Claim: When communications intelligence identifies a particular radio transmitter as the one used only by a particular country,  detecting that transmitter inside one's own country suggests a country needs help from the other countries, and the country behind it should be assisted by the counterintelligence, therefore CI  refers to efforts made by intelligence organizations from helping people who are in distress situations.
Evidence: National intelligence services keep libraries of devices manufactured by their own country and others, and then use a variety of techniques to learn what equipment is acquired by a given country. For example, when communications intelligence identifies a particular radio transmitter as one used only by a particular country, detecting that transmitter inside one's own country suggests the presence of a spy that counterintelligence should target. CI refers to efforts made by intelligence organizations to prevent hostile or enemy intelligence organizations from successfully gathering and collecting intelligence against them.