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counterspy

[koun-ter-spahy] / ˈkaʊn tərˌspaɪ /
NOUN
double agent
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Postal service and couriers and internet service providers must assist counterspy probes, the law says.

From Washington Times • Jul. 5, 2023

A 1975 report to a presidential commission probing the agency’s domestic activities includes testimony by the former CIA counterspy chief who was forced out of his job in December 1974.

From Washington Times • Jan. 1, 2023

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

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

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