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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

Berger, a former informant known, according to Mr. Oltermann, for his “monkish asceticism,” embodied a “sense of poetic mission”—though his own verse talents were minimal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Vincent Pastore, best known for playing gangster informant Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero on HBO’s “The Sopranos,” has died.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

She had faced prosecution despite being an informant in an anti-corruption probe by the Nigerian authorities.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

When one of his agents was questioning a seedy local attorney—who, according to an informant, was trying to “strangle” the government’s probe—the attorney betrayed a shocking knowledge of the inner workings of the case.

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

He would also know who Hamas suspected of being enemy informants, and how they were being pursued, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

In April 2025, the governor of Nigeria's embattled Borno state, Babagana Zulum, alleged that informants and collaborators for Boko Haram insurgents were operating within the country's armed forces, political class and local communities.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 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

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