counterspy
Example Sentences
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The CIA counterspy chief told the commission that “several thousand man-hours” were spent by officials analyzing Nosenko’s information, and key elements of his testimony produced doubts that his defection was legitimate.
From Washington Times • Jan. 1, 2023
The FBI also is leading an interagency counterspy group called the National Counterintelligence Task Force that seeks to apply “a whole-of-government approach to counterintelligence,” he said.
From Washington Times • Nov. 17, 2022
It might have been something he led certain acolytes to believe after Philby’s defection, to maintain his reputation as all-knowing counterspy.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2013
If Philby was, as many have called him, the spy of the century, James Angleton was the counterspy of the century.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2013
A French counterspy had gotten his hands on a British spy’s list of ships carrying war supplies from French ports.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
