counterspy
Enemy infiltrator tracker
A counterspy is a spy whose mission is to detect and thwart enemy espionage.
Where a spy infiltrates to gather intelligence, a counterspy infiltrates to identify and neutralize other spies: The counterspy had been feeding false information to the enemy network for years.
The work belongs to counterintelligence.
Subterranean insectivore
- infiltratorOne who enters covertly
- operativeCovert field agent
- handlerOne who manages something
- defectorOne who abandons allegiance
informant · turncoat · sleeper · asset · source · plant · recruit · walk-in
Covert message transfer location
- coverProtect by overlaying
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- exfiltrationCovert withdrawal of people/data
- cipherHidden writing system
microdot · concealment · signal · fallback
Intentional deceptive falsehoods
- misdirectionIntentional focus manipulation
- double-crossTreacherous deception of partner
- false-flagAttack disguised as another's
- feedSupply with sustenance
chicken-feed · provocation · honey-trap · playback · doubled
Evaluating suitability through investigation
- polygraphPhysiological response recorder
- debriefingQuestioning following an operation
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
- screeningEvaluative selection process
fluttering · sweep · trace · tail · shadow · watchers · stakeout
Fixed stopping point
- sectionDistinct divided part
- deskFurniture for writing
- directorateGoverning administrative body
mole
Subterranean insectivore
- infiltratorOne who enters covertly
- operativeCovert field agent
- handlerOne who manages something
defector · informant · turncoat · sleeper · asset · source · plant · recruit · walk-in · dangle
dead-drop
Covert message transfer location
- coverProtect by overlaying
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- exfiltrationCovert withdrawal of people/data
cipher · microdot · concealment · signal · fallback
disinformation
Intentional deceptive falsehoods
- misdirectionIntentional focus manipulation
- double-crossTreacherous deception of partner
- false-flagAttack disguised as another's
feed · chicken-feed · provocation · honey-trap · playback · doubled
vetting
Evaluating suitability through investigation
- polygraphPhysiological response recorder
- debriefingQuestioning following an operation
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
screening · fluttering · sweep · trace · tail · shadow · watchers · stakeout
station
Fixed stopping point
- sectionDistinct divided part
- deskFurniture for writing
- directorateGoverning administrative body
- espionagespies, double agent, double agents, spying, moles
- spiesJames Bond, Jason Bourne, secret agent, Ethan Hunt, Austin Powers
- countercountertop, counterbalance, counterattack, counterpart, counteroffer
- secret operativessecret agent, double agent, infiltrator, sleeper agent, covert operative
- watcherswatcher, birdwatchers, watchman, lookout, sports fans
- Informerssnitch, informer, informant, fink, squealer
counterspyspy
Covert information gatherer
espionage agent · foreign agent · mole · infiltrator · enemy agent