{"id":65588,"date":"2015-10-26T12:02:31","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T12:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=65588"},"modified":"2015-11-01T13:32:29","modified_gmt":"2015-11-01T13:32:29","slug":"the-drone-papers-the-alphabet-of-assassination-9-glossary-of-terms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/10\/the-drone-papers-the-alphabet-of-assassination-9-glossary-of-terms\/","title":{"rendered":"The Drone Papers – The Alphabet of Assassination (9-Glossary of Terms)"},"content":{"rendered":"

[<\/em>The Intercept has obtained a cache of secret documents detailing the inner workings of the U.S. military\u2019s assassination program in Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia. The documents, provided by a whistleblower, offer an unprecedented glimpse into Obama\u2019s drone wars. The source said he decided to provide these documents to <\/em>The Intercept because he believes the public has a right to understand the process by which people are placed on kill lists and ultimately assassinated on orders from the highest echelons of the U.S. government.]<\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. The Assassination Complex<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. A Visual Glossary<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. The Kill Chain<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Find, Fix, Finish<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Manhunting in the Hindu Kush<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Firing Blind<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. The Life and Death of Objective Peckham<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Target Africa<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. The Alphabet of Assassination (Glossary of Terms)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    A guide to the acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms used in <\/em>The Drone Papers<\/strong>. We defer to definitions provided in the source text where available; other interpretations are based on open source material.<\/em><\/p>\n

    A<\/strong><\/p>\n

    ABI – Activity-Based Intelligence<\/p>\n

    ADNI\/SRA – Asst. Director of National Intelligence for Systems and Resource Analyses<\/p>\n

    AF\/AFG – Afghanistan<\/p>\n

    AFO – Advance Force Operations<\/p>\n

    AFRICOM – U.S. Africa Command<\/p>\n

    ANSF – Afghan National Security Forces<\/p>\n

    AO – Area of Operations<\/p>\n

    AOR – Area of Responsibility<\/p>\n

    AQ – Al Qaeda<\/p>\n

    AQ FAC – Al Qaeda Facilitator<\/p>\n

    AQIM – Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb<\/p>\n

    AQSL – Al Qaeda Senior Leadership<\/p>\n

    AP – Arabian Peninsula<\/p>\n

    APG – Aerial Precision Geolocation<\/p>\n

    AUMF – Authorization for Use of Military Force (2001)<\/p>\n

    B<\/strong><\/p>\n

    BBC – Baseball Card<\/p>\n

    BDA – Battle Damage Assessment<\/p>\n

    BDL – Bed-Down Location<\/p>\n

    C<\/strong><\/p>\n

    CAOC – Combined Air and Space Operations Center<\/p>\n

    CAP – Combat Air Patrol<\/p>\n

    CAPE – Department of Defense Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation<\/p>\n

