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Spy Words, Terms and Codes
Here is a reference resource for all those spy codes and covert talk.
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- IAKHBAL – Israeli police unit that
fights organized crime.
- ICBM – an acronym for instant calm
breath method, a way to overcome the flight-or-fight reflex (panic). Also
reduces hyperventilation.
- ICBM - Intercontinental Ballistic
Missiles. Capable of international nuclear assaults from almost any range
- ILD – one of China's security
services.
- ILLEGAL – an intelligence officer
operating in a foreign nation without the protection of diplomatic immunity.
- IMINT – acronym for image
intelligence.
- INFILTRATION
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the secret movement of an operative into a target area with the
intent that his or her presence will go undetected.
- INFORMANT – a legitimate member of
a target group providing intelligence to the surveillance team.
- INNOCENT
POSTCARD - a postcard with an innocuous message sent to an
address in a neutral country to verify the continued security of an
undercover operative.
- INTELLIGENCE OFFICER – a trained
member of an intelligence agency, an employee on salary.
- INTERPOL – international police
body that coordinates the intelligence gathering and investigative
activities of member police forces.
- INVESTIGATIVE SPECIALIST – the
FBI's name for a surveillance operative (vehicle or foot). Pay grade GS-7 to
GS-10. See also SSG.
- IRA – an underground group in
Northern Ireland.
- ISTIKHBARAT AL ASKARIYA – Libyan
military intelligence.
- ITAC – an acronym for International
Terrorist Assessment Center, located in Washington DC.
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