# CIA Terrorist Busters Logo

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cia-terrorist-busters-logo/87829>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 16, 2001, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cia-terrorist-busters-logo/87829 "2001-10-16T22:11:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cia-terrorist-busters-logo/87829/1 "2001-10-16T22:11:29Z")

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Okay, this is the lamest thing I’ve ever seen in connection with the Federal Government of the United States:  
Their [Anti-Terror Logo](http://www.cia.gov/terrorism/buster.html) is… well… there are no words. What _is_ that thing? Why the cute grin?  
[sub]If there’s somethin’ strange, and it don’t look good  
Who ya gonna call? [_The Director of Central Intelligence?_](http://www.cia.gov/)[/sub]

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cia-terrorist-busters-logo/87829/2 "2001-10-16T23:27:23Z")

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Why, it’s an absurd ripoff of the Ghostbusters logo, with a terrorist replacing the ghost. Although the facial expression is strange…at least in the original logo, the ghost had a look of disdain.

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**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cia-terrorist-busters-logo/87829/3 "2001-10-17T01:42:07Z")

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The logo looks to be a picture of a pin. There seems to be metalic edges on it, and a shadow cast in the background. That, along with the glare towards the bottom of it makes me think it is indeed a pin. All I have to say is, where do I get one?

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**Author:** ![Dale\_The\_Bold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dale\_The\_Bold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_The_Bold)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cia-terrorist-busters-logo/87829/4 "2001-10-17T04:23:13Z")

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[Winston Zeddemore]  
“You actually expect to go in front of a Federal judge and explain that some moldy Babylonian god is going to drop in on Central Park West and start tearing up the city?!”  
[/Winston Zeddemore]