Counterintelligence and Intelligence

Counterintelligence

Counterintelligence noun - 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.

Intelligence is an antonym for counterintelligence.

Intelligence

Intelligence noun - The ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems.

Counterintelligence is an antonym for intelligence.

Both words in one sentence

  • Eiffel Tower Effect Supposedly some building codes in the area were made for intelligence and counterintelligence purposes.
  • Vlad's modus operandi shifts to intelligence and counterintelligence, assassinations, propaganda and large-scale financial manipulations.
  • Master of Disguise After the fall of Poland in 1939 he began to operate for the Underground State as intelligence and counterintelligence officer.
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