English > United States intelligence agency: 1 sense > noun 1, group| Meaning | An intelligence service in the United States. |
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| Narrower | Central Intelligence Agency, CIA | An independent agency of the United States government responsible / responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest |
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| Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA | An intelligence agency of the United States in the Department of Defense |
| National Reconnaissance Office, NRO | An intelligence agency in the United States Department of Defense that designs and builds and operates space reconnaissance systems to detect trouble spots worldwide / worldwide and to monitor arms control agreements and environmental issues and to help plan military operations |
| National Security Agency, NSA | The United States cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect United States information systems and to produce foreign / foreign intelligence information |
| United States Secret Service, US Secret Service, USSS, Secret Service, SS | The United States intelligence agency that protects current and former presidents and vice presidents and their immediate families and protects distinguished foreign visitors |
| Broader | intelligence, intelligence service, intelligence agency | A unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy |
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| Spanish | Agencia de Inteligencia de los Estados Unidos |
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