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Federal use of confidential informants : analysis and guidelines /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers, Inc.,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Government procedures and operations.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- FEDERAL USE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANTS ANALYSIS AND GUIDELINES ; FEDERAL USE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANTS ANALYSIS AND GUIDELINES ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANTS: UPDATES TO POLICY AND ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE WOULD IMPROVE OVERSIGHT BY DOJ AND DHS AGENCIES* ; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY ; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS ; WHAT GAO FOUND ; ABBREVIATIONS ; BACKGROUND ; Confidential Informants ; The Attorney General's Guidelines; Requirements for Vetting Informants ; Requirements for Overseeing Informants' Illegal Activities
- FIVE AGENCIES' POLICIES DO NOT INCLUDE ALL REQUIREMENTS IN THE GUIDELINES Agencies' Policies Are Generally Consistent with the Guidelines on How to Vet Informants ; Five Agencies' Policies Are Not Fully Consistent with the Guidelines on How to Oversee Informants' Illegal Activities ; SELECTED DOJ AND DHS AGENCIES MONITOR COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR INFORMANT POLICIES BUT NOT THE GUIDELINES' PROVISIONS MISSING FROM THESE POLICIES; Selected DOJ and DHS Component Agencies have Monitoring Processes to Assess Compliance with their Agencies' Respective Informant Policies ; Ongoing Monitoring Processes
- Separate Evaluations DEA, ICE, and USSS Do Not Have Reasonable Assurance that They Are Following the Guidelines for Overseeing Informants' Illegal Activities ; CONCLUSION ; RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION; AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION ; APPENDIX I: SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY; APPENDIX II: ATTORNEY GENERAL'S GUIDELINES PROVISIONS REGARDING VETTING INFORMANTS ; APPENDIX III: ATTORNEY GENERAL'S GUIDELINES PROVISIONS REGARDING OVERSEEING INFORMANTS' ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES ; APPENDIX IV: SELECTED RESULTS FROM GAO'S ASSESSMENT OF AGENCIES' INFORMANT POLICIES ; End Notes
- Chapter 2 THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S GUIDELINES REGARDING THE USE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANTS*PREAMBLE ; I. GENERAL PROVISIONS ; A. Purpose and Scope ; B. Definitions; C. Prohibition on Commitments of Immunity by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies ; D. Revealing a Confidential Informant's True Identity ; E. Duty of Candor ; F. Maintaining Confidentiality ; G. Exceptions and Dispute Resolution ; H. Rights of Third Parties ; I. Compliance ; II. REGISTERING A CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT ; A. Suitability Determination ; 1. Initial Suitability Determination ; 2. Continuing Suitability Review
- 3. Review of Long-Term Confidential Informants' B. Registration ; C. Instructions ; D. Special Approval Requirements ; 1. High Level Confidential Informants ; 2. Individuals Under the Obligation of a Legal Privilege of Confidentiality or Affiliated with the Media ; 3. Federal Prisoners, Probationers, Parolees, Detainees, and Supervised Releasees ; 4. Current or Former Participants in the Witness Security Program ; 5. State or Local Prisoners, Probationers, Parolees, or Supervised Releasees ; 6. Fugitives ; III. RESPONSIBILITIES REGARDING REGISTERED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANTS