No sale.
The last sentence in this article belies the headline:
Napolitano said Tuesday that the use of an informant is “standard operating procedure” in intelligence gathering and during criminal investigations.
So there are plenty of contradictions as they try to split hairs.
But remember that FNC suspended Napolitano last year for going too far in pushing the "Obama spied on Trump" line, so now Napolitano is holding back and playing with subtle differences and distinctions in meaning, perhaps in order to keep his job.