Counterintelligence

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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intelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence organizations or by individuals engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism

Classifications

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Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Counterintelligences
possessive: Counterintelligence's
pluralpossessive: Counterintelligences'

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