operative
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The FSB operates a spy system, called the System for Operative Investigative Activities, which is used to monitor phone calls and internet traffic in Russia.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2022
July 27 "All American" Season 3 "Mighty Express" Season 4 "The Operative"
From Salon • Jul. 3, 2021
The surveillance system, known as the System for Operative Investigative Activities, “basically allows the Russian government to intercept any data on Russian territory and provide that data to the F.S.B.,”
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2021
She had co-written a book on Russian president Vladimir Putin, titled Mr Putin: Operative in the Kremlin.
From The Guardian • Nov. 21, 2019
Friends in Switzerland recommended him to the L.J.S., and he was for a time in the Operative Jewish Converts' Institution, Palestine Place.
From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.
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