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Words
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 Breaking
the code about the language of Spies |
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agent
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A person who works for an intelligence service. |
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CIA
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Central Intelligence Agency. The American intelligence service responsible for worldwide intelligence gathering and counterintelligence, founded in 1947 |
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code
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A way to hide the meaning of a message by changing it into different words, numbers, or symbols that only the recipient knows. |
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counterintelligence
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Includes the protection of agents, information, equipment, and locations from terrorism or penetration by other organizations. |
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cryptography
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A way to make written messages readable to only the recipients by changing the message into code. |
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FBI
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Federal Bureau of Investigation. The American intelligence service responsible for intelligence gathering and law enforcement within the United States, founded in 1924 |
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intelligence
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This can be the profession of espionage, the information collected and its analysis |
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intelligence
service
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An organization dedicated to spying |
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NSA
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National Security Agency. The American intelligence service responsible foreign signals code-breaking, information security and cryptography |
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operative
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An agent of an intelligence service |
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spy
satellite
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A satellite in space that can collect information through photographs of and electronic signals from earth |