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Terms for subject United States (7770 entries)

counterintelligence activities	One or more of the five functions of counterintelligence: operations, investigations, collection, analysis and production, and functional services
counterintelligence collection	The systematic acquisition of information (through investigations, operations, or liaison) concerning espionage, sabotage, terrorism, other intelligence activities or assassinations conducted by or on behalf of foreign governments or elements thereof, foreign organizations, or foreign persons that are directed against or threaten Department of Defense interests
counterintelligence insider threat	A person who uses their authorized access to Department of Defense facilities, systems, equipment, information or infrastructure to damage, disrupt operations, commit espionage on behalf of a foreign intelligence entity or support international terrorist organizations
counterintelligence investigation	An official, systematic search for facts to determine whether a persons is engaged in activities that may be injurious to US national security or advantageous to a foreign power
counterintelligence operational tasking authority	The levying of counterintelligence requirements specific to joint military activities and operations. Counterintelligence operational tasking authority is exercised through supporting components
counterintelligence operations	Proactive activities designed to identify, exploit, neutralize, or deter foreign intelligence collection and terrorist activities directed against the United States
counterintelligence production	The process of analyzing all-source information concerning espionage or other multidiscipline intelligence collection threats, sabotage, terrorism, and other related threats to US military commanders, the Department of Defense, and the US Intelligence Community and developing it into a final product that is disseminated. Counterintelligence production is used in formulating security policy, plans, and operations
counterintelligence support	Conducting counterintelligence activities to protect against espionage and other foreign intelligence activities, sabotage, international terrorist activities, or assassinations conducted for or on behalf of foreign powers, organizations, or persons
countermeasures	That form of military science that, by the employment of devices and/or techniques, has as its objective the impairment of the operational effectiveness of enemy activity
countermobility operations	The construction of obstacles and emplacement of minefields to delay, disrupt, and destroy the enemy by reinforcement of the terrain
counterproliferation	Those actions taken to reduce the risks posed by extant weapons of mass destruction to the United States, allies, and partners
countersurveillance	All measures, active or passive, taken to counteract hostile surveillance
counterterrorism	Activities and operations taken to neutralize terrorists and their organizations and networks in order to render them incapable of using violence to instill fear and coerce governments or societies to achieve their goals
Country Analysis Brief	CAB
Country Coordination Mechanism	CCM
country team	The senior, in-country, United States coordinating and supervising body, headed by the chief of the United States diplomatic mission, and composed of the senior member of each represented United States department or agency, as desired by the chief of the United States diplomatic mission
cy	county
coup de main	An offensive operation that capitalizes on surprise and simultaneous execution of supporting operations to achieve success in one swift stroke
courier	A messenger (usually a commissioned or warrant officer) responsible for the secure physical transmission and delivery of documents and material
course of action	Any sequence of activities that an individual or unit may follow