informants
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Secret police employed a total of 150,000 informants during these four decades, according to estimates from the state security archives, but records survive for only around a third of them.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Much like in East Germany and other parts of the Soviet-led Eastern Bloc during the Cold War, authorities employed an extensive network of informants to monitor public sentiment.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
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
The Cubans, tipped off by informants, were waiting for them.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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