But morality has little to do with the relationships that the federal government builds with its cooperators.
Nor will they have the benefit of the interpersonal relationships that often develop between prosecutors and their cooperators.
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While a case is being built against the targets of an investigation, these cooperators are often a hot commodity.
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People are offended that cooperators get a break at sentencing (or even immunity) even if they are culpable themselves.
Accordingly, cooperators loom large in both the hearts and minds of line prosecutors.
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David White was one of the early cooperators, but he was also at the company the least amount of time.
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So why do people still instinctively have a negative view of cooperators?
Khan, a central figure in Operation Perfect Hedge, was one of the original cooperators with the government and she testified against Whitman at trial.
My view is that cooperators who have done bad things do not become good people simply because they acknowledge their wrongdoing and testify against others.
Of the 28 men on trial, eight had been considered prime defendants, alleged to be either the bombers, ideologues, or "necessary cooperators" in the fatal plot.
Similarly, cooperators are not bad people simply because they cooperated.
Some hackers retaliate against cooperators by ordering hundreds of pizzas to their house or calling in hostage situations and having a SWAT team show up, Mr. Pastore said.
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