counterspy
Example Sentences
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Critics blame the restructuring of CIA counterintelligence after the firing of CIA master counterspy James Angleton in 1975 for the security breaches.
From Washington Times • Jul. 20, 2023
Postal service and couriers and internet service providers must assist counterspy probes, the law says.
From Washington Times • Jul. 5, 2023
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
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
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
