60 Minutes 48x11 - Confidential Informants, Bonobos, The SpyAmong Us
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Confidential Informants: Rachel Hoffman, 23, was caught bypolice with five ounces of marijuana and a few ecstasy andValium pills. The authorities offered her a deal: they wouldn'tcharge her for a crime that could send her to jail, theysaid, if she helped law enforcement bring down some biggerdealers. With no undercover experience, she agreed to become aconfidential informant. She was murdered in the course of adrug deal she did under law enforcement direction. Hoffman'sstory is part of a Lesley Stahl investigation into thecontroversial use of young, small-time drug dealers asuntrained undercover informants in the war on drugs.Bonobos: Inone of nature's bitter ironies, the most peaceful primate onEarth is being driven to extinction by human behavior. InDemocratic Republic of Congo, the only place where bonobos arefound, Anderson Cooper visits a preserve that cares for theabandoned young of these great apes, which are treated likehuman babies by the people who care for them. The Spy Among Us:Jack Barsky held a job at some of the top corporations inAmerica and lived a seemingly normal life as a father andhusband -- all while spying for the Soviet Union in the lastdays of the Cold War.
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