three-letter agency
- CIAU.S. foreign intelligence service
- FBIU.S. domestic intelligence agency
- NSAFederal cryptologic intelligence agency
- covertIntentionally concealed
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
spies · surveillance · classified · secret · operatives · Langley · agents · government · acronym · bureau · clandestine · wiretap · informant · redacted · clearance · shadowy · federal · counterterrorism
organizational scale and power
three-letter agencyneighborhood watch
Resident-led area surveillance
volunteer fire department · community board · grassroots organization · parish council · town hall
sector and affiliation
three-letter agencyNGO
Independent charitable organization
community organization · mutual aid society · private citizen · private enterprise · nonprofit organization