counterespionage
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of counterespionage
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The employee filed the complaint with the division director, Robert Turner, a 22-year veteran of the bureau who previously held roles in counterterrorism and counterespionage.
From Salon • Nov. 18, 2025
Instead, they had dumped him at the so-called Russia Squad in L.A., a counterespionage unit meant to combat Soviet spying.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2025
Changes to China’s counterespionage laws have also broadened the law’s already sweeping definition of what constitutes spying.
From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2024
FBI Director Christopher Wray said this week that the bureau is using artificial intelligence to boost its counterespionage efforts against Chinese hackers.
From Washington Times • Sep. 20, 2023
The Agency had launched the most difficult kind of counterespionage campaign: the mole hunt.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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