Counterintelligence and its primary subfield, counterespionage, are activities aimed at protecting an agency's intelligence program from an opposition's intelligence service. It includes gathering inf
Political cartoon depicting the Afghan Emir Sher Ali with his "friends" the Russian Bear and British Lion (1878). The Great Game saw the rise of systematic espionage and surveillance throughout the region by both powers
The Okhrana, founded in 1880, had the task of countering enemy espionage against Imperial Russia. St. Petersburg Okhrana group photo, 1905
Civilian photo technicians (in back of jeep) working for Counter Intelligence Corps are accounted for at a checkpoint in Potsdam, Germany, on July 14, 1945
An intelligence agency is a government agency responsible for the collection, analysis, and exploitation of information in support of law enforcement, national security, military, public safety, and f
Counterintelligence
…Counterintelligence (counter-intelligence) and its primary subfield, counterespionage (counter-espionage), are activities aimed at protecting an agency's intelligence program from an opposition's intelligence service. It includes gathering information and conducting activities to prevent espionage, sabotage, assassinations…
The SIS Building, headquarters of MI6, in London, United Kingdom
The George Bush Center for Intelligence, headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency, in Langley, United States
The Ministry of State Security in Beijing, China
The headquarters of the Foreign Intelligence Service in Moscow, Russia