History teaches that the informer is one of mankind's most enduring vocations. Whether time calls him traitor or patriot, loathsome or good citizen, he persists.
The courts, in our own imperfect democratic society, recognize the role of the informer in the detection of crime. For this reason, the law has long accorded a testimonial privilege to assure anonymity to informers.
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