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counterespionage

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Recent Examples of counterespionage Currently, Roddy and Whelan are both mere novices in the dark arts of counterespionage. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025 Other than the counterespionage law amendment, Beijing has in recent years expanded the remit of its national security apparatus through sweeping legislation, giving authorities broader powers to scrutinize foreign nationals and organizations. — John Liu, CNN Money, 23 July 2025 But the ruling raises serious questions about the agency, which focuses on counterespionage, terrorism and sabotage. — Willem Marx, NPR, 3 July 2025 Hobbs' spokesperson, Christian Slater, said the governor's proposal was not a response to the chorus of conservative criticism of her veto but a result of her concern that the prior bill was not an effective counterespionage measure. — Stacey Barchenger, AZCentral.com, 10 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for counterespionage

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Intelligence services have seen signs of specific planning by Russia to conduct sabotage operations in Denmark, Emil Græsholm, head of counterintelligence at the national security and intelligence service PET, told the Berlingske newspaper.

— Claudia Ciobanu, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
By the time of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, counterintelligence coverage was already being used as a broader tool of social control.

— Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of counterintelligence

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Five categories of spies are described, and espionage is treated as essential to providing rulers and commanders with the foreknowledge needed to make informed strategic decisions.

— Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
Beyond bioweapons, Russia spies Anthropic also uncovered a Russian espionage operation that used Claude to automate much of its cyber campaign.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of espionage

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Critics argued the Patriot Act cleared the path for spying and violations of civil liberties, prompting reforms to the controversial law years later.

— Mark Morales, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
China’s foreign ministry in June confirmed the ‌arrest of Min Zin, saying he was suspected of spying and of endangering Chinese national security.

— Reuters, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of spying

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Our current architecture estimates suggest that separating deterministic execution from runtime intelligence could reduce expected token consumption by around 90% compared with initial approaches.

— Nitin Gupta, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
From our first conversations, Jon blew us away with his intelligence and deep creative insights about how to craft great stories.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026

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