WordNet
n. the operation of gathering information about an enemy [syn: intelligence, intelligence activity]
Usage examples of "intelligence operation".
Guerin's solution was to agree to become a covert agent for Project X, the unoriginal codename for a questionable joint NSA/Naval Intelligence operation whose purpose was to help the racist Pretoria government upgrade its secret listening post at its Simontown naval station, off the Cape of Good Hope.
He was angry with Stacy, certain now the British deep-water survey was a combined intelligence operation to spy on Soggy Acres.
The whole concept of this intelligence operation really goes back to the last war.
Karrde is now head of a joint Intelligence operation between the two sides.
He ran the intelligence operation, and he needed to know how to do that.
It's beginning to smell a lot like Dogin put together a very sophisticated intelligence operation up there.
What a shame that there was no time to run a proper intelligence operation here.
For the head of an intelligence operation, he was suddenly feeling very ignorant .
No, an intelligence operation was about the transfer of information, which was dangerous enough.
Though a military-intelligence operation, he had people in the office of the attache who reported to him as well.