# Name the 16 spy agencies!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-16-spy-agencies/393087>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 21, 2007, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-16-spy-agencies/393087 "2007-02-21T14:14:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-16-spy-agencies/393087/21 "2007-02-21T18:45:41Z")

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Does anyone else think it’s hilarious that the United States Intelligence Community has its own logo? Doesn’t handing out t-shirts and coffee mugs sort of hinder that whole top secret thing?

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-16-spy-agencies/393087/22 "2007-02-21T18:49:44Z")

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[QUOTE=Little Nemo]  
Does anyone else think it’s hilarious that the United States Intelligence Community has its own logo? Doesn’t handing out t-shirts and coffee mugs sort of hinder that whole top secret thing?  
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Meh, I can remember the days when NSA stood for “No Such Agency.” Now they have a big sign on the BW Parkway, I have an NSA polo shirt hanging in my closet at home, and I have an NSA mousepad sitting on my desk at work.

And no, I do not now, nor have I ever, worked for the NSA.

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**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-16-spy-agencies/393087/23 "2007-02-21T18:52:41Z")

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Mossad.

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**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-16-spy-agencies/393087/24 "2007-02-21T19:06:40Z")

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[QUOTE=carnivorousplant]  
FBI  
CIA  
National Security Agency  
Section 31  
Obsidian Order  
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Don’t forget the Tal Shiar.

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**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-16-spy-agencies/393087/25 "2007-02-21T19:08:15Z")

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[QUOTE=Scuba\_Ben]  
I’m sorry citizen. That information is not available at your security clearance. Why are you asking about restricted information? Are you sure this isn’t part of a Commie Mutant Traitor plot?  
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Sal-O-INH-3 instructed me to ask this question, Friend Computer. He must be a Commie Mutant Traitor!

Stranger

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