informant
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Even the co-conspirators marveled at how good their informant was at getting M&A scoops, according to the indictment.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Prosecutors must prove Blanche’s assertion that the informant program, which began in the 1980s, was used to further extremism rather than fight it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Only recently has Tennessee acknowledged that it used a paid informant.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
To convict him, the state relied on the testimony of a paid jailhouse informant, while no physical evidence suggested he was present at the crime scene.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
Another informant, a lawyer for the East German Ministry of Posts and Communications, secretly copied information about Soviet cables to paper cards, which he then taped to his backside, underneath his pants.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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