undercover
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An undercover reporter recorded two senior Reform aides apparently suggesting a way around electoral law to secure foreign party donations, one of which would have totalled £500,000.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
There unfolds a somewhat Wodehousian investigation involving undercover spies and scheming holdovers from Oswald Mosley’s disgraced fascist party.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
“When I think of combating crime, I’m thinking … more boots on the ground, hiring more officers to tackle the crime or some type of undercover work.”
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
I wish I could say that I’d arrived at the mansion on an undercover magazine assignment, but the reality was different.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Later, the Agency sent an inexperienced undercover agent, codenamed COMPASS, to pose as a janitor at a residence hall for American embassy staff in Moscow.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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