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ILLEGAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER [1 record]

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Record 1 2007-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Police
  • Intelligence (Military)
DEF

An agent operating within a target country with a cover that gives him or her the identity of another, innocent, person, and a way of life that is unlikely to draw the attention of the enemy counter-espionage service.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Police
  • Renseignement (Militaire)
CONT

Cours martiales et exécutions d'espions se succédèrent, et frappèrent de crainte certains clandestins à l'âme moins ferme. Le célèbre clandestin soviétique William Fischer, alias colonel Rudolf Abel.

OBS

L'équivalent correct du terme «intelligence» est «renseignement» au singulier.

Key term(s)
  • officier du renseignement clandestin
  • officier clandestin du renseignement

Spanish

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