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- Able Baker 83
- Abu Sayyaf
- adrenaline
- Afghanistan
- Africa
- Air Force, U.S.
- aircraft
- airdrops
- airpower
- Alec Station
- Alex Boncayao Brigade
- Alfano, Jim
- aliases
- al-Qaeda
- al-Zawahiri, Ayman
- American dream
- analysts
- Animal Farm (Orwell)
- antipersonnel mines
- applications, position
- Aquino, Cory
- Argentine Army
- arms. See also guns
- arrogance
- ash
- assassination
- attack boards
- audio transmitters
- authority, delegated
- awareness, situational
- background investigations (BIs)
- badge, security
- balance, of secrecy
- Barracudas
- Bay of Pigs Invasion
- BB gun
- Bin Laden, Osama
- Birkland, Steve
- BIs. See background investigations
- bitterness
- Black, Cofer
- black operations
- black site
- black visits
- BlackBerrys
- Blackwater Inc.
- Bluefields pier, Nicaragua
- boats
- body language
- bodyguards
- Boland Amendment
- bombings. See also explosives
- Bonk, Ben
- books
- boundaries
- moral
- national
- bridges
- briefcase
- Buckley, William
- bullies
- bullpen
- bundle kicker
- Bush, George W.
- Buzzy (senior officer)
- C-4
- calling, career versus
- Campbell, John
- camps, Contra
- capabilities
- Blackwater Inc.
- covert operation
- Cara de Malo (Contra subcommander)
- career
- calling versus
- threats to
- Carmen (wife)
- Carter, Jimmy
- Case Officer Operations in Dangerous Areas (CODA)
- Casey, Bill
- Castro, Fidel
- Castro Youth
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). See also specific topics
- headquarters
- mission statement
- personalities
- SAD
- screening process
- CFA. See cover for action
- Chamorro, Violeta
- checkpoints
- Cheney, Dick
- chickens
- Chief of Operations, CTC
- Chief of Station (COS)
- China
- Chris-Craft Corporation
- Christie (officer)
- church
- Church Committee hearings
- CIA. See Central Intelligence Agency
- cigars
- citizenship
- civil war
- civilian leadership
- Clark Air Base
- Clarridge, Dwayne (“Dewey”)
- clients, Blackwater Inc.
- Clinton, Bill
- Coco River
- CODA. See Case Officer Operations in Dangerous Areas
- Coelho, Paulo
- coffee
- Cold War
- Combat Search and Rescue
- Commander Suicida. See Ortiz Centeno, Pedro Pablo
- communications center
- Communist Party (China)
- communists
- compartmentalization
- compound
- confidence
- Contras, Nicaraguan
- cooperation
- Cooper’s Colors
- Corinto pier, Nicaragua
- Corpus, Victor
- COS. See Chief of Station
- Costa Rica
- counterattacks
- counterfeit currency
- counterintelligence
- countersurveillance
- counterterrorism (CT)
- Counterterrorist Center (CTC)
- courage
- cover for action (CFA)
- covert operation capabilities
- cows
- Craig (polygrapher)
- crime, organized
- Crumpton, Hank
- CT. See counterterrorism
- CTC. See Counterterrorist Center
- Cuba
- Cuban Missile Crisis
- curfew
- Dave (officer)
- dead drop
- democracy
- Denver, Colorado
- desert
- destiny
- Detect, Avoid, Counter
- diplomatic functions
- diplomats
- discipline
- disguises
- divers
- documentation
- dog
- Donovan, Bill
- Downing, Jack
- Downing, Wayne
- drinking
- drones
- drugs
- earthquakes
- economy, North Korean
- Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ)
- El Salvador
- elicitation
- Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
- emigration
- Emilin (grandfather)
- EMT. See Emergency Medical Technician
- ethnic groups
- executions
- explosives
- eye contact
- Fagoth, Stedman
- family
- famine
- the Farm
- FBI. See Federal Bureau of Investigation
- FDN. See Nicaraguan Democratic Force
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Feinstein, Dianne
- fenced funds
- Fernandez, Joe
