ABBREVIATIONS

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