Informant attempts suicide at White House

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http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/11/16/man.afire/index.html

FBI witness in terror trial upgraded to serious condition

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- An FBI informant who set himself on fire in a suicide attempt Monday has been upgraded to serious condition at Washington Hospital Center, a spokesman said. He tried to ignite himself in front of the White House.

The FBI refused to discuss the matter.

Government sources confirmed Mohamed Alanssi has been an FBI informant for several years, as he claimed in a letter sent to The Washington Post. In that letter, Alanssi threatened to commit suicide because, he said, he was unhappy with the way the FBI treated him.

Alanssi had recently conducted several interviews with the Post about his life as an informant. He did so after his name was leaked to the media -- an action that he said resulted in harassment of his family in Yemen.

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1. Isn't leaking an informants name a felony?

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2. Not if the WH does it.

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3. Please continue in the original thread

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