AIC: Agent in Charge
ANP: Afghan National Police
APD: Ambassador’s Protection Detail
ARSO: Assistant Regional Security Officer, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, U.S. Department of State
ARSO/I: Assistant Regional Security Officer for Investigations, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, U.S. Department of State
BNI: Bureau of National Intelligence, intelligence agency of Ghana
COS: Chief of Station, CIA
DS (OR DSS): Bureau of Diplomatic Security, U.S. Department of State
FSNI: Foreign Service National Investigator, U.S. Embassy, Ghana
FSO: Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State
IRGC: Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps
LBG: Local Body Guard, U.S. Embassy, Ghana
LGF: Local Guard Force, U.S. Embassy, Ghana
MSS: Ministry of State Security—Chinese intelligence arm
PRC: People’s Republic of China
RSO: Regional Security Officer, U.S. Department of State
VRA: Volta River Authority—Ghanaian government-owned administrative body of the Akosombo Hydroelectric Dam