informant

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Paramount President Jeff Shell has fired back in his ugly feud with a Las Vegas gambler and FBI informant, contending that Robert “R.J.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

They argued that the two men to whom he sent the messages were unlikely to carry out a murder—a federal informant with a bad back and a fellow union carpenter with no criminal history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Paul Hare, a former British ambassador to Cuba and Venezuela, argued that Cuban intelligence underestimated US access to "insider cooperation in Venezuela" -- an informant within Maduro's camp.

From Barron's • Jan. 10, 2026

Earlier this year, MI5 was forced to apologise after the BBC proved it gave false evidence to three courts in a case concerning a neo-Nazi state informant known as Agent X.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

Horst, the informant, was soon driving around East Berlin in his reward—a new car.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin