By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
An informant who provided key information implicating friends in a terrorism conspiracy case was paid more than $40,000 by the FBI, the Star-Tribune reports, citing court documents.
Defense attorneys said the payments undermine the credibility of the informant, code-named “Rover.”
“Most importantly of all, the informant has been paid in the most valuable currency of all — his freedom,” wrote attorney Andrew Birrell. “Despite lying under oath multiple times and having participated in the same conduct charged in the indictment, the informant has remained free.”
The defense attorneys want permission to interview the informant to determine whether he was induced by money to say the defendants broke the law.
The informant said the defendants planned a domestic attack.
