FBI Looking For A Few Good Snitches

Actually about 15000 of them


"The FBI is taking cues from the CIA to recruit thousands of covert informants in the United States as part of a sprawling effort to boost its intelligence capabilities.
According to a recent unclassified report to Congress, the FBI expects its informants to provide secrets about possible terrorists and foreign spies, although some may also be expected to aid with criminal investigations, in the tradition of law enforcement confidential informants. The FBI did not respond to requests for comment on this story."


Reading the wrong thing in public can get you in trouble

"I'll tell you what, Marc. Someone in the shop that day saw you reading something, and thought it looked suspicious enough to call us about. So that's why we're here, just checking it out. Like I said, there's no problem. We'd just like to get to the bottom of this. Now if we can't, then you may have a problem. And you don't want that."


Enemies of the state

"I continue to be amazed at the immense meticulousness of the Stasi," Engholm told German magazine Der Spiegel, "who even noted down the time and length of my visits to the toilet."