informants
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In that ruling, the top court had said that Muslim men who were placed on the government's no-fly list because they refused to serve as FBI informants could seek to hold federal agents financially liable.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
U.S. citizen Thomas Pauken II pleaded guilty to acting as an unregistered Chinese agent, having received at least $100,000 for recruiting informants, providing communication devices, and relaying intelligence to handlers in China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
The group no longer works with paid informants, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 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
Ti Jean is also one of Farmer’s chief informants on local beliefs.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
