as in spying
the secret gathering of information on others
the acts of espionage on behalf of the Confederacy carried on by Belle Boyd and Rose Greenhow
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The internal presentation for military staff presses that adversarial nations can gain access to advertising data with ease, using it to exploit, manipulate, and coerce military personnel for purposes of espionage.
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Dhruv Mehrotra, WIRED, 19 Nov. 2024
The Israel Security Agency, also known as Shin Bet, and the Israel Police announced Thursday that an Israeli couple had been arrested on suspicion of conducting espionage on behalf of Iran.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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
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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Dhruv Mehrotra, WIRED, 19 Nov. 2024
The Israel Security Agency, also known as Shin Bet, and the Israel Police announced Thursday that an Israeli couple had been arrested on suspicion of conducting espionage on behalf of Iran.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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
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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