Update [2005-6-10 6:25:32 by subtropolis]: I’ve moved all of this to the dkosopedia page FOIA:Acronym lists. Please refer to that as this diary will no longer be updated.
Hello all, subtropolis here.
I came across Oui’s post of abbreviations and decided to try to fill in a few. This morning there were a couple of requests to have this all diaried so here we are. A lot of this has been pulled straight from those other posts. I found a couple more things tonight, though, which i’ve included below. Some govt. lists have been copied more or less entirely, though i don’t feel there are any legal or moral issues in posting them here. I’m comfortable that this falls under fair use, and, besides will reduce the load on their server. I’ll post the links to both pages. If i should delete them just say so.
I’ll try to update this promptly if there are additions, corrections, or deletions in order. Post here or send a note to subtropolis.zijn * gmail D O T com
Update [2005-6-1 8:17:14 by subtropolis]:I’ve made some corrections provided by Oui. I’ve seen plover’s DKOSapedia entry; i’ll try to get to that when time permits. If anybody wants to handle that, it’s fine with me.
Susan suggested i cross-post this at DKOS, which i’ll do if it hasn’t already been done.
Update [2005-6-2 9:29:6 by subtropolis]: Thanks for contributions go out to rentogen, Ben Massel (great find!), and LimeLight, who had the brilliant idea to google "MILITARY ACRONYM" (slaps forehead). See below the fold for 2 great refs for DoD acronyms. I’ve also added couple of new abbreviations.
And here’s the accumulated stuff i could find both on this site and on those ‘internets’ out there.
- AP DETAINEE + ACLU FBI, ARMY, DoD – Investigative Tracking by susanhu
- DISCUSSION DIARY for FOIA VOLUNTEERS by susanhu Tue May 31st, 2005
MEDICAL TERM/ANALYSIS HELP:
lastlemming @ mac.com aka Pam
NOTE: Pam can help you with military and medical terminology. Pam is a physician, and ER-trained.
hiredman @ mac.com aka Tod
NOTE: Tod does medical research and can help you with medical terminology
paulbsonm @ yahoo.com aka Mike
NOTE: Mike is a physician.
vioblee @ yahoo.com also knows medical terminology
MILITARY TERMS & ACRONYMS:
lapin66us @ yahoo.com aka Lapin, a veteran, will gladly help you.
Sven suggests the Acronym Finder
DETAINEE HISTORIES, PHOTOS, etc.:
CAFL‘s detainee table will be very helpful to you. CAFL combines the FOIA doc links + the CagePrisoners.com info.
Here a couple of links which may be have something if what’s below doesn’t help. For military, be sure to check out the links in the next list after.
- google link for US Government acronym
- Acronyms and Abbreviations from International Relations and Security Network
- Intelligence Search I’d forgotten i had this bookmarked. Check “spy codes"
————————— ARMED FORCES/DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE —————————
LimeLight passes on links to 2 very helpful references:
- Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations. Note the link to the DoD Dictionary, which may also be of use.
- Military Lexicon. Bless the Federation of American Scientists
- google link for military acronym
Using these i was able to fill in the remaining blanks for this list. If you come across any new acronyms, etc. in any of the FOIA docs post them below and i will add them (whether you can locate the meaning or not).
- Abbreviations
- ABS – Automated Booking Station
- ADM Church – Vice Admiral Church, Church Report ¹
- AFOSI – Air Force Office of Special Investigations
- AGC – Associated General Contractors of America
- AGP – Abu Ghraib Prison
- BAU – Behavorial Analysis Unit
- BIF – Brigade Interrogation Facility
- BOC – Base Operations Center
- BOLO – Be On The Lookout
- BSCT – Behavorial Science Consultation Team (Biscuit)
- CDC – Centers for Disease Control??
