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In 2008, more than ten years after the original conviction, Paisley and two other FBI agents went public with praise for Whitacre.

Paisley concluded that " Whitacre's fraud case was minuscule as compared to the ADM case Whitacre cooperated with .” " Had it not been for the fraud conviction ," Paisley said, " he would be a national hero.

Well, he is a national hero.

" Paisley added, " Without him, the biggest antitrust case we've ever had would not have been.

" On August 4, 2010, in a Discovery Channel documentary, Undercover: Operation Harvest King, several FBI agents stated that " Whitacre got a raw deal.

" In addition, official letters from the FBI in support of a Whitacre pardon were published in Floyd Perry's September 2009 book, Mark Whitacre: Against All Odds.