I was also authorized to exchange information and review briefing documents used by private intelligence services for their clients (in other words, I was a primary confidential source). (judithcurry.com)
To allege scienter (intent or knowledge of wrongdoing) in securities fraud cases, lawyers sometimes avow to the court that they have one or more confidential sources who tipped them off to the wrongdoing. (overlawyered.com)
Unfortunately, the laws that have protected print journalists from revealing confidential sources do not always map easily onto the role that bloggers play in media. (avivadirectory.com)