    CCMD – Combatant Command<\/p>\n

    CDE – Collateral Damage Environment<\/p>\n

    CELLEX – Cellular Exploitation<\/p>\n

    CF – Coalition Forces<\/p>\n

    CIVCAS – Civilian Casualties<\/p>\n

    CJSOTF – Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force<\/p>\n

    C-LRA – Counter-Lord\u2019s Resistance Army<\/p>\n

    CNO – Computer Network Operations<\/p>\n

    CoM – Chief of Mission (Ambassador)<\/p>\n

    COMINT – Communications Intelligence<\/p>\n

    CONOP – Concept of Operations<\/p>\n

    CoS – Chief of Station (CIA)<\/p>\n

    CT – Counterterrorism<\/p>\n

    D<\/strong><\/p>\n

    DNR COMINT – Dial Number Recognition Communications Intelligence<\/p>\n

    DOD – Department of Defense<\/p>\n

    DOMEX – Document and Media Exploitation<\/p>\n

    E<\/strong><\/p>\n

    EA – East Africa<\/p>\n

    EKIA – Enemy Killed in Action<\/p>\n

    EWIA – Enemy Wounded in Action<\/p>\n

    F<\/strong><\/p>\n

    F3EA – Find, Fix, Finish, Exploit\/Analyze<\/p>\n

    FFF – Find, Fix, Finish<\/p>\n

    FMV or HD FMV – Full Motion Video or High Definition Full Motion Video<\/p>\n

    FOB – Forward Operating Base<\/p>\n

    FS – Fire Scout (unmanned helicopter)<\/p>\n

    FVEY – Five Eyes<\/p>\n

    G<\/strong><\/p>\n

    GCC – Geographic Combatant Command<\/p>\n

    GOCO – Government-Owned, Contractor-Operated<\/p>\n

    GSM – Global System for Mobile Communication<\/p>\n

    H<\/strong><\/p>\n

    HN – Host Nation<\/p>\n

    HOA – Horn of Africa<\/p>\n

    HUJI – Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami<\/p>\n

    HUMINT or HI – Human Intelligence<\/p>\n

    HVI – High-Value Individual<\/p>\n

    I<\/strong><\/p>\n

    IC – Intelligence Community<\/p>\n

    IED – Improvised Explosive Device<\/p>\n

    IIR – Intelligence Information Report<\/p>\n

    IMINT – Imagery Intelligence<\/p>\n

    ISAF – International Security Assistance Force<\/p>\n

    IPB – Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace<\/p>\n

    IPOE – Intelligence Preparation of the Operational Environment<\/p>\n

    ISR – Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance<\/p>\n

    IZ – Iraq<\/p>\n

    J<\/strong><\/p>\n

    J2 – Intelligence Directorate of a Joint Staff<\/p>\n

    J5 – Plans Directorate of a Joint Staff<\/p>\n

    JP – Jackpot<\/p>\n

    JTL – Joint Target List<\/p>\n

    JWICS – Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System<\/p>\n

    JPEL – Joint Prioritized Effects List<\/p>\n

    L<\/strong><\/p>\n

    LeT – Lashkar-e-Taiba<\/p>\n

    M<\/strong><\/p>\n

    MAM – Military-Age Male<\/p>\n

    MARSOC – Marine Corps Special Operations Command<\/p>\n

    MC-12 – Manned surveillance aircraft<\/p>\n

    MEDEX – Media Exploitation<\/p>\n

    MFW – Medium Fixed-Wing (manned aircraft)<\/p>\n

    MQ-1 – General Atomics Predator drone<\/p>\n

    MQ-9 – General Atomics Reaper drone<\/p>\n

    N<\/strong><\/p>\n

    NAI – Named Area of Interest<\/p>\n

    NAVAF – U.S. Naval Forces Africa<\/p>\n

    NSB – Yemeni National Security Bureau<\/p>\n

    O<\/strong><\/p>\n

    OEF – Operation Enduring Freedom<\/p>\n

    OIF – Operation Iraqi Freedom<\/p>\n

    OBJ – Objective<\/p>\n

    ODTAAC – Outside a Defined Theater of Active Armed Conflict<\/p>\n

    OPTEMPO – Operational Tempo<\/p>\n

    OPSEC – Operations Security<\/p>\n

    OSD – Office of Secretary of Defense<\/p>\n

    P<\/strong><\/p>\n

    PACOM – U.S. Pacific Command<\/p>\n

    PAX – Passengers<\/p>\n

    PDC\/PC – Principals\u2019 Deputies Committee \/ Principals Committee<\/p>\n

    P-3 – P-3 Orion (manned surveillance plane)<\/p>\n

    PID – Positive Identification<\/p>\n

    PKM – Machine gun<\/p>\n

    PTT COMINT – Push-to-Talk Communications Intelligence<\/p>\n

    POL – Pattern of Life<\/p>\n

    POTUS – President of the United States<\/p>\n

    R<\/strong><\/p>\n

    ROE – Rules of Engagement<\/p>\n

    ROYG – Republic of Yemen Government<\/p>\n

    RPA – Remotely Piloted Aircraft (drone)<\/p>\n

    S<\/strong><\/p>\n

    SE – Scan Eagle (surveillance drone)<\/p>\n

    SECDEF – Secretary of Defense<\/p>\n

    SIGINT or SI – Signals Intelligence<\/p>\n

    SITREP – Situation Report<\/p>\n

    SME – Subject Matter Expert<\/p>\n

    SNA – Social Network Analysis<\/p>\n

    SOCOM – U.S. Special Operations Command<\/p>\n

    SRA – See ADNI\/SRA<\/p>\n

    T<\/strong><\/p>\n

    TADS – Terror Attack Disruption Strikes<\/p>\n

    TB – Taliban<\/p>\n

    TF – Task Force<\/p>\n

    TIR – Tactical Interrogation Report<\/p>\n

    TTP – Tactics, Techniques, Procedures; Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan<\/p>\n

    U<\/strong><\/p>\n

    U-28 – Manned surveillance plane<\/p>\n

    V<\/strong><\/p>\n

    VBIED – Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device<\/p>\n

    VEO – Violent Extremist Organization<\/p>\n

    VID – Voice ID<\/p>\n

    Go to Original \u2013 theintercept.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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