- CID – Criminal Investigative Division
- CIRG – Critical Incident Response Group
- CITF – Criminal Investigative Task Force
- CJIS – Criminal Justice Information Services
- CMU – Crisis Management Unit
- CRM – Collection Requirements Management; Crew Resource Management
- CTD – Common Technical Document
- DCN – Detainee Communications Network
- DD – Defense Department (form)²
- DIF – Division Internment Facility
- DOSC –
- DTF – Detainee Task Force
- EC – Electronic Communication
- EPW – Enemy Prisoners of War
- Fly Team SA –
- Fly Team Conus Operations –
- HRT – Hostage Rescue Team
- HVD – High Value Detainee
- IAFIS – Integrated Automated Booking System
- IAW – In Accordance With
- ICSJU – Indian Country Special Jurisdiction Unit
- ISG – Iraqi Survey Group
- JABS – Joint Automated Booking Station
- JCS – Joint Chiefs of Staff
- JIIF – Joint Intelligence Interrogation Facility
- JTF – Joint Task Force
- JTF-GTMO – Joint Task Force/Guantanamo
- LHM – Letterhead Memorandum
- LEO – Law Enforcement Officer
- MFR – Memoranda For Record
- MWD – Military Working Dogs
- NCIS – Naval Criminal Investigative Service ³
- NJSA – National Joint Strategic Assessment
- NYPD – (inferred) New York Police Department
- OEF – Operation Enduring Freedom
- OIF – Operation Iraqi Freedom
- OFF – Oil for Food
- OSD – Office of the Secretary of Defense
- PENTBOMB – FBI Investigation of 9-11 events [Pentagon Bombing]
- POJ – Pacific Ocean Japan
- RFI – Rapid Fielding Initiative
- RFI – Request For Information
- SECDEF – Secretary of Defense
- SOP – Standard Operating Procedures
- SOTF – Security Operations Training Facility (Ft. Bragg)
- THF – Temporary Holding Facility
- SJA – Staff Judge Advocate
- SITREP – Situation Report
- UC – may be short for UCMJ
- UCMJ – Uniform Code of Military Justice
- VBIED – Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device
- WMD – Military Working Dogs
¹ ADM Church Vice Admiral Church, Church Report
Admiral’s report on prisoner abuse probes reveals nothing new
By Michael Gawenda, Herald Correspondent in Washington
March 12, 2005
Given that of his 368-page report on his review of 70 investigations by the Pentagon into prisoner abuse by US security forces in Iraq, 347 were classified, it is impossible to know just how rigorous were Vice Admiral Albert Church’s deliberations.
Most observers were not surprised that he found that neither Pentagon policies nor senior Defence Department officials caused the mistreatment of detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay.
² DD Most likely DD on the bottom of a document followed by a number, as in "DD2450" means Defense Department (form), the number being the code for the particular form, such as travel authorization, medical records, promotion, etc. If you come across something similar, google it if you need to know what it is for. Of course, some may be classified, and thus not (supposed to be) available online.
³ NCIS threatened to end Guantanamo participation over detainee abuse
——————————– FBI ———————————-
- Abbreviations
- ASAC – Assistant Special Agent in Charge
- ASAC – Aviation Security Advisory Committee
- CD –
- CID – Counter Intelligence Division
- CID – Criminal Investigative Division
- CRM – Criminal Division (?)
- CTC – Counter Terrorist Center
- CTD – Counter Terrorism Division
- CSRT – Combat Status Review Tribunal
- DD – Deputy Director
- DO –
- HPSCI – House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- IA – Intelligence Analyst
- INSD – Inspection Division
- ITMS – Information Technology Management Section
- ITOs – International Terrorist Organizations
- ITOS – International Terrorisme Operations Section
- MLDU – Military Liason and Detainee Unit
- NCAVC – National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime
- OCA – Office of Congressional Affairs
- OGC – Office of General Counsel ⁴ . Caproni, Valerie E
- OIO – Office of International Operations
- OPR – Office of Professional Responsibility
- ORS – Operational Response Section [is part of CTD headed by Frank Battle]
- SA/LSSSA – Supervisory Special Agents
- SC – Special Agent in Charge (?)
- SDU – System’s Development Unit
- SSA – Supervisory Special Agent
- SSRA – Supervisory Senior Resident Agent
- TDY – Temporary Duty
- TJ – TJ Harrington, Ass’t DD-CTD
- TICTU – FBI wiretap ⁵
- UACB – Unless Advised to the Contrary by the Bureau
- VCS – Violent Crimes Section
- WF – Washington Field Office
- WFO – Washington Field Office
⁴ OGC – Office of General Counsel: this may not denote the FBI’s Office. Specifically, it could refer to DOJ, DOD, and etc. Use your judgement from the context used.
