counterintelligence
the activity of an intelligence service employed in thwarting the efforts of an enemy's intelligence agents to gather information or commit sabotage. Abbreviation: CI
an organization engaged in counterintelligence. Abbreviation: CI
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Although the program has become a top priority of US law enforcement and domestic counterintelligence efforts—and an unusual one, as the first country-specific initiative—many details have remained murky.
The US crackdown on Chinese economic espionage is a mess. We have the data to show it. | Eileen Guo, Jess Aloe, Karen Hao | December 2, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewIn practice, it’s unlikely, according to counterintelligence veterans.
Even on U.S. Campuses, China Cracks Down on Students Who Speak Out | by Sebastian Rotella, photography by Haruka Sakaguchi, special to ProPublica | November 30, 2021 | ProPublicaA senior counterintelligence official involved in the Russia inquiry, Jennifer Boone, told the inspector general that she recalled being told that Steele “may have gotten some of his information from a source other than” Danchenko.
Steele dossier sources, methods face new scrutiny after indictment of key figure | Michael Kranish, Isaac Stanley-Becker | November 23, 2021 | Washington PostProsecutors did not charge or identify them, as often happens in counterintelligence cases for strategic and diplomatic reasons.
Operation Fox Hunt: How China Exports Repression Using a Network of Spies Hidden in Plain Sight | by Sebastian Rotella and Kirsten Berg | July 22, 2021 | ProPublicaThey take the fight to the enemy with both counterintelligence and advanced fighting skills, a rare combination for modern warriors.
The Untold Story of a Secret Unit of Heroic Jewish Commandos in World War II | Leah Garrett | June 21, 2021 | Time
Rõivas called the kidnapping of a counterintelligence official a serious crime “unacceptable to any Estonian.”
“I have been a counterintelligence officer,” Alasania told The Daily Beast.
Georgian Opposition Says the Country's Democracy Is Slipping | Eli Lake | December 4, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTFar from it, said David G. Major, the retired FBI counterintelligence agent.
Few of the people in MI6 or MI5, the counterintelligence service, would divulge anything at all.
The job of a counterintelligence officer and a field agent working for the CIA or the MI-6, their job is not to tell the truth.
British Dictionary definitions for counterintelligence
/ (ˌkaʊntərɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəns) /
activities designed to frustrate enemy espionage
intelligence collected about enemy espionage
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