Is this the guy on MSNBC this morning? Mike German, FBI?

[madfloridian]

His face was blocked out, and his voice was distorted. But the anchor called him by name. I missed a lot of the interview. Do I have the name right?

Sounds like an FBI whistleblower. Wish I had seen the whole segment.

http://www.berkshireeagle.com/Stories/0,1413,101~6267~2323647,00.html

SNIP..."Mike German was an FBI star through the 1990s, doing undercover work that may have saved lives. He infiltrated and blew the cover off a skinhead group planning to bomb an African-American church in Los Angeles, and he joined and then exposed a violent,
anti-government militia in Washington State. But when Mr. German came across a right-wing militia group in Tampa he said was establishing contacts with radical Islamists, his bosses there refused to listen. He raised a stink and was soon isolated and then fired. His charges of incompetence and inertia are all too plausible, and they must be investigated independently.

Here is another article about him:
http://www.iht.com/articles/532274.htm

SNIP..."German refused to discuss details of the 2002 terrorism investigation, saying the information was classified.

But officials with knowledge of the case said the investigation took place in the Tampa, Florida, area and centered on an informant's tip about a meeting between suspected associates of a domestic militia-type group and a major but unidentified Islamic terrorist organization, who were considering joining forces. A tape recording of the meeting appeared to lend credence to the report, one official said...."