Counterintelligence refers to information gathered and activities conducted to protect against espionage, other intelligence activities, sabotage, or assassinations conducted for or on behalf of foreign powers, organizations or persons or international terrorist activities, but not including personnel, physical, document or communications security programs. (Wikipedia)
(My emphasis)
Propaganda is "information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view".[1] Propaganda is often associated with the psychological mechanisms of influencing and altering the attitude of a population toward a specific cause, position or political agenda in an effort to form a consensus to a standard set of belief patterns.[2]
Propaganda is information that is not objective and is used primarily to influence an audience and further an agenda, often by presenting facts selectively (perhaps lying by omission) to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded messages or "loaded language" to produce an emotional rather than a rational response to the information that is presented.[2] Propaganda is often associated with material prepared by governments, but activist groups and companies can also produce propaganda.
In the twentieth century, the term propaganda has been associated with a manipulative approach, but propaganda historically was a neutral descriptive term.[2][3] A wide range of materials and media are used for conveying propaganda messages, which changed as new technologies were invented, including paintings, cartoons, posters, pamphlets, films, radio shows, TV shows, and websites. (Wikipedia, again)
With that in mind, the question becomes, “Which one is it that comes from the thumbs and mouth of Lord Dampnut (Thanks BiPM) let alone his minions from his administration or the GOP? It seems that every time a story breaks about 45 or his family or anyone else who speaks out against him a “counter-story” emerges at the speed of light. President Obama issues a statement that Russia interfered in our election and the very same day a video appears, out of the blue, with 45’s “grab them by the pu**y.” The big reveal gets pushed to the back page. We become consumed by 45’s absolute depravity. Donnie Jr. meets with Russians, denies it then admits it and says the meeting was to get dirt on Hillary Clinton; 45 tweets about how James Comey leaked “secret documents” because Fox and Friends said so. I could go on but I think you get the picture. THESE THINGS ARE DELIBERATE not mere circumstance.
They clearly fit the definition of Propaganda but substitute “truth” for “espionage” and you might see the method to the madness of plan to Make America Great Again. Watch the message not the messenger.