- fieldcraft
- fieldwork
- fights
- fire
- firing range
- Fisk, Wayne
- Flaco (logistics officer)
- flag
- flares
- Florida
- food
- football players
- Ford, Gerald
- foreign policy
- freedom
- frustration
- functions, diplomatic
- funding
- fenced
- for terrorist groups
- Gabor, Edgar
- gangs
- General Villegas (Argentine officer)
- George Mason University
- “getting off the X”
- ghetto
- Glock 18
- Glory
- gold mines
- goodbyes
- gratitude
- grid, map
- grief
- grievances
- Ground Zero
- Group Chiefs, CIA
- guerrillas
- Guevara, Che
- Gulf War
- gunfire
- guns. See also specific guns
- Gustavo (pilot)
- gym
- hardball
- Hasenfus, Eugene
- Havana, Cuba
- headquarters, CIA
- healing
- heat
- heirlooms
- helicopters
- Hezbollah
- HHE. See household effects
- “high-threat meeting” protocols
- highways
- hindsight
- historic sites
- hit squads
- Hoberg, Jon
- Holm, Dick
- holy war (jihad)
- homecomings
- Honduras
- Hoover, J. Edgar
- hostages
- Hotel Alameda
- household effects (HHE)
- Howie (bodyguard)
- Hughes 500 Defender
- human intelligence (HUMINT)
- humanity
- HUMINT. See human intelligence
- Hunter (officer)
- Hutchinson, Steve
- hypothermia
- ideologies
- Ignacio, Sam
- immigrants
- Imperial Hubris (Scheuer)
- indoctrination
- infections
- infighting
- insurrection
- Intelligence Medal of Merit
- intensity
- International Terrorism Group, CTC (ITG)
- interpreter
- interrogations
- Iran
- Iran-Contra
- Islamic Extremist Branch, CTC
- ITG. See International Terrorism Group, CTC
- Iverson, Henk
- jar
- Jeff (analyst)
- Jeff (CTC Chief of Operations)
- Jen (officer)
- jihad (holy war)
- jobs
- John (officer)
- John M. (officer)
- jumps
- jungle
- Kahane, Meir
- karate
- Kennedy, John F.
- Khost, Afghanistan
- kidnappings
- Kim Il-sung
- Kim Jong-il
- King Ralph (chief commander)
- Krill (Contra subcommander)
- lahars (volcanic mud)
- Langley, Virginia
- languages
- laser
- leadership, civilian
- leishmaniasis
- letters
- Lima, Mike
- Limburg, MV (ship)
- Little Bird (helicopter)
- logistics
- Lone Ranger syndrome
- looting
- love
- loyalty
- Manny (cousin)
- Manuel (cousin)
- Maoists
- maps
- Marcos, Ferdinand
- marriage
- martial arts
- martial law
- Marxism
- Marxists
- Mary Beth (officer)
- Massoud, Ahmad Shah
- Matthews, Jennifer
- measles
- medals
- medical supplies
- meetings
- Memorial Wall, CIA
- memories
- Metro Dade Fire Rescue
- Mi-17 helicopters
- Miami, Florida
- Miami Crowns
- Miami Springs High School
- mines
- antipersonnel
- gold
- Miskito Indians
- misperceptions
- missiles
- mission, rescue
- mission statement, CIA
- modus operandi (MO)
- momentum
- Monroe Doctrine
- moral boundaries
- moral capital
- morale
- mortars
- Mother Nature
- Mount Pinatubo
- moving, resources for
- Mufasta (criminal pseudonym)
- mutineers
- narco-terrorism
- narratives, CIA
- national boundaries
- National Guard
- National Security Council (NSC)
- Need Immediate Action Cables (NIACs)
- La Negra (camp nurse)
- New People’s Army (NPA)
- New York Times
- NIACs. See Need Immediate Action Cables
- Nicaragua. See also specific topics
- Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN)
- 9/11 attacks
- normalcy
- North Korea
- Northern Alliance
- Nosair, El Sayyid
- nostalgia
- NPA. See New People’s Army
- NSC. See National Security Council
- nuns
- offensive operations
- O’Neil, John
- OO. See operations officers
- Operation RYAN
- Operations Course, CIA. See the Farm
- operations officers (OO)
- opportunists
- opportunities, missed
- organization
- organized crime
- orphanage
- Ortega, Daniel
- Ortiz Centeno, Pedro Pablo
- Orwell, George
- Pacific Fleet, U.S.
