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Counter-intelligence refers to efforts made by intelligence organizations to prevent hostile or enemy intelligence organizations from successfully gathering and collecting intelligence against them. Many governments organize counter-intelligence agencies separate and distinct from their intelligence collection services for specialized purposes. Examples of counter-intelligence include actively spreading disinformation to mislead the enemy, and direct targeting of enemy intelligence collection methods and resources. Intelligence and counter-intelligence activities occur not only between governments but also between commercial industries as well as between law enforcement and criminal groups.

An important part of counter-intelligence is counter-espionage, efforts specifically directed against an enemy's human intelligence collection organizations. Counter-espionage involves detecting, neutralizing, and where possible, exploiting the espionage activities of enemy spies. When spying is discovered, counter-intelligence agencies are usually legally empowered to arrest espionage suspects, but it is often more productive to see if the situation can first be exploited by controlling and manipulating what information the spy can collect. If the situation can not be exploited, the spy will be neutralized instead, usually by arrest and incarceration but by expulsion only if the spy is a foreign diplomat. Of key importance in arrest situations will be discovering what information the spy was able to collect previously and assessing what damage may have been done, which usually results in inducing a cooperative plea bargained prison sentence rather than imposing the death penalty.

One example of counter-intelligence in action involves the case of Soviet defector Vladimir Vetrov, codenamed "Farewell," who gave several classified documents in 1981 to French Intelligence detailing industrial espionage committed by the Soviet Union in various western nations in a collection called the Farewell Dossier. The information was passed on to the Central Intelligence Agency, who exploited it by secretly preparing sabotaged "intelligence" for Soviet spies to collect. After the Soviet's incorporated the flawed industrial technology, it caused numerous technical failures in the USSR including a massive oil pipeline explosion which damaged the economy.

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Intelligence (abbreviated int. or intel.) is information valued for its currency and relevance rather than its detail or accuracy —in contrast with "data" which typically refers to precise or particular information, or "fact,"
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Disinformation is the deliberate dissemination of false information. It may include the distribution of forged documents, manuscripts, and photographs, or propagation of malicious rumours and fabricated intelligence.
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Intelligence is a property of mind that encompasses many related abilities, such as the capacities to reason, to plan, to solve problems, to think abstractly, to comprehend ideas, to use language, and to learn. There are several ways to define intelligence.
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Espionage (a word from Latin espionnage) or spying is a practice of obtaining information about an organization or a society that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information.
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An arrest is the action of the police, or person acting under the law, to take a person into custody, usually so that they may be forthcoming to answer
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Colonel Vladimir Ippolitovich Vetrov (Владимир Ипполитович Ветров) (1928 - 1983?) was a KGB defector during the Cold War, who passed
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Industrial espionage or corporate espionage is espionage conducted for commercial purposes instead of national security purposes.

The term is distinct from legal and ethical activities such as examining corporate publications, websites, patent filings, and the like to
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (abbreviated USSR, Russian: (help info ) ; tr.
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The Farewell Dossier was a collection of documents containing intelligence gathered and handed over to NATO by the KGB defector Colonel Vladimir Vetrov (code-named "Farewell") in 1981–1982, during the Cold War.
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Central Intelligence Agency

Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency
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Formed 26 July, 1947
Preceding Agency Central Intelligence Group

Headquarters Langley, Virginia, United States

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (abbreviated USSR, Russian: (help info ) ; tr.
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Pipeline transport is a transportation of goods through a pipe. Most commonly, liquid and gases are sent, but pneumatic tubes that transport solid capsules using compressed air have also been used.
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The Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) is a Field Operating Agency (FOA) of the United States Air Force that provides professional investigative services to commanders throughout the Air Force.
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Motto
"In God We Trust"   (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum"   ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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The Agência Brasileira de Inteligência (ABIN) or Brazilian Intelligence Agency is the successor organization to the Serviço Nacional de Informações (SNI) or National Intelligence Service formed during the government of Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco in the mid-1960's.
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Motto
Ordem e Progresso   (Portuguese)
"Order and Progress"
Anthem
Hino Nacional Brasileiro
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Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

The intelligence edge for a secure Australia.

Agency overview
Formed 16 March, 1949

Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters
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Anthem
Advance Australia Fair [1]


Capital Canberra

Largest city Sydney
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Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV, "Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution"[1]) is the Federal Republic of Germany's domestic intelligence agency. Its main function is the surveillance of anti-constitutional activities in Germany.
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Anthem
"Das Lied der Deutschen" (third stanza)
also called "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit"
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Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Service canadien du renseignement de sécurité

Badge of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service
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Formed June 21, 1984, by Act of Parliament (Bill C-9)

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Counterintelligence Field Activity (CIFA) is a United States Department of Defense (DoD) agency whose size and budget are classified. The CIFA was created by a directive from the Secretary of Defense (Number 5105.67) on February 19, 2002 [1].
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Motto
"In God We Trust"   (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum"   ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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The Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire (DST; Directorate of Territorial Surveillance) is a directorate of the French National Police operating as a domestic intelligence agency.
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Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
Anthem
"La Marseillaise"


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Federal Bureau of Investigation

Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity|

Director: Robert S. Mueller III
Deputy Director: John S. Pistole
Department: Justice
Divisions:
  • FBI Academy
  • FBI Laboratory
  • Criminal Justice Information Services

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Motto
"In God We Trust"   (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum"   ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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The FSB (Federal Security Service) (Russian: ФСБ, Федера́льная слу́жба
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Anthem
Hymn of the Russian Federation


Capital
(and largest city) Moscow

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