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Definition of Counterintelligence
1. 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.
Category relationships: Act Of Terrorism, Terrorism, Terrorist Act
Generic synonyms: Intelligence, Intelligence Activity, Intelligence Operation
Definition of Counterintelligence
1. Noun. counterespionage ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Counterintelligence
Literary usage of Counterintelligence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. U. S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's edited by Christopher Cox (1999)
"The action plan also directs the creation of counterintelligence training programs
and a counterintelligence analysis program. The Department of Energy will ..."
2. Records Relating to American Prisoners of War and Missing in Action from the edited by Charles E. Schamel (1997)
"Records of the Counterintelligence Branch of the USARV Deputy Chief of Staff for
Operations, Plans and Security (G-2, G-3, and G-5) 11.39 The Deputy Chief ..."
3. U. S. Strategy to Counter Domestic Political Terrorism by James B. Motley (1993)
"... FOR EFFECTIVE Counterintelligence Policymakers in the United States must
consider extending the intelligence community's knowledge of known world-wide ..."
4. Protecting Critical Information & Technology: Proceedings of the Fourth by DIANE Publishing Company (1997)
"As a result, their intelligence services were given a great deal of attention by
United States Government (USG) agencies with counterintelligence ..."