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Recent Examples of tradecraft
The Pentagon’s audit concluded that the military’s primary contractor handling the campaign, General Dynamics IT, had employed sloppy tradecraft, taking inadequate steps to hide the origin of the fake accounts, said a person with direct knowledge of the review.
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Chris Bing and Joel Shectman, USA TODAY, 14 June 2024
Our intelligence and counterterrorism classes, for example, include practical training in professional tradecraft.
—Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2023
But our journalist heroes are on a mission, mercenaries of their tradecraft.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 11 Apr. 2024
Despite the tradecraft lapses, Cherkasov made remarkably swift progress toward his goal of infiltrating Western institutions.
—Greg Miller, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2023
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Chris Bing and Joel Shectman, USA TODAY, 14 June 2024
Our intelligence and counterterrorism classes, for example, include practical training in professional tradecraft.
—Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2023
But our journalist heroes are on a mission, mercenaries of their tradecraft.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 11 Apr. 2024
Despite the tradecraft lapses, Cherkasov made remarkably swift progress toward his goal of infiltrating Western institutions.
—Greg Miller, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2023
See all Example Sentences for tradecraft
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tradecraft
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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, 17 Jan. 2025
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Related article China says a foreign consultant was found to be spying for Britain’s MI6 China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS), which oversees intelligence and counterintelligence both within China and overseas, has also previously accused Taiwan of conducting spying activities.Eric Cheung, CNN, 13 Jan. 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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Trump's selection of Gabbard has drawn scrutiny over her lack of a background in intelligence, along with her views on Russia, recently deposed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and other U.S. adversaries.Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2025
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Contributor Artificial intelligence has quickly moved from a buzzword in tech circles to a vital part of everyday life.Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Tradecraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tradecraft. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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