CBC: 2nd mole played key role in bomb plot probe

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A young agricultural engineer became a mole for Canadian authorities during a sophisticated sting operation earlier this year because he wanted to help prevent a civilian calamity, the CBC program The Fifth Estate has learned.

The engineer, from a wealthy and prominent Toronto family of Egyptian background, is now in a witness protection program. He can't be named out of concern for the safety of his immediate family.

However, the CBC has learned that he played a key role in the investigation that led to dramatic raids in the Toronto area in June.

"He really felt, as a loyal Muslim Canadian, like he owed Canada something, to give back to it," said a close friend and former business associate who, for security reasons, can't be named. "And it's not surprising to see that he did that for the cause of Canada."

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/10/13/second-person.html