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National intelligence organizations [r]: Organizations for intelligence collection and analysis, which are responsive to overall national needs rather than to the needs of a specific military service or specific mission (e.g., terrorism); they may, however, be oriented to specific collection or analysis disciplines ^[e]

Central Intelligence Agency [r]: The principal civilian intelligence organization of the United States, specializing in all-source intelligence analysis, clandestine human-source intelligence, and covert action. ^[e]
Committee for State Security [r]: Usually known as the KGB, one of Organs of State Security of the Soviet Union, with extensive responsibilities in intelligence (information gathering), border security, counterintelligence and suppression of dissent; split up in the Russian Federation with counterintelligence in the FSB and foreign intelligence in the SVR ^[e]
Mossad [r]: The civilian foreign intelligence and covert action agency of Israel, roughly comparable to the British Secret Intelligence Service or U.S. Central Intelligence Agency ^[e]

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James Bond [r]: Fictional British MI6 agent, created in 1952 by writer Ian Fleming. ^[e]
John Brock [r]: Fictional British secret agent who starred in three 1960s thrillers by Desmond Skirrow. ^[e]
John Sawers [r]: New chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service; Tony Blair's representative to the occupation phase of the Iraq War ^[e]

U.K. support for Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War [r]: Most support to Iraq was without the knowledge or approval of U.K. government, but through covert Iraqi purchasing; some authorized dual-use sales were made, but largely ceased with the UN embargo ^[e]
ULTRA [r]: Add brief definition or description

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