⁵ TICTU: I found only 2 refs for this, one was a technical writing sample which mentioned “acquisition strategies of information technology systems” in relation to the FBI. It may be a unit responsible for taps, the tap itself, or the intelligence gained from one. And there’s this this transcript:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
v.
AHMED ABDEL SATTAR, a/k/a “Abu Omar,” a/k/a “Dr. Ahmed,”
LYNNE STEWART, and MOHAMMED YOUSRY,…
18 understanding that before it’s displayed to the jury, we’ll
19 redact the sentence, the material that begins, the TICTU.
20 THE COURT: OK. All right. With that redaction
21 LS1022 received in evidence.
[emphasis mine]
Then there’s this handy FBI document, The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Efforts to Improve the Sharing of Intelligence and Other Information, Audit Report 04-10, December 2003. Go to that link for the TOC. I’ll represent two pages below as they are directly of consequence to this diary.
NOTE TO FBI USDoJ: we’re trying to save you bandwidth costs. Oh yeah, and you’re really not taking full advantage of disseminating your documents with that lame markup.
Counterterroism Division Organizational Chart.
Spot your abbreviations; think of it as the opposite of the Jumble(tm).
Assistant Director – Counterterroism Division
Executive Staff
Deputy Assistant Director CT Operations Branch
Terrorist Financing Operations Section
Radical Fundamentalist Financial Investigative Unit
Domestic WMD and Global Financial Investigative Unit
Global Extremist Financial Investigative Unit
Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit
Domestic Terrorism Operations Section
Domestic Terrorism Operations Unit
WMD Unconventional Threats Operations Unit
Special Events Unit
WMD Unconventional Threat Countermeasures Unit
International Terrorism Operations Section I
Regional Extraterritorial Unit
Conus I
Conus II
International Terrorism Operations Section II
Global Operations Unit
Middle East Operations Unit
Iran/Hizballah Unit
Terrorism Reports and Requirements Section
Reports Policy and Asset Vetting Unit
Radical Fundamentalist Extremist Collection, Evaluation, Dissemination Unit
Global Middle East Extremist Collection, Evaluation, Dissemination Unit
WMD Unconventional Threat Collection, Evaluation, Dissemination Unit
Domestice Collection, Evaluation, Dissemination Unit
Deputy Assistant Director Operational Support Branch
CT Administrative Resource Unit
Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force
FBI Detailees to Other Government Agencies
CT Operational Response Section
National Joint Terrorism Task Force
Fly Away Rapid Deployment Team Unit
Military Liaision & Detainee Unit
National Threat Center Staff
CT Watch Unit
Terrorist Watch and Warning Unit
Threat Monitoring Unit
Deputy Assistant Director CT Analysis Branch
Strategic Assessment and Analysis Unit
Presidential Support Group
Production and Publications Unit
Counterterrorism Analysis Section
Domestic Sunni Extremist Unit
Shia/Middle East Analysis Unit
Foreign Links/Global Targets Analysis Unit
Domestic Terrorism Analysis Unit
WMD and Emerging Weapons Threat Unit
Communications Analysis Section
Document Exploitation Unit
Communications Analysis Unit
Electronic Analysis Unit
Digital Media Exploitation Unit
[editor’s note, by subtropolis] Note the 2 entries [CLASSIFIED INFORMATION REDACTED]. If you come across any FBI-specific acronyms/abbreviations which fit there alphabetically, EMAIL ME and we can flag them especially.
