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tradecraft

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as in counterintelligence

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Recent Examples of tradecraft According to Gabbard, updating analytic tradecraft to incorporate AI will be a priority, though staff will not be replaced by machines. — Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2025 Public recruitment campaigns represent an evolution in tradecraft for the agency, which in recent years has increasingly used cinematic online videos to reach audiences inside rival states, including Russia and Iran. — Olivia Gazis, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2026 Earlier Justice Department investigations into the memo challenged the analytical tradecraft but did not find intentional misconduct by the analysts involved. — Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2026 Japan’s Industrial Role George Barros, director of innovation and open-source tradecraft at the Institute for the Study of War, told me the significance is not only technological, but strategic. — David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 4 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for tradecraft

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The center brings together counterterrorism, cyber, counterintelligence and financial investigators and specialists from the Treasury Department and IRS to trace funding streams, identify criminal actors and build prosecutable cases.

— Asra Q. Nomani , Morgan Phillips, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
LaCroix has taught a variety of subjects including cybercrime, counterterrorism, critical infrastructure protection, intelligence, counterintelligence and Homeland Security legal and policy Issues.

— Hunter LaCroix, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2026

Definition of counterintelligence

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The latest firings included experts in counterespionage matters.

— Perry Stein, Arkansas Online, 28 Feb. 2026
The employee filed the complaint with the division director, Robert Turner, a 22-year veteran of the bureau who previously held roles in counterterrorism and counterespionage.

— William Turton, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2025

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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.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 6 July 2026
Autonomy with human oversight Artificial intelligence handles much of CobraJet’s flight through an autonomous autopilot supported by electro-optical and infrared cameras.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026

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