counterintelligence

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Recent Examples of counterintelligence Bratt, a 34-year federal prosecutor and former head of the Justice Department's counterintelligence section, played a key role in the origins of the classified documents probe and went on to prosecute the case against Trump as part of Smith's team. Robert Legare, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2025 His order cites congressional and counterintelligence reports outlining threats posed by the PRC, CCP, and other foreign adversaries, including Chinese spies allegedly infiltrating the New York governor’s office. Bethany Blankley | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Dec. 2024 The police have already arrested the Defense Minister, the chief of the National Police, the head of the Metropolitan Police and the military counterintelligence commander for collaborating in the insurrection. Joohee Cho, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2024 He was detained in 2021 by the local bureau of China’s counterintelligence agency in the southeastern city of Suzhou, after China had closed its borders and imposed tight domestic travel restrictions and social controls to fight the spread of COVID-19. Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for counterintelligence 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterintelligence
Noun
  • 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
  • After the 9/11 attacks and the rise of Islamist terrorism, ASIO ran down its counterespionage capabilities in favor of counterterrorism.
    Clive Hamilton, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2018
Noun
  • The Netflix series stars Centineo as newcomer CIA lawyer Owen Hendricks, who is first brought into an international blackmail scandal in season 1 and then involved in a life-threatening espionage situation in South Korea in season 2.
    Julia Moore, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
  • State agencies and employees responsible for handling critical infrastructure, intellectual property, and personal information must be protected from malicious espionage operations by the Chinese Communist Party.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The director of national intelligence in theory sits atop the hierarchy of U.S. intelligence agencies, although no one treats the position that way in reality.
    The Editors, National Review, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Recap Ratcliffe also pledged repeatedly at his nomination hearing to focus more on the rising threat posed by China and to upgrade the agency’s technological capabilities to improve its intelligence collection efforts.
    Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025

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“Counterintelligence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterintelligence. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.

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