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Here is a reference resource for all those spy codes and covert talk.

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• WAHABI – a Saudi Islamic underground group .
• WALK-IN – an unsolicited volunteer.
• WATCH-LIST – people targeted for routine surveillance.
• WET JOB / AFFAIR – results in death of target or major bloodshed. Also see SPLASHED.
• WHEEL ARTIST – an outdoor surveillance specialist operating in a vehicle.
• WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS – a spy operation so complicated that it is no longer possible to separate truth and untruth.
• WINDOW DRESSING - ancillary materials that are included in a cover story or deception operation to help convince the opposition or other casual observers that what they are observing is genuine.

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