'Spy vs Spy': Australian Intel Chief Reveals Foreign Espionage Network
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Mike Burgess, Australia's director-general of security, revealed the existence of the unit, belonging to an unnamed country, in a bid to disrupt ongoing operations.
The head of Australia's main intelligence agency on Wednesday revealed the existence of an "A-Team" of foreign spies that for several years has recruited Australian academics, politicians and businesspeople, gaining access to sensitive political, economic and defence information.
In an extremely rare public revelation of counterespionage operations, Mike Burgess, Australia's director-general of security, revealed the existence of the unit, belonging to an unnamed country, in a bid to disrupt ongoing operations.
"Right now there is a particular team in a particular foreign intelligence service with a particular focus on Australia -- we are its priority target," Burgess said in a speech in Canberra.
