For more than two years, beginning in late 1992, he worked as a Government informant.

He was given a choice: become a government informant, or face the electric chair.

The names of government informants have also been leaked to the news media.

"There is no message not to use a murderer as a government informant."

In exchange for immunity, he agreed to work as a government informant.

The only way to avoid going to jail some day was to turn government informant.

He also denounced the practice of acting as a government informant against other Jews.

In a taped conversation with a government informant, Howe said he wanted to party one last time before spring training.

A Manhattan case involves the torture and murder of a government informant.

The tapes, in fact, made clear the large role that the government informant had played in the case.