9. Confidential informants.

Information revealing the identity of confidential informants or sources is exempt from the provisions of Chapter 119. Fla. Stat. § 119.07(3)(c) (1995). See City of St. Petersburg v. Rommie ex rel. Dillinger, 719 So.2d (Fla. 2d. DCA 1998) (after in camera inspection of records and disclosure of informant's identity in the trial court, access to records was granted); Salcines v. Tampa Television, 454 So.2d 639 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984) (the exemption provided by section 119.07(3)(c), protects from the disclosure requirement information revealing the identity of confidential informants or sources regardless of whether the informants or sources are no longer active or any have, through other sources, been identified as such); John Doe v. State of Fla., 901 So. 2d 881 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005) (prohibiting state from releasing unredacted documents that might identify petitioner as source in criminal investigation).