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There is something about a healthy personality that feels repelled by a snoop, a snitch, a stool pigeon, an informer.

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Between dead drops and TOR, this meant unlike traditional drug rings, no one actually has to meet face-to-face, shielding the operation from undercovers, turncoats and stool pigeons.

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George Davis is a stool pigeon, an informer and a traitor to the German government.

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“I didn’t send it to you because I wanted you to direct it. I sent it to you because I wanted you to know what I think of stool pigeons.”

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A local veterinarian confirmed the bird is no stool pigeon, saying “lots of police officers have come by and he’s said nothing.”

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