- pager
- pain
- Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
- parachutes
- paradigms
- Pararescue Jumpers (PJs)
- parties
- path-loss test
- paths
- patriotism
- patterns, surveillance
- Pavitt, James
- peace
- peasants
- Pedro (informant)
- personalities
- Peter Pan Program
- Petrov, Stanislav
- Phil (officer)
- Philippines Campaign
- pilots
- PJs. See Pararescue Jumper
- PLO. See Palestine Liberation Organization
- Poles
- political viability, of Mistiko Indians
- polygraphers
- polygraphs
- poseurs
- poverty
- preconceptions
- Predator drone
- pregnancy
- press
- pride
- priest
- Prince, Erik
- prison
- promises
- protesters
- publicity
- Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
- puzzle pieces
- Pyongyang, North Korea
- al-Qaeda
- quick-draw method
- racial dichotomies
- raids
- Ranger (officer)
- rank
- rapport
- Ray (commander)
- Reagan, Ronald
- Reagan Doctrine
- reassurance
- recording devices
- recruitment
- rectification
- refugees
- regimes
- regional security officer (RSO)
- reinforcements
- rejection
- religious refugees
- renditions
- rescue mission
- respect
- retirement
- returned to base (RTB)
- revolutionaries
- Rice, Condoleezza
- Richardson, Glenn
- ring
- Rivera, Brooklyn
- Robert (Division Chief)
- rocket launchers
- Rodriguez, Jose
- Ron (friend)
- Roosevelt, Theodore
- rope
- Rowe, Nick
- RSO. See regional security officer
- RTB. See returned to base
- rumors
- Sacred Heart Orphanage
- SAD. See Special Activities Division
- sadness
- safe houses
- San Diego, California
- San Pedro, Albert (“Big Al”)
- Sandinistas
- satellite
- scandal
- Scheuer, Mike
- screening process, CIA
- SCUBA diving
- SDRs. See surveillance detection routes
- seal, CIA
- Second Great Rectification Movement
- secrecy
- security badge
- sentimentality
- SERE. See Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape
- Shangri-La (location pseudonym)
- shipping container
- shock
- shoot house
- signal intelligence (SIGINT)
- silence, vow of
- situational awareness
- skydiving
- sleeper agents
- smells
- smuggling networks
- sniper rifles
- Somoza, Anastasio
- South Korea
- Soviet Union
- Sparrow Teams
- Special Activities Division (SAD)
- Special Forces, U.S.
- Special Operations Forces, U.S.
- spurs
- STABO rigs
- Star Wars. See Strategic Defense Initiative
- Strategic Defense Initiative
- stress
- style
- Sudan
- suicide bombing
- Super Note
- supplies
- surveillance
- countersurveillance
- patterns
- vehicles
- surveillance detection routes (SDRs)
- Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE)
- suspension, school
- sweatshop
- swells
- swimming
- “swimming up the chain”
- tail
- Takfiris
- Taliban
- targeters
- TDY. See temporary duty assignment
- team members
- tears
- tells, body language
- temporary duty assignment (TDY)
- Tenet, George
- terrain
- terrorist groups. See also specific groups
- funding for
- purging within
- threats
- time
- tobacco
- Tomas (Marxist leader)
- Tombstone
- tools
- torch
- torture
- toughness
- toys
- tractor
- tradecraft
- traffic
- training
- traitors
- transition training
- transitions
- transmitters, audio
- trap
- trash
- trauma
- trials
- trust
- 26th of July Movement
- Typhoon Yunya
- United States (U.S.)
- Air Force
- Pacific Fleet
- Special Operations Forces
- Uzi
- van
- vehicles, surveillance
- victory
- Vietnam War
- Vince (officer)
- virtual station
- volcano
- walk-ins
- Walsh, Bryan
- war
- civil
- Cold War
- jihad
- warnings
- warriors
- Washington, D.C.
- Waugh, Billy
- weaknesses
- White House
- Wilson, Jim
- Winston (analyst)
- Women’s Diplomatic Association
- workouts
- World Trade Center
- worldviews
- wreckage, aircraft