The phrase "agents of foreign powers" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing individuals or entities that act on behalf of foreign governments or organizations, often in political or espionage discussions.
Example: "The investigation revealed that several agents of foreign powers had infiltrated the organization to gather sensitive information."
Alternatives: "foreign operatives" or "representatives of foreign governments".
Activists are routinely vilified as agents of foreign powers.
These animals are extremely high-strung, and are vulnerable to kidnap by agents of foreign powers.
BEFORE the collapse of communism, the countries of Central Europe were awash with agents of foreign powers hunting for state secrets.
Orbán stated that he considered NGOs that received funding from abroad as agents of foreign powers whose activities need to be monitored closely.
British government lawyers argue that no British court can rule on the case because agents of foreign powers, including the CIA, were involved in the operation.
But Congress did not impose any restrictions on the government's use of the foreign intelligence information to prosecute agents of foreign powers for foreign intelligence crimes...
For years the junta has dismissed Miss Suu Kyi as an agent of "foreign powers", or as an irresponsible "little sister".
"The Egyptian government, like all other Arab governments, is a puppet regime, an agent of foreign powers, particularly the United States, which controls the world now," the Sheikh said.
Last month, Mohsen Armin, a prominent reformist, issued a preëmptive statement declaring that, no matter what he might say should he be taken to prison, he is not the agent of foreign powers.
He has insisted that the sitting upper house of parliament, which was elected by only a tenth of voters and had been seen by many as a talking shop, is the sole legitimate legislature, even as it writes rules empowering the Islamists, whose media spew forth sectarian hatred, claiming that anyone who rebukes them is an agent of foreign powers.
But it's fundamentally irresponsible and journalistically dishonest to accuse someone of working for a foreign government as an agent of foreign power when there's no evidence at all to support it.
