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Sometimes those details are enough to identify the informant, or for someone with enough sleuthing skills.

For funsies, I once figured out a confidential informant in a DoJ investigation. There was enough info because they were running a business in a niche field in a state not known for it. Didn't act on it in anyway.

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Depending on the definition of "informant", that would have been illegal[1] (according to this source).

[1] https://www.robertreeveslaw.com/blog/doxing-arrested/

Was wondering that myself, but didn't see any benefit to telling anyone even if it were legal.

Based on your link, it seems like publishing their ID would be illegal. But if a reporter called them up and interviewed them without publishing identity, no law would be broken. Not legal advice.

Yes, I was unclear.

> that would have been

I meant to say "publishing would have been" illegal.

I think there's some nuance here. It's not illegal to know that someone is an informant, you just can't publish their information.

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