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Home Front: WoT
CA judge weighs former FBI informant's lawsuit
2010-08-13
Ay Pee - here's a summary:
A federal judge has ruled against former FBI informant, Craig Monteilh, who spied on Orange County mosques and helped build a case against a man accused of ties to Bin Laden. Monteilh is trying to sue the FBI over alleged mistreatment when they cut him loose. The judge has indicated that he would dismiss the lawsuit.

Monteilh provided information in the case against Ahmadullah Niazi, who was arrested on suspicion of lying about ties to terrorist groups on his application to become a U.S. citizen.

Monteilh said he worked for the FBI for 15 months but things turned sour when the Irvine Police Department accused him of scamming two women out of more than $157,000 by getting them to give him money to invest in human growth hormones and supplement sales.

Monteilh claimed he was in fact working on behalf of an FBI drug task force and was instructed to plead guilty to grand theft so he wouldn't blow his cover as an informant. The agency disputes that and denies having any part in the scam. Monteilh eventually served eight months in prison in the case.

Aside from suing the agency, Monteilh also has tried to get back at the FBI by working with the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California as it crafts a lawsuit of its own. Monteilh has also met with Niazi's defense attorney.
Posted by:ryuge

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