operatives
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Earlier this year, a former Fed staff member, John Rogers, was sentenced to more than three years in prison for lying to investigators about sharing restricted Fed information with Chinese operatives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
They asked their supervisors to approve a new investigation and contemplated using undercover operatives to gather more evidence.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
But some staff on the Commission were not convinced of Bayoumi's innocence, and thought it likely he knew Hazmi and Mihdhar were al Qaeda operatives.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Malkovich and Sam Rockwell play veteran CIA operatives who, after helping destabilize Salvador Allende’s government in 1973 Chile, head to Easter Island on a more personal assignment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Other Republican operatives like John Beckley, the Speaker of the House, were focusing on the political factions in Pennsylvania, another key state.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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