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During an early 2000s bird flu outbreak in Vietnam, farmers circumvented regulations by moving poultry at night, bribing inspection workers, and selling their goods through back channels.
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Amy Maxmen | Kff Health News, ABC News, 24 May 2024
Cohen previously testified that Costello proposed creating a back channel of communication to Trump through Giuliani, at a time when Cohen's office had been raided by the FBI.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
The Israeli official also said Israel has used back channels to communicate with the Shiite group's leader in Lebanon, Hasan Nasrallah.
—Matt Gutman, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2024
The idea that there’s a secret back channel has also circulated in European capitals, though officials deny knowing anything about it.
—Bloomberg.com, 25 Jan. 2024
Signaling through public statements or communicating through unofficial back channels would all help, according to Hsiao.
—Lily Kuo, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
Still, once in office, Mr. Trump used him as a back channel to the Chinese leadership.
—David E. Sanger, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
Finally, five years and four months after Mr. Shalit was captured, their back channel bore fruit.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2023
Starting in 2006, Gershon Baskin, an Israeli peace activist based in Jerusalem, and Ghazi Hamad, a senior Hamas official in Gaza, nurtured an informal back channel between officials in Jerusalem and in Gaza, even as each side refused to engage with the other directly.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2023
Amy Maxmen | Kff Health News, ABC News, 24 May 2024
Cohen previously testified that Costello proposed creating a back channel of communication to Trump through Giuliani, at a time when Cohen's office had been raided by the FBI.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
The Israeli official also said Israel has used back channels to communicate with the Shiite group's leader in Lebanon, Hasan Nasrallah.
—Matt Gutman, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2024
The idea that there’s a secret back channel has also circulated in European capitals, though officials deny knowing anything about it.
—Bloomberg.com, 25 Jan. 2024
Signaling through public statements or communicating through unofficial back channels would all help, according to Hsiao.
—Lily Kuo, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
Still, once in office, Mr. Trump used him as a back channel to the Chinese leadership.
—David E. Sanger, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
Finally, five years and four months after Mr. Shalit was captured, their back channel bore fruit.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2023
Starting in 2006, Gershon Baskin, an Israeli peace activist based in Jerusalem, and Ghazi Hamad, a senior Hamas official in Gaza, nurtured an informal back channel between officials in Jerusalem and in Gaza, even as each side refused to engage with the other directly.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2023
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“Back channel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20channel. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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