### Question
What does informant mean?


### Answer
**Informant** has the following meaning in *50 U.S.C. § 3126*:

> any individual who furnishes information to an intelligence agency in the course of a confidential relationship protecting the identity of such individual from public disclosure

#### Citation:
  - *50 U.S.C. § 3126*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 44-NATIONAL SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER IV-PROTECTION OF CERTAIN NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION**

