His informant, whom he describes as "a friend...in a position to have the information", is thought likely to be a Conservative political operator eager to besmirch Mr Martin and his government with biased reports of the hearings.However, Captain Ed is far from the only source reporting on the closed-door proceedings; he is simply the only one publishing the details.
My initial reaction on hearing the story on Twitter (the Carmichael scandal is bound to be hushed up by the mainstream media, predicted my dreary and inaccurate informant) was that Carmichael had shown bad character.
It is Gautier, a journalist rather than a poet, who is the best informant.
In the complaint, he describes how the attempted recruitment made him stressed, and left him worried that he was "marked out" by the police because he had refused to sign up as an informant.
Trust levels in women's colonies are low, with everyone suspecting each other of being an informant.
The party admitted that it had sent an informant into the Thanet branch of the "Stand Up to Ukip" group during the election campaign, following what the party described as "a series of threatening attacks against Mr Farage in the run-up".
The Estonian intelligence official seized by Russia thought he was going to meet an informant in a secluded spot on the border as part of an organised crime investigation but instead walked into an FSB trap, according to Estonian security sources.
He appears to have worked for a sustained period of time as an FBI informant, collecting evidence now at the heart of the emerging prosecution.
The recording device and the cash were intended for the informant he thought he would be meeting.
"Liam, Guigsy, Bonehead and Tony are all interested and keen to see how it can work", said the Sun's informant.
One 23-year single mother said she abandoned campaigning against racism after police threatened to prosecute her if she told anyone, including her mother, about the attempt to persuade her to become an informant.
