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intelligence officer

American  

noun

  1. a military officer responsible for collecting and processing data on hostile forces, weather, and terrain.


Etymology

Origin of intelligence officer

First recorded in 1880–85

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But Ivan Stupak, a military analyst and former Ukrainian intelligence officer, believes it is a sign that Moscow is struggling to control the narrative of the war.

From BBC May 26, 2026

On Wednesday, the court heard that Kemp was an intelligence officer between 1992 and 1994 and then again from 2002 until 2005.

From BBC Mar. 11, 2026

Levi is not a medical doctor, instead his background is in mathematics and operations research and he also served as an intelligence officer of the elite Israeli Intelligence Corps.

From Salon Mar. 11, 2026

The former Russian intelligence officer, who had been briefed on the topic, said Russia was only giving a limited amount of intelligence information derived from its satellites to Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

He was greeted by Major Robert Furman, General Groves’s top intelligence officer.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

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