Central Intelligence Agency CIAA), principal foreign intelligence and counterintelligence agency of the U.S. government.
Intelligence is conducted on three levels: strategic (sometimes called national), tactical, and counterintelligence.
Foreign intelligence and counterintelligence in China is the province of the MSS.
By 1986 she had become a midlevel expert on the Soviet Union and counterintelligence.
Despite the dissolution of the KGB in the early 1990s, Russia's intelligence and counterintelligence services remain formidable, particularly the Federal Security Service (FSB), which is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence.
Mr. Hanssen, a 25-year F.B.I. veteran and counterintelligence expert, was arrested on Feb. 18.
-- Information on organizations, leadership, personnel, tradecraft, intelligence and counterintelligence capabilities, financing, front companies, recruitment, and training.
The Afghan defense forces, aided by NATO trainers, have stepped up recruitment screening and counterintelligence efforts to find such infiltrators.
All of these organizations report to the Ministry of the Interior, which also supervises the country's intelligence and counterintelligence bodies.
But in the aftermath of Sept. 11, senior administration officials say, counterterrorism and counterintelligence must be the bureau's principal responsibilities.
"John is recognized worldwide as probably one of the best in conducting both counterterrorism and counterintelligence operations," Mr. Mawn said.
