informant
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She added to the informant on an encrypted messaging app that she had "picked up some anarchist literature at the social justice center" which "could have some good tips."
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Lane would spot his attacker in Las Vegas, and it turned out to be Davis’ cousin Anderson, the informant told police.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
He traveled in a van with Abdel-Rahman and Emad Salem, the government informant who later became a key witness in the federal case against Abdel-Rahman.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
The defence case of Olatimbo Ayinde, the oil industry executive who was also found not guilty by the jury, was she had been working as an informant for the Nigerian authorities to expose corruption.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
When one of his agents was questioning a seedy local attorney—who, according to an informant, was trying to “strangle” the government’s probe—the attorney betrayed a shocking knowledge of the inner workings of the case.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
A former director at the Southern Poverty Law Center was arrested for allegedly overseeing secret payments to informants from white supremacist groups, federal authorities said Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
It said they identified those behind the abduction and dismantled their support network, including informants and hideouts in the Old Oyo National Park forest.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
In that ruling, the top court had said that Muslim men who were placed on the government's no-fly list because they refused to serve as FBI informants could seek to hold federal agents financially liable.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
The group paid informants starting in the 1980s, sometimes using fictitious companies to disguise the payments, according to the indictment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Reports from agents and informants like Morrison suggested that several of these desperadoes had knowledge about the murders.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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