Creepy, Racist Former FBI Agent Got Paid $157K to Spy on Alabama High School Students' Social Media

An ex-FBI agent was paid six figures to spy on high school students' social media accounts. In other news, professional creep still loves teenagers.

ByHanuman Welch

Nov 03, 2014

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Oh, and the entire program was probably unfairly targeting black students because Alabama.

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