Spook Speak - Quick Peek
Terminology
The Company - What officers, agents and those on the inside call the CIA. White Coats or Spooks in White - Is inside slang for CIA doctors/physicians. Joe - From back in WWII... the basic and common
American name was jargon used for OMS - Is the acronym/slang for the CIA's Office
of Medical Services. This is where HQ - I'm sure most of you are familiar but just in case, this stands for Head Quarters. Clandestine Operation - A secret covert or undercover operation. An operation the general public and the media alike are not aware of. Agent - An outsider hired by a CIA officer to
spy. An Agent is often a citizen of the Officer - A staff employee of the agency. Officers in the field can submit to recruit agents as needed. ~*~ Cowboy - CIA slang. An unflattering term that
denotes an intelligence person who defies the rules, regulations and
conventions and conducts himself in an unprofessional, flamboyant
way. Dry Clean - Actions operatives take to determine if they are under surveillance or bugged. Bugs - I'm sure most of ya know this one, but
it's electronic devices planted to spy on or track Clean - Unknown to enemy intelligence. Also means free of any kind of surveillance. The Farm (aka Camp Swampy) - Insider slang for the CIA's training camp/spy school, located in Virginia. Also known as Camp Perry. Roll-Up - When an operation goes bad and/or an agent is arrested. Blowback (aka Flap) - Potential bad publicity
that might result if a CIA operation is exposed Exfiltration Operation - A clandestine rescue
operation designed to bring a operative Controller (aka Handler) - Officer in charge of a string of agents. Camp Swampy (aka The Farm) - Insider slang for the CIA's training camp/spy school, located in Virginia. Also known as Camp Perry. OMS - Is the acronym/slang for the CIA's Office
of Medical Services. This is where White Coats - CIA slang for The Company doctors. Commandment 11 - A most important rule for a spook, "Thou shalt not get caught!". Wet Job - Slang for an operation in which blood is shed. Air America (aka AA) - The CIA's air lines, used by CIA officers/operatives. Loose Cannon (aka Cowboy) - CIA slang. An unflattering term that denotes an intelligence person who defies the rules, regulations and conventions and conducts himself in an unprofessional, flamboyant way. Burned - When an operative is deliberately sacrificed by his own agency to protect an operation. OOS - Acronym for the Office of Security. Bona Fides - Proof from OOS of a person's claimed identity. Flash Classified - Second highest state of classified material. The order goes (starting w/ least important first); Routine, Priority, Immediate, Flash, Critical. Bridge Officer/Bridge Agent - An operative who acts as a currier. 201 File - The file of an operative at CIA, with all his/her personal info, training and operation details. Terminated - Murdered. Economical with the truth - Not CIA slang or anything, but a saying that means one is conveying an untrue version of events by leaving out important facts. Simply put, when someone's lying. Briefed - When an Officer/Agent is told pertinent facts before executing an assignment, job, operation etc. Disinformation - False information purposely given to mislead. HUMINT - Acronym/Slang for Human Intelligence Compromised - When an agent or officer's true identity or mission has been uncovered and the future of the operation is shaky. Mole - A person inside a government agency, usually an intelligence agency, who is obtaining information about that organization's secrets and activities. DLS Class - Acronym for Daily Living Skills Class, for those living with a disability whether it be recent or born to - in this case if would be for officers/agents injured badly on assignment. Throwaway - An agent/officer considered Savoir-faire - Not necessarily CIA slang, but it means... expertise, mastery, know-how, skill, training. Microdots – Tiny photographs of messages, secret documents, or other images which are so small that they can only be read with a special magnifying viewer. A full-page document can be as tiny as 1 mm in width. ~*~ *List compiled by Scarlett Burns... which could not have been done without the help of the following references and resources, all of which I highly suggest if you're at all interested in the CIA/covert world. Books Spy Book: Encyclopedia of Espionage Idiot's Guide To The CIA, The Spies Official CIA Website CIA FactBook
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