Site Claims to Reveal 'Tattle-tales'

Dekortage writes "Have you ever ratted somebody out? If it was a legal case, you might end up on Who's A Rat, an online database of police informants and undercover agents, identified through various publicly-available documents such as court briefings. The data-mined information is now available online at a price. As reported in the New York Times, 'The site says it has identified 4,300 informers and 400 undercover agents, many of them from documents obtained from court files available on the Internet.' Understandably, U.S. judges and law enforcement agents are upset, although defense lawyers seem to like the idea. Where do you draw the line between legal transparency and secrecy?"

Tattling

[Grax]

Did no one consider the irony that creating a web site ratting out the rats is rather a ratty thing to do?

Re:Who is a rat???

[Anonymous Coward]

Anthony Capone? shit

Re:Undercover Agents?

[eln]

See? You lock a guy up in his house with nothing but an Internet connection and a bunch of pot, and this is the sort of thing that happens. I bet his next project will be cataloging the exact coordinates of every bag of Cheetos in the world.

Re:Undercover Agents?

[DikSeaCup]

Sean Bucci, a former Boston-area disc jockey, set up WhosaRat.com after federal prosecutors charged him with selling marijuana in bulk from his house. Bucci is under house arrest awaiting trial.

There's something about a guy being accused of selling drugs from his house being under house arrest that's just wrong.

At least his incarceration isn't hindering his enterprise.

Although from what I understand he'll have an easier time of it when he actually goes to prison.

Re:Who is a rat???

[gEvil (beta)]

And he's in Australia. As everyone knows, only convicts live in Australia...

website removed

[peter303]

I guess the IPO dislikes snitches on snitches.

Re: Ripped from Law & Order

[nizo]

I wonder about legal liability for releasing this information if it leads to the death of the undercover agents...

Law & Order sort of tackled this in the 2004...

Yeah, all the best legal advice is on TV these days. I should catch up on all the episodes and memorize them so they are easier to cite the next time I defend myself in court.

Re: Ripped from Law & Order

[Shadow Wrought]

I should catch up on all the episodes and memorize them so they are easier to cite the next time I defend myself in court.

Your Honor, in my defense, I'd like to direct your attention to Law & Order, Season 7, Epsiode 15. Yes, clearly it was the politically connected Step-father who murdered the co-ed he was having an affair with. And, as if that weren't enough, I'd like to ask the prosecution some leading questions in regards to Wookies."

He's missing half the business model...

[dbc]

He only charges a fee to read the list. He's missing half the market.

He should also charge to *not* publish a name on the list. *sheesh* some people just don't know how to write a business plan.

Re:He's missing half the business model...

[DoofusOfDeath]

He only charges a fee to read the list. He's missing half the market.

He should also charge to *not* publish a name on the list.

Stop being so "Web 1.0". He should make money from hitmen's banner ads.

Re: Ripped from Law & Order

[kalirion]

Your Honor, in my defense, I'd like to direct your attention to Law & Order, Season 7, Epsiode 15. Yes, clearly it was the politically connected Step-father who murdered the co-ed he was having an affair with. And, as if that weren't enough, I'd like to ask the prosecution some leading questions in regards to Wookies."

Dude, you're clearly not competent enough to be your own defense. You should never request permission to ask leading questions.

Re:Haven't we seen this before?

[sycodon]

I'll type this slowly and use small words.

We have a two party system.

One party is the Republicans.

The other is the Democrats.

There some other parties that don't amount to much.

So if you undermine one, you are helping the other, whether you intend to or not.

There is nothing wrong with doing that, but it doesn't change the fact that you are doing it.

Re:They deserve to be outed

[Fulcrum of Evil]

I agree that meth is addictive and harmful.

Legalize pot and you'll see the meth epidemic vanish in a purple haze.