- Abbreviations
- ACS – Automated Case File System
- BOLO – Be On The Lookout For
- CIA – Central Intelligence Agency
- CONUS – Continental United States
- [CLASSIFIED INFORMATION REDACTED]
- CTC – CIA Counterterrorist Center
- CTD – Counterterrorism Division
- DCI – Director of Central Intelligence
- DCID – Director of Central Intelligence Directive
- DHS – Department of Homeland Security
- DOD – Department of Defense
- DOJ – Department of Justice
- DTOS – Domestic Terrorism Operations Section
- EC – Electronic Communication
- FISA – Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
- GAO – General Accounting Office
- GS – General Schedule
- IIR – Intelligence Information Reports
- INS – Immigration and Naturalization Service
- IT – Information Technology
- ITOS – International Terrorism Operations Section
- JTTF – Joint Terrorism Task Force
- JWICS – Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System
- LAN – Local Area Network
- LEO – Law Enforcement Online
- NCIC – National Crime Information Center
- NJTTF – National Joint Terrorism Task Force
- NLETS – National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System
- NSA – National Security Agency
- NTCS – National Threat Center Section
- OCONUS – Outside Continental United States
- OI – Office of Intelligence
- OIG – Office of the Inspector General
- OLEC – Office of Law Enforcement Coordination
- OLP – Office of Legal Policy
- ORCON – Originator Controlled
- PDD – Presidential Decision Directive
- PENTTBOM – Pentagon/Trade Towers Bombing Investigations
- SCI – Sensitive Compartmented Information
- SCOPE – Secure Counterterrorism Operational Prototype Environment
- SIOC – Strategic Information and Operations Center
- [CLASSIFIED INFORMATION REDACTED]
- SVTS – Secure Video Teleconferencing System
- TFOS – Terrorist Financing Operations Section
- TRRS – Terrorism Reports and Requirements Section
- TS/SCI LAN – Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information Local Area Network
- TTIC – Terrorist Threat Integration Center
- WMD – Weapons of Mass Destruction
—————————- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE —————————-
- Abbreviations
- AUSA – Assistant US Attorney . Dana Biehl – Bruce Pagel
- EDVA – Eastern District of Virginia [Terrorism and National Security Unit – US Attorney]
- ODAG – Office of the Deputy Attorney General
From U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
PRACTICE AREA CHART (PDF):
- KEY TO DEPARTMENT COMPONENTS
- ATF — Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
- ATR — Antitrust Division
- BOP — Federal Bureau of Prisons
- CIV — Civil Division
- COPS — Community Oriented Policing Services
- CRM — Criminal Division
- CRS — Community Relations Service
- CRT — Civil Rights Division
- DEA — Drug Enforcement Administration
- ENRD — Environment and Natural Resources Division
- EOIR — Executive Office for Immigration Review
- FBI — Federal Bureau of Investigation
- FCSC — Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
- JMD — Justice Management Division
- NDIC — National Drug Intelligence Center
- OIG — Office of the Inspector General
- OIP — Office of Information and Privacy
- OIPR — Office of Intelligence Policy and Review
- OIPL — Office of Intergovernmental and Public Liaison
- OJP — Office of Justice Programs
- OLC — Office of Legal Counsel
- OLP — Office of Legal Policy
- OPA — Office of the Pardon Attorney
- OPR — Office of Professional Responsibility
- OSG — Office of the Solicitor General
- OTJ — Office of Tribal Justice
- OVW — Office on Violence Against Women
- PRAO — Professional Responsibility Advisory Office
- TAX — Tax Division
- USAO — U.S. Attorneys’ Offices
- USMS — U.S. Marshals Service
- USPC — U.S. Parole Commission
- USTP — U.S. Trustee Program
——————————– CHAIN OF COMMAND ———————————-
- CENTCOM – Baghdad
- SOUTHCOM – Miami, Florida
- JTF GITMO – General Miller
- IRAQ AGP – General Miller Oct-Nov 2003
These next ones i don’t know much about.
——————————– LOCATIONS ———————————-
- ARNG Phoenix Arizona
- CAMP Bucca
- CAMP Slayer
- Detention Centra [sic]
- FlyAway Centra [sic]
- Fort Belvoir, Virginia
- Fort Bragg
- Interrogation Centra [sic]
- Medical Facilities and OR Theater
- Naval Consolidated Brig Charleston, SC
- St. Mere FOB Fallujah, Iraq
——————————– DRAFTS and REPORTS ———————————-
- Draft Concept for Utilization of Cooperating Source
——————————– PEOPLE ———————————-
- SC Frank Battle, SSA-CTD – "Supervisory Special Agent Frank Battle, Chief of the FBI Counter Terrorism Division’s Operational Response Section, reviewed the FBI’s involvement in homeland security operations in his presentation, Neutralizing National Security Threats in the US."
THE GLOBALHOMELAND: International Perspectives on Counterterrorism and Homeland Security, By Professor Bert Tussing, Center for Strategic Leadership, U.S. Army War College
Do you know the secret code word?