exfiltration
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As the aviator hid from Iranian forces, the agency spread false word inside the country that the U.S. military had already located the downed airman and were preparing to move him overland for exfiltration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
The podcast for the first time identified the second CIA officer who accompanied Mendez, naming him as agency linguist and exfiltration specialist Ed Johnson.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2023
"We are lucky there hasn't been any exfiltration of data because that would have been embarrassing."
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2023
After Ms. Bouraoui fled under French consular protection, the Algerian Foreign Ministry accused France of facilitating the “illegal operation of exfiltration of an Algerian national” and recalled its ambassador to Paris over the affair.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2023
MI6's instructions laid out an "exfiltration" plan that would be difficult under the best of circumstances.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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