counter-sabotage

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counter-sabotage

Action designed to detect and counteract sabotage. See also counterintelligence.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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counter-sabotage - counterintelligence designed to detect and counteract sabotage

counterintelligence - 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

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