informants

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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 evidence for this scheme consisted mostly of the fact that the law center relied on paid informants for its work, not unlike the FBI.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

F is for “field source,” the SPLC’s term for inside informants it paid to gather intelligence on white-supremacist groups.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

U.S. prosecutors carrying out such an initiative could turn to a large pool of potential informants.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

Back in Berlin, Bill Harvey's carefully nurtured network of informants continued to reap new intelligence rewards for the Americans.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau