NODE 1a066338RE: The Agency Whose Name May Not Be Spoken
"Pat Farrell" <pfarrell@netcom.com>Sat, 12 Mar 94 06:51:46 PST
In message Fri, 11 Mar 1994 11:10:15 -0800 (PST),
tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May) writes:
> Makes you wonder what TLAs are still largely unknown to the public.
There are probably a fair number of obscure ones. Two that I know aren't
often talked about are:
DCA - Defense Communications Agency - responsible for DoD communication,
MilNet, STU-III encrypted phones, and assorted odds and ends.
DIA - Defense Intellegence Agency - DoD's own personal CIA.
Pat
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NODE 820acc32Re: The Agency Whose Name May Not Be Spoken
tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)Sat, 12 Mar 94 08:30:26 PST
Pat Farrell writes:
> tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May) writes:
> > Makes you wonder what TLAs are still largely unknown to the public.
>
> There are probably a fair number of obscure ones. Two that I know aren't
> often talked about are:
>
> DCA - Defense Communications Agency - responsible for DoD communication,
> MilNet, STU-III encrypted phones, and assorted odds and ends.
>
> DIA - Defense Intellegence Agency - DoD's own personal CIA.
Oh, but these are the stuff of Hollywood movies, at least the DIA is.
The DCA is more obscure, I'll grant you.
I was thinking of even more secretive agencies, such as Ludlum's
fictitious (I used to think so, but...) "Consular Ops" and the
economic surveillace groups.
Gotta get ready for today's meeting.
--Tim May
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NODE eb52a396Re: The Agency Whose Name May Not Be Spoken
Mats Bergstrom <matsb@sos.sll.se>Mon, 14 Mar 94 08:38:03 PST
On Sat, 12 Mar 1994, Timothy C. May wrote:
> I was thinking of even more secretive agencies, such as Ludlum's
> fictitious (I used to think so, but...) "Consular Ops" and the
> economic surveillace groups.
Yeah, I wonder what Jason Bourne is up to these days. If you can track
him you would probably get close to where the real action is.
//mb