FBI let informants commit more than 5,000 crimes in a single year, documents show

Th Hell with the Victims of the FBI conspiracy, they are just citizens. The FBI is a criminal organization.

Every law enforcement agency does this in one way or another and it's a shame. I've been in DEA briefings where they would just say "Our informant told us that they have a shipment coming into _______, at ______ time, and they will be on ________ boat." What they don't tell you is that in order to get that info, they've agreed to basically protect the informant's interests and shipments.

Quote:"It sounds like a lot, but you have to keep it in context," Shawn Henry, a former FBI criminal investigations supervisor, told USA Today. "This is not done in a vacuum. It's not done randomly. It's not taken lightly."

I'm sure the 5,658 victims feel reassured by that statement.

A 2011 FBI report obtained by USA Today through a Freedom of Information Act request said agents signed off on 5,658 crimes that year, but did not reveal specifics.

How does the FBI legally "sign off" on a crime?
What is legal about that?

(08-05-2013 03:20 AM)GoApps70 Wrote:  A 2011 FBI report obtained by USA Today through a Freedom of Information Act request said agents signed off on 5,658 crimes that year, but did not reveal specifics.

How does the FBI legally "sign off" on a crime?
What is legal about that?

It is hard for me to believe that this recklessness is allowed to continue or even occur in the first place. Does the FBI have no restraint?