undercover agent
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“No problem,” the representative told the undercover agent, according to the indictment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025
He was an undercover agent working for Reynoso’s agency, the ABC, which issued Dino Mart’s license to sell alcohol.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2024
He allegedly told the undercover agent that he had $237,000 in debts and that he decided to work with Russia because his heritage “ties back to your country.”
From Washington Times • Oct. 23, 2023
Mr. Hurd got a job with the C.I.A. straight out of college in 2000 and spent more than eight years as an undercover agent, with stints in Afghanistan, India and Pakistan.
From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2023
The KGB watched and followed all US citizens working for the American embassy in Moscow, because, as the Soviets knew, any one of them could be an undercover agent for the CIA.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
