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Recent Examples of tradecraft
The well-resourced group has been active for years in attacks that showcase its ability to procure exploits and execute fairly sophisticated tradecraft.
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Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2025
Failure to do so would prevent the intelligence community from adopting cutting-edge technology that will allow tradecraft and operations to stay dominant in a constantly evolving landscape.
—Ann Wagner, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Was the mission to use tradecraft to gather intelligence, or to use money, propaganda, and violence to shape events?
—Keith Gessen, New Yorker, 16 July 2025
Evading detection and blending into the background is DPRK tradecraft 101.
—Michael Barnhart, Fortune, 3 July 2025
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Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2025
Failure to do so would prevent the intelligence community from adopting cutting-edge technology that will allow tradecraft and operations to stay dominant in a constantly evolving landscape.
—Ann Wagner, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Was the mission to use tradecraft to gather intelligence, or to use money, propaganda, and violence to shape events?
—Keith Gessen, New Yorker, 16 July 2025
Evading detection and blending into the background is DPRK tradecraft 101.
—Michael Barnhart, Fortune, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tradecraft
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Still, a former top U.S. counterintelligence official told the Herald that China has been using Bejucal to spy on the U.S. since the early 1990s.—
Nora Gamez Torres,
Miami Herald,
26 Aug. 2025
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The Attorney General is often required to make decisions, with high stakes and on short notice, on an array of difficult matters, from blocking mergers to approving counterintelligence investigations to appealing cases to the Supreme Court.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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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
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But the ruling raises serious questions about the agency, which focuses on counterespionage, terrorism and sabotage.—
Willem Marx,
NPR,
3 July 2025
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Managing and interpreting the flood of data would be impossible without machine intelligence.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Counterterrorism strategies must continue to adapt to meet this evolving battleground, leveraging not only military and intelligence tools but also public-private partnerships with tech platforms, AI monitoring, and global diplomacy.—
Richard Frankel,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Tradecraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tradecraft. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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