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tradecraft

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as in counterintelligence

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Recent Examples of tradecraft Public recruitment campaigns represent an evolution in tradecraft for the agency, which in recent years has increasingly used cinematic online videos to reach audiences inside rival states, including Russia and Iran. — Olivia Gazis, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2026 Lotan is a former intelligence officer, who worked at the intersection of tradecraft and diplomacy, working globally across defense agencies and embassies. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025 According to Gabbard, updating analytic tradecraft to incorporate AI will be a priority, though staff will not be replaced by machines. — Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 20 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 See All Example Sentences for tradecraft

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The more promising candidates learned advanced counterintelligence and bomb-making techniques.

— Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026
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

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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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