counterspy
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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
Mr. Warner said he has doubts about creating a separate counterspy agency but added that the committee is thoroughly investigating the possibility.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 2, 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
We’re still haunted by the legacy of these spectral figures, their legacy of doubling and doubt—and, yes, the shadowy counterspy linked to both.
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
The CIA is the agency chiefly involved in spies and counterspies.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
Mr. Wray said the FBI counterspies are so busy they are opening a new Chinese counterintelligence probe on average every 12 hours.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 27, 2022
As a result, the system was not secure enough to withstand targeting from MSS electronic counterspies.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 2, 2021
The first targets of Iraq’s counterspies were CIA contacts in the fledgling Iraq National Intelligence Service, or INIS, set up by the CIA in 2004, Maguire and others say.
From Newsweek
Such a move has to be arranged in a complicated way, with cutouts, coded letters, and a “safe house,” a place where the case officer and his agent will not be detected by counterspies.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
