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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

Berger, a former informant known, according to Mr. Oltermann, for his “monkish asceticism,” embodied a “sense of poetic mission”—though his own verse talents were minimal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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

It was unwritten law in China, so my informant told me, that when one man saved another’s life he became responsible for that life to the end of its existence.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

Federal prosecutors accused Heidi Beirich of helping to facilitate secret payments to informants from extremist groups.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

In April 2025, the governor of Nigeria's embattled Borno state, Babagana Zulum, alleged that informants and collaborators for Boko Haram insurgents were operating within the country's armed forces, political class and local communities.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 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

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

He had a comprehensive knowledge of the case—from the suspects to the trails of evidence—and he had developed an extensive network of informants that included many outlaws.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann