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a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
the FBI is working closely with informants to find out about the subversive group
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But a search warrant in the case, unsealed during the hearing, identified Platt as an informant.
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Tony Saavedra, Orange County Register, 4 Mar. 2025
Prosecutors say some of that information, including details on informants and sensitive investigations, was included in his unpublished manuscript.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Before a warrant is issued, an officer must attest that the request for it is not based on information from informants who have provided false information that has led to negative raids in the past, the bill states.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
Outside of bugging homes and offices, as well as torturing and imprisoning individuals, one of the main ways the Stasi went about doing this was by forcing citizens to act as informants.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 8 Mar. 2025
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Tony Saavedra, Orange County Register, 4 Mar. 2025
Prosecutors say some of that information, including details on informants and sensitive investigations, was included in his unpublished manuscript.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Before a warrant is issued, an officer must attest that the request for it is not based on information from informants who have provided false information that has led to negative raids in the past, the bill states.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
Outside of bugging homes and offices, as well as torturing and imprisoning individuals, one of the main ways the Stasi went about doing this was by forcing citizens to act as informants.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 8 Mar. 2025
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“Informant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/informant. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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