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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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- NAKED - a
spy operating without cover or backup.
- NAICHO – one of Japan's
intelligence agencies.
- NARCOTHERAPY HYPNOSIS – CIA
interrogators use hypnosis to force regression in the prisoner to make him
believe he is talking to his spouse. The prisoner is first prepared by
pharmaceuticals according to the following protocol. 1. An injection of 10
mg sodium pentothal to render unconscious. 2. Wait 20 minutes. 3. An
injection of 10 mg benzodrine to revive the prisoner to a state partway
between waking and sleep. 4. Repeat step 3 if required. At the end of the
interrogation a hypnotically induced amnesia is invoked.
- NEUROLINGUISTICS – a branch of
psychology used by intelligence agencies and security services to covertly
manipulate unsuspecting human targets.
- NEUTRON BOMBARDMENT – used by
security services like Britain's MI.5, America's FBI, Germany's BfV, and
France's DST to detect microdots and invisible writing in postal mail.
Originally developed by the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment in Britain
for use by MI.5.
- NIGHTCRAWLER – a talent spotter who
prowls bars and nightclubs looking for government employees, military
personnel, etc. who can be compromised using booze, drugs, or sex. Also see
TALENT SPOTTER.
- NINJAS – slang for members of a
SWAT team.
- NITROUS OXIDE – an anesthetic
inhalant used to render sleeping targets unconscious during surreptitious
entry by goon squads.
- NMI – Norway's security service.
- NOC - A spy with Non-Official Cover.
A fake or real private sector job used by a case officer as a cover.
- NOTIONAL AGENT -
Made
up or nonexistent secret agent, usually used for a source of fabricated
information or the means by which such information was obtained
- NSA
– US sigint intelligence agency and security service, the National
Security Agency.
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NSS – Bulgaria's security service.
- NSTL – the FBI's national security threat list
- NUGGET - British
term for the bait (money, political asylum, sex, or career opportunity) used
to offer a potential defector
- NURSEMAID -
Russian term for the security service officer who accompanies
delegations to other countries to prevent anyone from defecting.
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