informant
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Bowie told the informant that she would "make it a point to have picnics by the capital to observe" and learn about security measures, the complaint alleges.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Vincent Pastore, best known for playing gangster informant Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero on HBO’s “The Sopranos,” has died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 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
Another informant, a lawyer for the East German Ministry of Posts and Communications, secretly copied information about Soviet cables to paper cards, which he then taped to his backside, underneath his pants.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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
As agents examined tax returns and other financial documents, SPLC’s spending on informants caught their attention, the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 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
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
Factories, public enterprises, and neighborhoods have been ordered to produce two tons of toibee, according to Good Friends, a Buddhist charity with informants in North Korea.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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