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~ By cooperating with the government in establishing and operating Abscam, Weinberg has essentially devoted nearly three years of his life to this investigation. His personal safety is in serious. jeopardy, and there is little that he can do in the future by way of either legiti- mate or illegitimate activity. His "career" as a con man i has ended because he is so well known. Legitimate business- men undoubtedly would shun him, because of his confessed criminal history and obvious talent for subterfuge, trickery and lying. an Whether his contribution to law enforcement in these cases and the personal sacrifices he has endured, during both the investigation and the prosecutions, are worth the amount of money the government has conferred upon him, is perhaps a matter for serious consideration by the justice department and even by congress. It is not, however, a matter upon which this court will pass judgment for purposes of determining whether the fruits of his activities on behalf of the government should -be dismissed. How much money is paid to a government informant is peculiarly a decision for the executive department, and not one for judicial review at the behest of a defendant who was caught by the informant's activities.