The ICE manual for undercover agents describes how agents & informants are allowed to break the law & can use "proceeds" from illegal businesses to fund their own operations in the field. Profits can also be paid to other agencies and foreign governments unicornriot.ninja/2018/icebreake…
ICE can also use profits from illegal business activity by undercover agents and/or informants to buy evidence, to pay themselves overtime, and pay for travel expenses unicornriot.ninja/2018/icebreake…
ICE provides cover to undercover agents and informants, as well as fake businesses for use during infiltration, using a variety of methods. One passage reveals how they are provided with fake social security numbers by the Social Security Administration unicornriot.ninja/2018/icebreake…
"Corporate backstopping" is ICE lingo for the steps they take to try to prevent their shell companies from being discovered. Methods include: fake EINs issued by the the IRS, fake FAA & Coast Guard registrations & credit cards taken out for fake businesses unicornriot.ninja/2018/icebreake…
The ICE undercover manual also describes how reports from the business information company Dun & Bradstreet (@DnBUS) are falsified to provide cover for ICE shell companies. Dun & Bradstreet could not be reached for comment. unicornriot.ninja/2018/icebreake…
When an ICE undercover operation team wants to employ "unlawful investigative techniques" such as "illegal wiretapping" & "breaking and entering" all they need is a stamp of approval from the local US Attorney's Office. unicornriot.ninja/2018/icebreake…
ICE also devotes a few pages of the manual to instructing agents about laws around entrapment, with an eye towards preventing defendants targeted by ICE undercover operations from using an entrapment defense in court. unicornriot.ninja/2018/icebreake…
In portions of the manual dedicated to cultivating infiltration operatives, possible roles taken by those working undercover for ICE are listed to include:
-lawyers
-doctors
-therapists
-priests & other clergy
-"news media"
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One interesting passage from ICE's 'Undercover Operations Handbook' describes the use of "Recoverable Funds for Money Laundering" unicornriot.ninja/2018/icebreake…
ICE undercover operations can self-fund through a variety of methods including taking money from people & businesses targeted by ICE, "income/profits from undercover endeavors" and interest earned in fake bank accounts for ICE shell companies unicornriot.ninja/2018/icebreake…
The #ICE undercover handbook also outlines how they create cover identities for their infiltration agents & confidential informants by falsifying ID documents from private businesses, local, state & federal agencies in the USA as well as foreign countries unicornriot.ninja/2018/icebreake…
Another portion of the leaked manual outlines "Undercover Internet Activity" undertaken by #ICE agents:
"Software must not be registered to the U.S. Government. However, it must be properly licensed, preferably to a backstopped undercover identity."
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#ICE utilizes an "undercover contract psychologist" position as part of their undercover operations teams, in order to try and keep #immigration agents and informants working in the field under potentially 'traumatic' conditions unicornriot.ninja/2018/icebreake…
Another notable section of the #ICE undercover manual regarding confidential informants outlines "Payments to 3rd Parties for Illegal Services":
"Payments of illegal brokerage fees, commissions, & bribes are not likely to generate proper documentation."
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Section 6.8 of the #ICE Undercover Operations Handbook outlines relationships with confidential informants (CIs) and various methods used to pay informants via stipends & commissions unicornriot.ninja/2018/icebreake…
#ICE agents can also provide cash advances to their informants. The payments are supposed to be tracked through the ‘Certified Undercover Fundamental Financial System’ or 'CUFFS' unicornriot.ninja/2018/icebreake…
This is what the form looks like for #ICE agents to track expenses incurred during undercover operations using their 'CUFFS' finance management system: unicornriot.ninja/2018/icebreake…
This section describing the role of an #ICE "Undercover Operative" reveals that law enforcement officers from other agencies, such as state and local police, may also be working for #ICE in an undercover capacity.
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Chapter 5 of #ICE's Undercover Operations Manual outlines the process for the approval of a proposed undercover operation. Details include timeframes for undercover ops & considerations for when infiltrators become reluctant to continue working undercover unicornriot.ninja/2018/icebreake…
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Section 5.12 of the #ICE undercover operations manual outlines "Joint Undercover Operations" carried out in collaboration with other agencies. "Proceeds" ($$$) from illegal businesses run by ICE informants can also be shared with non-ICE law enforcement. unicornriot.ninja/2018/icebreake…
When ICE wants to officially hold on to "proceeds" made thru criminal businesses run by its informants, checks from shell company bank accounts can be deposited into the U.S Treasury through a P.O Box in Dallas, Texas. unicornriot.ninja/2018/icebreake…
#ICE maintains insurance on vehicles & other equipment used during undercover operations but the insurance has to be taken out under false identities. The manual notes that "filing an insurance claim in an undercover capacity is an unresolved legal issue." unicornriot.ninja/2018/icebreake…
Blank forms incl. w ICE undercover manual:
-Certified Undercover Operation CUFFS Expense/Advance Approval Form (ICE Form 73-006)
-Pickup Log For Undercover Operations (ICE Form 73-007
-Property/Equipment Log for Undercover Operations (ICE Form 73-008)
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Ch. 8 of the #ICE undercover manual is 3 pgs long & covers several ICE schools: Undercover Operatives School, Undercover Managers School, Undercover Liaison Coordinator School, CUFFS Administrator School, & training the Undercover Operations Unit Jump Team unicornriot.ninja/2018/icebreake…
Here's the direct download link for the #ICE Undercover Operations Handbook: unicornriot.ninja/wp-content/upl… The leaked manual's contents were confirmed to have been current as of 2016.
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