counterspy

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In 2010, the CIA suffered another major counterspy failure with the loss of a large number of recruited agents in China, according to U.S. officials.

From Washington Times • Jan. 1, 2023

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

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

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

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