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There are two failings here:

1) Twitter immediately revealing to the employee that they were under investigation

2) The FBI not considering #1 and being prepared to detain Alzabarah if he attempted to flee.

I'm not surprised by twitter but a little disappointed in the FBI.

I get the impression that Twitter has become a much smarter organization through really painful growing pains like this. I still wonder how I would play it if I became knowledgable. How long does this go on, do you just keep moving the person along on their career ladder? It seems like you'd need help from the FBI in how to maintain the charade if it were to go on for too long. But fascinating, I'm sure it comes up.

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