Wednesday, August 31, 2011

ACRONYMS FROM PRIEST AND ARKIN'S TOP SECRET AMERICA

I guess the best way to keep a secret is to create an acronym. The first 8 pages of the book are acronyms for the new security state.

1. CENTCOM (Central Command)
2. CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)
3. CIPFIN (Defense Critical Infrastructure Program for Finance)
4. DHS (Department of Homeland Security)
5. DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency)
6. DNI (Director of National Intelligence)
7. DoD (Department of Defense)
8. DOHA (Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals)
9. FBI (Federal Bureau of Intelligence)
10. FISD ( Federal Investigative Services Division)
11. GAO (Government Accountability Office)
12. GEOINT (Geospatial Intelligence)
13. IO (Information Operations)
14. JCITA (Joint Counterintelligence Training Academy)
15. JCS (Joint Chiefs of Staff)
16. JSOC (Joint Special Operations Command)
17. JTAC (Joint Terminal Attack Controller)
18. JTTF (Joint Terrorism Task Force)
19. NCTC (National Counterterrorism Center)
20. NGA (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency)
21. NIEs (National Intelligence Estimates)
22. NIMA (National Imagery and Mapping Agency)
23. NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command)
24. NRO (National Reconnaissance Office)
25. NSA (National Security Agency)
26. ONI (Office of Naval Intelligence)
27. OPSEC (Operation Security)
28. OSD (Office of the Secretary of Defense)
29. SECDEF (Secretary of Defense)
30. SOCOM ( Special Operations Command)
31. SOF (Special Operations Forces)
32. SPACECOM ( Space Command)
33. TOSA (Technical Operations Support Activity)
34. USD (I) (Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence)

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