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
An undercover agent reached out to him in Miami, saying Cuban intelligence officials instructed him to reestablish contact.
From Washington Times • Dec. 4, 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 affidavit says Chhipa also met with an FBI “controlled persona” — either an undercover agent or a confidential source — and accepted cash from the individual.
From Seattle Times • May 10, 2023
She had been unmasked as a CIA operative, thereby rendering her useless as an undercover agent in the Soviet Union.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
