Inside the witness protection program.
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- Developed by Justice Department employee Gerald Shur and beginning in 1971, the Federal Witness Protection Program—or Witness Security Program (WITSEC)—has provided safe harbor for over 18,000 federal witnesses and their.
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Witness Protection, Security and Benefit Program. What is the Witness Protection Program? It is a program established under Republic Act No. 6981, 'The Witness Protection.
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