counterspy
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Technical counterintelligence measures also will be increased, and counterspy forces bolstered.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 5, 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
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
To add insult to injury, she then turned out to be better at counterspy operations than the FBI was.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
The CIA is the agency chiefly involved in spies and counterspies.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
Shanghai’s MSS bureau is focused on conducting operations against the United States and thus the information contained in the database would be useful for FBI and CIA counterspies engaged in tracking Chinese intelligence operations.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 6, 2022
Court documents say the books were found in August 2012 when FBI counterspies carried out a covert search of a Honolulu hotel room where Mr. Lee was staying.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 22, 2018
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
