counterspy

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Once-secret government documents are revealing new, long-hidden details on one of the CIA’s biggest Cold War controversies, involving defecting Soviet intelligence agents and U.S. counterspy programs targeting the Kremlin’s strategic deception operations against the West.

From Washington Times • Jan. 1, 2023

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

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