informant
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After the fifth controlled purchase, Paul approached the informant’s friend, the DU member who had connected the informant to Robinson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
You could argue that an informant has to participate to some degree in order to stay inside these groups.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026
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
In The Sopranos, Pastore played Tony Soprano's best friend who ultimately became an informant for the FBI.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
He cast his gaze everywhere but on our faces, for he was ambitious to be the king's most valued and secret informant.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
In 1962, a full 17 percent of the membership was reported to be federal informants.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
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
Pauken recruited informants, provided communication devices, and relayed intelligence to handlers in China, U.S. prosecutors said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
C.P. had learned about the rally that afternoon in a phone call from one of his informants, a city arson inspector.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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