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Recent Examples of counterintelligence
This lack of capability may be why Gabbard, early on, tried to wrest control of counterintelligence operations from Kash Patel over at the FBI, an effort that failed (and should have).
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Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
25 Apr. 2026
Qrypt had been negotiating its first large contract, with the Pentagon, until a counterintelligence official called about Broidy’s allegations.
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David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Those concerns came as part of a widening counterintelligence investigation.
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Zach Lachance,
The Washington Examiner,
29 Mar. 2026
The files stem from a decade-old counterintelligence probe into a Chinese woman, known both as Christine Fang and Fang Fang, who reportedly helped Swalwell with fundraising and placing an intern in his office during the 2014 campaign cycle.
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Sophie Brams,
The Hill,
29 Mar. 2026
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Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
25 Apr. 2026
Qrypt had been negotiating its first large contract, with the Pentagon, until a counterintelligence official called about Broidy’s allegations.
—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Those concerns came as part of a widening counterintelligence investigation.
—
Zach Lachance,
The Washington Examiner,
29 Mar. 2026
The files stem from a decade-old counterintelligence probe into a Chinese woman, known both as Christine Fang and Fang Fang, who reportedly helped Swalwell with fundraising and placing an intern in his office during the 2014 campaign cycle.
—
Sophie Brams,
The Hill,
29 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterintelligence
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Currently, Roddy and Whelan are both mere novices in the dark arts of counterespionage.
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Israel has been facing an unprecedented wave of domestic espionage since 2023.
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China is deploying market access to steal intellectual property, monitor Americans and conduct economic espionage.
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As a result, stories revealing the NSA’s mass spying tactics were published in The Guardian, The Washington Post and other outlets around the world.
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In March, two Democrats and two Republicans opposed to the law’s broad spying authority introduced a bill to limit the government’s ability to obtain Americans’ private communications without a warrant.
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Bobbi Queen, a former senior fashion editor at WWD who was known for her intelligence, wit and sense of style, died Thursday at her New York apartment at the age of 84.
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Autonomy with human oversight Artificial intelligence handles much of CobraJet’s flight through an autonomous autopilot supported by electro-optical and infrared cameras.
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“Counterintelligence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterintelligence. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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