The head of U.S. counterintelligence said the government would unveil a new strategy to combat insider threats that have afflicted the spy world.

“We had a horrible year last year in 2019, with indictments, arrests, convictions of clearance-holders as well as arrests, indictments, convictions of nontraditional collectors in the private sector — theft of intellectual property and trade secrets,” William Evanina, the director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, said Tuesday.