Sharpton was ‘eager to get slice of 1980′s coke deal’: pal

“…you can’t be an activist and an opportunist.”

 

Frank Rosario The New York Post 4/12/2014

DURHAM, NC — A drug trafficker who worked for Al Sharpton’s nonprofit in the 1980s said that despite the preacher’s denials, he was eager to get a slice of the lucrative drug deal captured on FBI surveillance […]

Obama unconcerned by Al Sharpton's history with the FBI and mafia

Joel Gehrke The Washington Examiner 4/9/2014

President Obama isn’t worried about the Rev. Al Sharpton’s history as an FBI informant with ties to the mafia, his spokesman said, and doesn’t think that the news makes his impending visit to Sharpton’s National Action Network awkward.

“Rev. Sharpton and the National Action Network have made significant contributions […]

Al Sharpton's Secret Work As FBI Informant

Untold story of how activist once aided probes of NYC wiseguys

William Bastone with Andrew Goldberg and Joseph Jesselli The Smoking Gun 4/7/2014

…The former mob snitch has become a regular in the White House, where he has met with the 44th president in the East Room, the Roosevelt Room, and the Oval Office. He […]

Producer Of Anti-Islam Film Was Fed Snitch

L.A. man began cooperating with prosecutors after 2009 fraud bust

The Smoking Gun 9/14/2012

SEPTEMBER 14–In remarks stressing that the U.S. government had “absolutely nothing to do with” the anti-Islam film that has touched off violence in the Middle East, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday sought to quash Arab concerns that the “disgusting and […]

Gunwalker Scandal Now Has FBI Cover-Up to Go With Crime

John Verum Serum 9/10/2011

Here’s the key graph from the accompanying story:

Asked about the content of the emails, a former federal prosecutor who viewed them expressed shock. “I have never seen anything like this. I can see the FBI may have an informant involved but I can’t see them tampering with evidence. If this […]

Computer Evidence Ties WikiLeaks to Soldier

Julian E. Barnes, Miguel Bustillo, and Christopher Rhoads The Wall Street Journal 7/30/2010

Investigators have found concrete evidence on computers used by Pfc. Bradley Manning that link him with the leak of classified Afghanistan war reports, a U.S. defense official said.

The disclosure came as Defense Secretary Robert Gates pledged Thursday to “aggressively investigate […]

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