informants
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Security expert Abdullahi Abdullahi said he believed armed groups are not just getting help from security forces, but from civilian informants.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The Interior Ministry, with an estimated 140,000 state security officials and 500,000 informants, monitors and infiltrates dissident movements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
U.S. citizen Thomas Pauken II pleaded guilty to acting as an unregistered Chinese agent, having received at least $100,000 for recruiting informants, providing communication devices, and relaying intelligence to handlers in China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Sacha Zala, president of the Swiss Society for History, is "absolutely sure there is nothing relevant about Mengele", but thinks there may be references to a foreign intelligence service or foreign informants.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Back in Berlin, Bill Harvey's carefully nurtured network of informants continued to reap new intelligence rewards for the Americans.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
