Espionage

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  1. clandestine operation
    an intelligence operation so planned and executed as to insure concealment
    Communications both are necessary to espionage and clandestine operations, and also a great vulnerability when the adversary has sophisticated SIGINT detection and interception capability.
  2. espionage
    the systematic use of spies to obtain secrets
    The risks of espionage vary.
  3. diplomatic immunity
    exemption of foreign officials from taxes or laws
    When Ames was arrested by the FBI, he faced life in prison; his contact, who had diplomatic immunity, was declared persona non grata and taken to the airport.
  4. persona non grata
    an individual who for some reason is not wanted or welcome
    When Ames was arrested by the FBI, he faced life in prison; his contact, who had diplomatic immunity, was declared persona non grata and taken to the airport.
  5. bloc
    a group united for a particular purpose
    For example, when Aldrich Ames handed a stack of dossiers of CIA agents in the Eastern Bloc to his KGB-officer "handler", the KGB "rolled up" several networks, and at least ten people were secretly shot.
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