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Recent Examples of counterespionage
But the ruling raises serious questions about the agency, which focuses on counterespionage, terrorism and sabotage.
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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
Xi's harsh covid-19 lockdowns brought significant swaths of the Chinese economy to a standstill in 2022, and his officials have raided foreign companies in apparent counterespionage investigations.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 8 Feb. 2024
China’s recent expansion of its counterespionage law to cover a much wider array of information, coupled with raids on some advisory firms and a pickup in exit bans on foreigners, has made the business environment more uncertain.
—Jami Miscik, Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2023
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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
Xi's harsh covid-19 lockdowns brought significant swaths of the Chinese economy to a standstill in 2022, and his officials have raided foreign companies in apparent counterespionage investigations.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 8 Feb. 2024
China’s recent expansion of its counterespionage law to cover a much wider array of information, coupled with raids on some advisory firms and a pickup in exit bans on foreigners, has made the business environment more uncertain.
—Jami Miscik, Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterespionage
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Just days before the US began military operations, FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen agents and staff members from a counterintelligence unit tasked with monitoring threats from Iran, CNN previously reported.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
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Why, just days before this military operation against Iran, did the FBI director fire dozens of agents in counterintelligence and international terrorism units?—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2026
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All defendants maintained their innocence and appealed after a two-year trial that opened a Pandora's box of unwanted revelations about papal ransom payments to Islamic militants, Vatican vendettas, espionage and other dirty laundry of the Holy See.—
NICOLE WINFIELD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
18 Mar. 2026
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All defendants maintained their innocence and appealed after a two-year trial that opened a pandora’s box of unwanted revelations about papal ransom payments to Islamic militants, Vatican vendettas, espionage and other dirty laundry of the Holy See.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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Four men were arrested in London on Friday on suspicion of spying for Iran, according to the Metropolitan Police.—
Frank Andrews,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Joani Reid, a lawmaker from Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s governing Labor Party, issued a statement indicating that her husband was among three unnamed individuals British police arrested this week on suspicion of spying for China.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Mar. 2026
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Roughly 400 vessels were spotted operating in the Gulf of Oman, as a massive backlog of ships waited near the chokepoint, according to a report from maritime intelligence firm Windward on Sunday.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2026
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Esmaeil Khatib, Iran’s intelligence minister, was targeted in a strike conducted by the IDF in Tehran, Iran.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Counterespionage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterespionage. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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