Friday, December 27, 2019

Acronyms in the Horowitz Report

The Horowitz report is here: https://www.justice.gov/storage/120919-examination.pdf  It is a very long and boring document.  One thing that stands out is the heavy use of acronyms.  So here is a partial list:

AAG - Acting Attorney General
AD - Assistant Director
AG - Attorney General
ALAT - Assistant Legal Attache
ASAC - Assistant Special Agent in Charge
CD - Counterintelligence Division
CDC - Chief Division Counsel
CDPG - Counterintelligence Division Policy Guide
CES - Counterintelligence and Export Control Section
C.F.R. - Code of Federal Regulations
CHS - Confidential Human Source
CHSPG - Confidential Human Source Policy Guide
CI - Counterintelligence
CIA - Central Intelligence Agency
CRM - Criminal Division
DAD - Deputy Assistant Director
DAG - Deputy Attorney General
DCCC - Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
DIOG - Domestic Investigations Operations Guide
DNC - Democratic National Committee
DNI - Director of National Intelligence
DOJ - Department of Justice
EAD - Executive Assistant Director
EC - Electronic Communication
EO - Executive Order
FARA - Foreign Agents Registration Act
FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation
FD-302 - ??? (FBI report)
FFG - Friendly Foreign Government
FIFA - International Federation of Association Football [Yes this is in the report, page v]
FISA - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
FISAMS - FISA Management System
FISC - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
FOASR - Field Office Annual Source Report
FSB - Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation
GPS - as in Fusion GPS. Not defined.
GS-15 - ??? (government level)
HPSCI - House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
HSVR - Human Source Validation Review
ICA - Intelligence Community Assessment
IIR - Intelligence Information Report
Legat - FBI Legal Attache
LHM - Letterhead Memoranda
MLARS - Money Launderation and Asset Recovery Section
NARA - National Archive and Records Administration
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NSCLB - National Security and Cyber Law Branch
NSD - National Security Division
NYFO - New York Field Office
OCDETF - Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force
ODAG - Office of the Deputy Attorney General
ODNI - Office of the Director of National Intelligence
OGC - Office of General Counsel
OI - Office of Intelligence
OIG - Office of the Inspector General
PADAG - Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General
PC - probable cause
POTUS - President of the United States (at the time, Obama)
QSSR - Quarterly Supervisory Source Report
RIS - Russian Intelligence Service
RNC - Republican National Convention (or Committee)
SAC - Special Agent in Charge
SC - Section Chief
SCINet - ??? (FBI secret network)
SDNY - Southern District of New York
SES - Senior Executive Service
SIM - Sensitive Investigative Matter
SMPPG - Standard Minimization Procedures Policy Guide
SORM - ??? (Russian monitoring network)
SOS - Staff Operations Specialist
SSA - Supervisory Special Agent
SSCI - Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
SVR - ??? (Russian intelligence)
TDY - Temporary Duty Assignment
TOC-East - Transnational Organized Crime East
TOCIU - Transnational Organized Crime Intelligence Unit
TP - Talking Point
UC - Unit Chief
UCE - Undercover Employee
UDP - Undisclosed Participation
USG - US Government
USIC - United States Intelligence Community
VMU - Validation Management Unit
VSM - Confidential Human Source Validation Standards Manual
WFO - Washington Field Office

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