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The Harvard Office for the Arts’ Dance Program’s annual show, “Dancers’ Viewpointe,” is the first large-scale coordination of music and dance in the program’s history. The show, which opened April 4 and runs...
But at this point, the FBI and police departments have nowhere near enough people who could convincingly work undercover in terrorism cases. "The number of undercover agents is minuscule; the number of confidential sources is much larger," says Art Cummings, deputy assistant director of counterterrorism at the FBI.
Introducing the informant After 9/11, it was painfully clear that the FBI lacked human intelligence. As agents began to develop Muslim informants, or "assets," as they are called, things changed. The number of informants used in terrorism investigations has "increased exponentially," says Art Cummings, deputy assistant director of counterterrorism at...
What is new is the heavy reliance on informants in terrorism cases. In drug cases, after all, no one usually gets arrested until someone actually has some drugs. Terrorism cases are harder. "If you send a source in, and he comes back with a kilo of cocaine, you're in...
A cultural revolution Since 9/11, the FBI and prosecutors say, they are more interested in gathering intelligence than in compiling the perfect prosecution. That attitude goes against their culture, which has always rewarded agents and lawyers for locking people up. "We have to run everything down. Everything is pursued, either...