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Unsealed court transcript may vindicate Monteilh's undercover claims

By Richard Binder

Earlier this year Craig Monteilh claimed he was recruited by the FBI to work undercover as part of an antiterrorist effort in Orange County. Citing bureau policy, the FBI declined comment.

But according to an unsealed court transcript, state prosecutors sought to have Monteilh's probation in a theft case terminated early at the behest of the FBI, lending some credence to Monteilh's story.  

The judge in the theft case granted the prosecution's request and later issued an order sealing the notes regarding why the probation had been terminated early. That order was lifted Thursday morning by L.A. County Superior Court Judge Carol Williams Elswick in West Covina.

Monteilh and his attorney, Adam J. Krolikowski, said they sought to have the records unsealed, in part, to pave the way for a lawsuit they plan to file against the FBI. Monteilh alleges the bureau reneged on various promises that he says agents made while he was an informant.

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Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on December 07, 2009 (boomark / email).