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The related field of counter-espionage is specifically directed against an enemy's Human Intelligence collection organizations and involves efforts to detect, neutralize, and where possible, exploit the Espionage activities of enemy spies. Counter-espionage is specific subset of the counter-intelligence field, and most governments and militaries have organizations charged with these duties. When spying is discovered, counter-intelligence agencies are usually legally empowered to Arrest espionage suspects, but it is often more productive to see if the situation can first be exploited by controlling and manipulating what information the spy can collect. If the situation can not be exploited, the spy will be neutralized instead. Of key importance will be discovering what information the spy was able to collect previously, and assessing what damage may have been done. Disinformation can also be used to deceive inimical organizations' (such as terrorist groups) or foreign spies and their handlers, or make them cease their activities if they learn their information has become unreliable or their existence has been compromised. An example of counter-intelligence in action happened in 1981 when a soviet defector, Vladimir Vetrov , codenamed "Farewell," gave several classified documents to French intelligence of Industrial Espionage committed by the Soviet Union in various western nations in a collection called the Farewell Dossier . When the US Central Intelligence Agency was informed of this, they retaliated with a Sabotage plan on the enemy by using secretly prepared disinformation for the spies to collect and use. The result were numerous seriously technical failures in the USSR such as a massive Oil Pipeline explosion that seriously damaged its economy. When the sabotage was discovered by the Soviets, it threw the worth and safety of all their intelligence gained in the operation into doubt. Furthermore, to stop the Soviets from attempting to confirm any of it, the NATO allies expelled the known spies to stop the infiltration. Intelligence and counter-intelligence activities occur not only between governments but also between commercial industries as well as between law enforcement and criminal groups. COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES
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