as in counterintelligence
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Peter, meanwhile, is in pure self-preservation mode, lying his ass off to Javad about his cater-waiter history and denying any career in counterintelligence.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2025 -
Part of the reason people doubt Peter is because his father also worked for the FBI and was section chief of counterintelligence.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
21 Jan. 2025
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American adversaries surely see an espionage and blackmail bonanza.—
James Goldgeier,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Feb. 2025
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Trump’s mission must return to the original promise of true American greatness through the unapologetic rejection of digital espionage on the American people.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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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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This includes the claim, boosted by Musk, that USAID was funding the development of bioweapons such as Covid-19, a conspiracy theory that all US intelligence agencies have concluded is false.—
David Gilbert,
WIRED,
5 Feb. 2025
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Forthcoming votes for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s respective nominees to serve as health and human services secretary and the director of national intelligence, are expected to be similarly partisan.—
Ashley Oliver,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
5 Feb. 2025
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