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    The Espionage Dictionary (the Anonymous Spy Series)
    The Espionage Dictionary (the Anonymous Spy Series)
    The Espionage Dictionary (the Anonymous Spy Series)
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    THE ESPIONAGE DICTIONARY
    A glossary of espionage terms as well examples of their usage. A useful tool for those interested in pursuing intelligence work or writers, actors, and other artists searching to realistically portray the spy trade in their craft.

    ABOUT THE ANONYMOUS SPY SERIES

    Forget what you see in movies. Don’t fall for over-the-top chase scenes and explosions. If you want to know what it’s really like to live and breathe the life of a CIA spy, then peek into the pages of The Anonymous Spy Series – a comprehensive resource of materials for anyone interested in the trade of spycraft.

    The series covers:
    - spy terms with definitions and sample sentences that demonstrate how the terms are really used in documents and in speech
    - a comprehensive resource of CIA recruitment and training
    - a detailed account of a spy’s day to day life
    - first-person insight into how a life of espionage affects a spy’s personal life
    - many more unexpected insights into the life of a spy.

    A perfect addition to any military intelligence library. The perfect Cold War companion to Allen W. Dulles’s The Craft of Intelligence.

    The books may be read in conjunction or enjoyed alone.

    Other books in The Anonymous Spy series...

    A GUIDE FOR THE ASPIRING SPY
    A basic guide of CIA recruitment, training, and employment from the point of view of a Non-Official Cover case officer. Ideal for those interested in pursuing intelligence work or writers, actors, and other artists searching to realistically portray the spy trade in their craft.

    TRUE ACCOUNTS OF ESPIONAGE
    Accounts of the daily life of an Official Cover case offer and a Non-Official Cover case officer. Also contains thirteen first-person anecdotes from an overseas non-official cover case officer’s career.

    AUTHOR’S NOTE
    Nonfiction materials in The Anonymous Spy series have been submitted to the Central Intelligence Agency’s editorial review board for censoring. After five years of revisions and seventy pages of content rejected as “too factual and detailed as to how the CIA actually works” in the field, the remaining materials stand as a comprehensive guide to American spy craft without compromising the modus operandi of the CIA case officer in the field.

    We owe a great debt of gratitude to the companies and individuals who risk their reputations, fortunes, and lives to provide a selfless service to this country. This series is dedicated to those heroes on the CIA’s Wall of Honor who made the ultimate sacrifice so that the rest of us can live in the freedom we sometimes take for granted.

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR

    The Anonymous Spy joined the CIA as a very expendable GS-8 paramilitary case officer after having served as a US Army Intelligence Officer on loan to the Company to work on the infamous Phoenix Program in Vietnam. As a PM case officer, he served two tours in Vietnam, after which he was selected to become a deep-cover Non-Official Cover case officer, a position he held for nearly twenty years. Prior to that assignment, he served one tour at CIA headquarters as a desk “bureaucrat” operations officer planning his own first NOC tour overseas. Rising in the ranks to become a senior level GS-17, the Anonymous Spy has had a taste of almost every area and level of duty the CIA has to offer. Now retired, he enjoys hiking, fishing, and hunting and lives a somewhat reclusive life.

    LanguageEnglish
    Publisheralphadivision
    Release dateMay 10, 2012
    ISBN9781938268908
    The Espionage Dictionary (the Anonymous Spy Series)
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    Anonymous Spy

    The Anonymous Spy joined the CIA as a very expendable GS-8 paramilitary case officer after having served as a US Army Intelligence Officer on loan to the Company to work on the infamous Phoenix Program in Vietnam. As a PM case officer, he served two tours in Vietnam, after which he was selected to become a deep-cover Non-Official Cover case officer, a position he held for nearly twenty years. Prior to that assignment, he served one tour at CIA headquarters as a desk “bureaucrat” operations officer planning his own first NOC tour overseas. Rising in the ranks to become a senior level GS-17, the Anonymous Spy has had a taste of almost every area and level of duty the CIA has to offer. Now retired, he enjoys hiking, fishing, and hunting and lives a somewhat reclusive life.

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      The Espionage Dictionary (the Anonymous Spy Series) - Anonymous Spy

      The Espionage Dictionary

      The Anonymous Spy Series

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      Copyright © 2012 by The Anonymous Spy

      ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. This book contains material protected under International and Federal Copyright Laws and Treaties. Any unauthorized reprint or use of this material is prohibited. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without express written consent from the author/publisher.

      Author’s Note

      Nonfiction materials in The Anonymous Spy series have been submitted to the Central Intelligence Agency’s editorial review board for censoring. After five years of revisions and seventy pages of content rejected as too factual and detailed as to how the CIA actually works in the field, the remaining materials stand as a comprehensive guide to American spy craft without compromising the modus operandi of the CIA case officer in the field.

      Out of concern for the fate of the many US corporations as well as ordinary citizens in foreign countries who have wittingly and unwittingly assisted CIA case officers in their clandestine work, no true names or locations are used in this series.

      We owe a great debt of gratitude to the companies and individuals who risk their reputations, fortunes, and lives to provide a selfless service to this country. This series is dedicated to those heroes on the CIA’s Wall of Honor who made the ultimate sacrifice so that the rest of us can live in the freedom we sometimes take for granted.

      Introduction

      People in the business of espionage have a special vocabulary of terms that have meaning only to those on the inside of this business. Some words you probably already know from reading spy novels and watching spy movies. Others you won’t.

      This is by no means a 100-percent comprehensive dictionary of every term in spy craft; however, these are the most common, and their mastery is essential to every officer.

      For the sake of simplicity, I’ve often deferred to male gender identification in the use of definitions, although case officers and agents alike can easily be female. I have also used the name Tiger as a default name when referring an agent.

      For several of the terms, in addition to providing a definition, I have also provided example sentences . They are designed to mimic how the term would be used by a case officer in speech or a written report

      A definition may include a word defined elsewhere in the dictionary, and these are donated by bold italics. In the case where abbreviations are provided, this term is often abbreviated in both written and spoken form.

      A

      Accommodation Address (AA)

      A cutout device used to receive mail. The mail may be held for pickup or forwarded to another location. The AA provides a layer of security between an agent and case officer and is often used in the communications arrangements in agent operations. Also called a mail drop. Even in an email society, these are still used.

      My AA is compromised. I have to get another one.

      Agent

      The human instrument of espionage. A fully vetted and recruited foreign person working wittingly or unwittingly for the CIA by providing intelligence and operational information on his government, organization, company, or personnel.

      An agent is assigned to a case officer who is responsible for administration of the operation. Administration includes meeting with the agent for debriefings on intelligence and operational information; training; providing moral, technical, financial, and other support to the agent; and tasking the agent with intelligence requirements.

      From these agent meetings, the case officer then produces operational cables and intelligence reports for CIA headquarters.

      The CIA likes to think that these persons are under control of the CIA, but this is often not the case.

      Types of Agents

      Access Agent – an agent used primarily as a spotter of targets of interest to the CIA. The access agent will also provide avenues to help assess and vet other development contacts for his case officer. The access agent may also

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