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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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The report outlines a systematic pattern of arbitrary detentions carried out by agents from the military counterintelligence agency and the Bolivarian intelligence service, often by agents in unmarked vehicles and plainclothes.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
12 Dec. 2025
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Stefanik had gotten the language requiring congressional leadership to be notified of any counterintelligence investigations into federal candidates added to the Intelligence Authorization Act (IAA) that passed out of the House Intelligence Committee in September.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
3 Dec. 2025
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The group has operated for years as a cyber espionage arm for North Korea.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Critics worry the $300-million complex poses espionage and surveillance risks, particularly its proximity to underground fiber-optic cables carrying sensitive financial data.—
Sylvia Hui,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2026
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Keshavarz was tried and sentenced to death in connection with the spying accusations.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
22 Dec. 2025
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He is best known for leading Nigeria’s National Intelligence Agency — tasked with spying for the government — for four years until 2017, stepping down after he was suspended and later sacked by Tinubu’s predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari.—
Alexis Akwagyiram,
semafor.com,
28 Nov. 2025
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Despite millennia of domestication for productivity, livestock have been almost entirely excluded from discussions of animal intelligence, according to the study.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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In real life, this means that the system connects to booking systems, demand forecasting tools, and competitive intelligence platforms, creating a feedback loop that learns from every transaction.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Counterespionage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterespionage. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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