journalists and rogue cop types will sell an informant's life and that of his family right down the nearest river if it means getting headlines.
Sign me disgusted,
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