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FBI agent cross-examined in 'cannibal cop' case

Accused quot;cannibal copquot; Gilberto Valle, seen in a

Photo credit: AP | Accused "cannibal cop" Gilberto Valle, seen in a courtroom sketch seated second from right, listens to testimony. Valle, 28, a six-year NYPD veteran, is charged with conspiring in Internet chats and emails with three men to abduct, sexually abuse and eat women, and with misusing a police database. (Feb. 25, 2013)

Under intense cross-examination, an FBI agent admitted Wednesday that 80 percent of accused "cannibal cop" Gilberto Valle's Internet chats involved only fantasy role-playing that was similar in many ways to chats the government contends involved "real" plots to kidnap women.

Agent Corey Walsh, testifying on the third day of Valle's conspiracy trial, also admitted that the FBI found no tangible...

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