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Recent Examples of counterintelligence
Maybe there is an inadvertent or malicious leak that causes a major counterintelligence breakdown.
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Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Feb. 2025
Memos authored by House Republicans and Democrats, which have been declassified, showed that information about Papadopoulos’ contacts with Russian intermediaries triggered the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation in July 2016 of potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
The Department of Justice reassigned at least 15 senior career officials, including a top counterintelligence attorney involved in the FBI's investigation of classified documents Trump stashed at Mar-a-Lago.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 27 Jan. 2025
Kash Patel, President Trump’s pick to lead the F.B.I., has repeatedly undercut the work of the very agency he is set to lead by making false statements related to its criminal and counterintelligence inquiries into the president.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Feb. 2025
Memos authored by House Republicans and Democrats, which have been declassified, showed that information about Papadopoulos’ contacts with Russian intermediaries triggered the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation in July 2016 of potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
The Department of Justice reassigned at least 15 senior career officials, including a top counterintelligence attorney involved in the FBI's investigation of classified documents Trump stashed at Mar-a-Lago.
—Zachary Basu, Axios, 27 Jan. 2025
Kash Patel, President Trump’s pick to lead the F.B.I., has repeatedly undercut the work of the very agency he is set to lead by making false statements related to its criminal and counterintelligence inquiries into the president.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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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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The elevated espionage thriller takes viewers on Ben Edwards’ (Kitsch) journey from Navy SEAL to CIA paramilitary operator, exploring the darker side of warfare and the human cost that comes with it.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
21 Mar. 2025
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The film is described as an espionage thriller that follows a complicated father-daughter relationship within a family business.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
21 Mar. 2025
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In this sense, artificial intelligence remains quite unlike, and less capable than, human intelligence.—
Rob Toews,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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This is similar to the previous point about looking outward, but with a sharper focus on competitor intelligence.—
John Cairney,
Sportico.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Counterintelligence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterintelligence. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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