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In September 2024, Detective Donald Paul, an officer with the State College Police Department, recruited a confidential informant to make multiple controlled purchases from Robinson.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

She added to the informant on an encrypted messaging app that she had "picked up some anarchist literature at the social justice center" which "could have some good tips."

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Lane would spot his attacker in Las Vegas, and it turned out to be Davis’ cousin Anderson, the informant told police.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

In The Sopranos, Pastore played Tony Soprano's best friend who ultimately became an informant for the FBI.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

What’s more, the informant said that Burt and Hale had “split on the boodle”—the sum of money—obtained from Bigheart.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

In 1962, a full 17 percent of the membership was reported to be federal informants.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

We learn that in Romania, for example, the leper colony of Tichilești was one of the only places in the country to lack state informants under the totalitarian Ceaușescu dictatorship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Many told us they referred to Luka as "The Spider" because of his vast web of allies and informants, including some embedded in rebel groups.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Security expert Abdullahi Abdullahi said he believed armed groups are not just getting help from security forces, but from civilian informants.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

C.P. had learned about the rally that afternoon in a phone call from one of his informants, a city arson inspector.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson