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- DictionaryCounter-espionage
noun
- 1. activities designed to prevent or thwart spying by an enemy: "the Security Service have responsibility for counter-espionage"
noun
Activities aimed to protect intelligence operations from enemy intelligence agencies
Counterintelligence or counterespionage is any activity aimed at protecting an agency's intelligence program from an opposition's intelligence service. It includes gathering information and conducting activities to prevent espionage, sabotage, assassinations or other intelligence activities conducted by, for, or on behalf of foreign powers, organizations or persons. Wikipedia