Looking back, he was clearly a provocateur, but I hadn’t realized then that this could be a good cover for an informant. This conflicted with my image of an informant as the silent, observant type, following orders from his control to remain inconspicuous. He proposed actions, frequently armed ones. According to those who knew him, he was also a provocateur. He said that, “I want you to go and see if you can join the Black Panther Party, and if you can, give me a call.” … “I know you did it, but it’s no big thing.” He said, “I’m sure we can work it out.” … One day I got a call and he told me that it was payback time. And, oh, about three or four months later I got a call from this FBI agent by the name of Roy Mitchell. We fled the accident on, on foot, um, messed around in the city awhile and then caught a bus back to Chicago. And at this, at the door, you had to register your phone number and address, and we wrote down our names and phone numbers then went and shot a game of pool, and then came out and had an accident. And we were driving round the city of Chicago for, of, forty-five minutes and decided to leave the city, and go visit a relative in another state, and we had an accident out of state, and, prior to the accident, we had walked into a pool hall, and we were shooting pool. I was with a guy one night, a friend of mine, one night and we were drinking beer and we decided to go joy riding, and we jumped in a car and stole it. O’Neal himself described the process in an interview twenty years later: In 1968, the bureau recruited car thief William O’Neal as an informant in return for dropping pending criminal charges against him. The bureau got as close to him as it possibly could. Today, we’ll look at some of these cases in more depth.īefore Hampton had turned 20, the FBI had bugged his mother’s phone and placed him on its “Agitator Index” of the leading public safety threats to the country.īut the FBI did more than just monitor Hampton at a distance.
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Or, they may be full blown patsies, deployed by a handler who hopes to “flip” or compromise them if or when they end up breaking the law.Īs Revolver noted earlier this week, personal security and bodyguards have historically served as a vector for police surveillance. In some cases, bodyguards may inadvertently pass information up to their superior. It is important to note that the particular Oath Keepers assigned to protection details don’t even have to be informants themselves.
They have a ready-made excuse to walk around armed, or to obtain access to a person or group’s private correspondence. They are often present during private conversations. The informant is literally required to spend huge amounts of time with the target, and to travel with them. While offering bodyguard services in and of itself does not suggest any ulterior motives, the role of bodyguard is more or less the perfect role for an informant. Oath Keepers also provided security to Alex Jones shortly before the Capitol incident, and in the months since, the federal government has “investigated” the possibility of charging Stone and Jones based on their ties to the group. The DOJ’s own charging documents indicate that the Oath Keepers also accompanied Stone to events in Florida, and even visited his home.
Oath Keepers with Joe Arpaio As it turns out, three of the 12 Oath Keeprs indicted in the aftermath of January 6th were previously deployed as bodyguards for Roger Stone.
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