McCord, a former acting assistant attorney general at the Justice Department, noted that the use of confidential informants to gather intelligence on extremist groups mirrors investigative techniques routinely employed by federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI.
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Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
9 June 2026
The charges do not stem from the general practice of paying informants but from the Justice Department's allegations that the SPLC made these payments without disclosing the practice to donors and by defrauding banks.
People who come forward are called narcs, tattletales and snitches.
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Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2026
That now-infamous measure would have denied most public services — including schooling — to undocumented immigrants, and turned teachers and nurses into snitches.
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