BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A state lawmaker from Bismarck who’s running for governor says he plans to introduce a bill in the 2017 Legislature to better protect cSadektammyJohn2onfidential drug informants.
 Republican Rep. Rick Becker tells The Associated Press he’s working with Tammy Sadek, whose son Andrew was working as an informant when he turned up dead in June 2014.
 
     Andrew Sadek, a 20-year-old student at State College of Science, was working for a regional drug task force.
 
     Investigators haven’t determined the circumstances of his death.
 
     Tammy Sadek tells the AP she’s also talking with Cummings Democratic Rep. Gail Mooney about legislation. Sadek wants drug task forces banned from using young, low-level offenders.
 
     On the national level, Tennessee Congressman Steve Cohen is calling for the Justice Department to investigate the use of confidential informants.

 Previously…

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A Tennessee congressman wants the Justice Department to investigate the use of confidential informants – and how the practice contributed to the death of a North Dakota college student.
 
     Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen spoke about the issue on the House floor Tuesday, after seeing a report on the death of 20-year-old Andrew Sadek. 
 
     Sadek’s body was found in June 2014 in the Red River with a gunshot wound to the head.  Investigators haven’t determined how he died.
 
     Cohen says Sadek was murdered as a confidential informant because police didn’t protect him. Cohen says it’s time for DOJ and Congress to address what he calls “part of the scourge that has come across this nation.”
 
     The victim’s mother, Tammy Sadek, says  she’s happy the case is receiving national attention.