Cable: a secure message

Camp Perry: the CIA training center in Virginia

Case Death: an operation that fails without a clear reason

Cauterization: eliminating a previous asset or source who is compromised

Close a contract: an assassination

Cherry: an inexperienced CIA agent

CI: Confidential Informant or Counterintelligence

Clandestine: an operation that is completely concealed

Cobbler: a spy who creates false passports, visas, and other documents.

Code Name: an alias for an agent or asset

The Company: nickname for C.I.A.

Compound: a heavily guarded area

Contact: enemy contact or engagement

Covert: seen but unnoticed as C.I.A.

Cowboy: an agent who is volatile or irresponsible

Cryptonym: A word or name that is used to secretly refer to something confidential.

Customers: elected officials who receive the results of intelligence