counterintelligence

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He worked on issues at the intersection of national security and constitutional rights, including terrorism, counterintelligence, and electronic surveillance as well as crime issues, including the federal death penalty, remedies for racial bias in death sentencing, information privacy, and police brutality.

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  1. noun The branch of an intelligence service charged with keeping sensitive information from an enemy, deceiving that enemy, preventing subversion and sabotage, and collecting political and military information.

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  • All civilian personnel who appeared in the zone of an airfield were detained and counterintelligence organs made an appropriate investigation. —  Attack of the Airacobras - Soviet Aces, American P-39s and the Air War Against Germany
  • After that he was promoted to counterintelligence, which gave him reason to travel to West Germany more frequently. —  ConsenttoKill
  • Though he was reactivated after 9 / 11 and worked at the Pentagon in counterintelligence, this will be his first full overseas deployment. —  KMBC.com - Local News
  • Human capital challenges are especially significant for the intelligence and counterintelligence organizations, such as the FBI, that are undergoing a fundamental transformation in the aftermath of September 11, 2001.
  • The '' 'Service de documentation extérieure et de contre-espionnage (SDECE)' '' was the French civilian intelligence and counterintelligence organization, from 6 November 1944 to 2 —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
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