informants

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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

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 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

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

Ti Jean is also one of Farmer’s chief informants on local beliefs.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French