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Maintained by the Department of Energy’s counterintelligence unit, the Sensitive Country List includes nuclear states such as India and Russia as well as countries deemed to be sponsors of terrorism, such as North Korea or Iran.—
Max Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2025 -
The army’s investigation and a parallel one by the Shin Bet counterintelligence agency lay out those bodies’ mistakes.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2025
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The elevated espionage thriller takes viewers on Ben Edwards’ (Kitsch) journey from Navy SEAL to CIA paramilitary operator, exploring the darker side of warfare and the human cost that comes with it.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
21 Mar. 2025
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The film is described as an espionage thriller that follows a complicated father-daughter relationship within a family business.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
21 Mar. 2025
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China’s recent expansion of its counterespionage law to cover a much wider array of information, coupled with raids on some advisory firms and a pickup in exit bans on foreigners, has made the business environment more uncertain.—
Jami Miscik,
Foreign Affairs,
24 May 2023
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After the 9/11 attacks and the rise of Islamist terrorism, ASIO ran down its counterespionage capabilities in favor of counterterrorism.—
Clive Hamilton,
Foreign Affairs,
26 July 2018
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The patent signals Amazon's solution to this long-standing challenge—combining Alexa's voice interface with the deep product intelligence that Rufus has demonstrated since its launch earlier this year.—
Kiri Masters,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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The United States subsequently paused intelligence sharing and providing security assistance to Ukraine.—
Keir Simmons,
NBC News,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Cloak-and-dagger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloak-and-dagger. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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