In 2000, U.S. Attorney [[John Durham]] exposed a group of FBI officials who used murderers as informants. The agents covered up a murder committed by a pair of mobster informants by framing four innocent men. The conspiracy to cover up for the murder involved the agents, their supervisors, and the FBI director himself, according to a ruling by a judge who awarded the framed men and their estates more than $100 million in 2006. The bureau didn’t appeal the ruling. | In 2000, U.S. Attorney [[John Durham]] exposed a group of FBI officials who used murderers as informants. The agents covered up a murder committed by a pair of mobster informants by framing four innocent men. The conspiracy to cover up for the murder involved the agents, their supervisors, and the FBI director himself, according to a ruling by a judge who awarded the framed men and their estates more than $100 million in 2006. The bureau didn’t appeal the ruling. |