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Recent Examples of counterintelligence
The process laid out in the executive order requires a robust review of the due diligence regarding both the vendor and the tool, to see whether any concerns, such as counterintelligence, security, and improper use risks, arise.
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Vas Panagiotopoulos, WIRED, 21 Oct. 2024
Running the new crackdowns in Russia are the FSB’s counterterrorism unit, its counterintelligence service, and its investigative department.
—Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2022
But there is another problem, as well: U.S. and European counterintelligence agencies lack the ability to implement full-scale measures to stop Russian sabotage operations, because to be truly effective, these must include drastic steps that are in practice only feasible under totalitarian regimes.
—Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 9 Aug. 2024
Russia could be using the same tactics now, former FBI counterintelligence officer Kevin Riehle told Business Insider.
—Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 7 Aug. 2024
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Vas Panagiotopoulos, WIRED, 21 Oct. 2024
Running the new crackdowns in Russia are the FSB’s counterterrorism unit, its counterintelligence service, and its investigative department.
—Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2022
But there is another problem, as well: U.S. and European counterintelligence agencies lack the ability to implement full-scale measures to stop Russian sabotage operations, because to be truly effective, these must include drastic steps that are in practice only feasible under totalitarian regimes.
—Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 9 Aug. 2024
Russia could be using the same tactics now, former FBI counterintelligence officer Kevin Riehle told Business Insider.
—Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 7 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterintelligence
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China’s recent expansion of its counterespionage law to cover a much wider array of information, coupled with raids on some advisory firms and a pickup in exit bans on foreigners, has made the business environment more uncertain.Jami Miscik, Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2023
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After the 9/11 attacks and the rise of Islamist terrorism, ASIO ran down its counterespionage capabilities in favor of counterterrorism.Clive Hamilton, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2018
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Taking place during the first Gulf War in the 1990s, the story campaign expertly sets the latest chapter amid an intriguing time of espionage and has the mission design chops to bolster the narrative.Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
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China has issued a strong rebuke to the United States, accusing it of hypocrisy over espionage following recent Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) efforts to recruit Chinese informants.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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Russia, in particular, has been pushing false conspiracies that election officials are coordinating fraud, intelligence officials said.Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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In the final weeks, U.S. intelligence officials have attributed to Russia multiple fake videos alleging election fraud in presidential swing states.Chris Morris, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Counterintelligence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterintelligence. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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