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Interactive Puzzle!

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Across:
1. UIF TUVEZ PG NBLJOH BOE CSFBLJOH DPEFT BOE DJQIFST (the clue is a coded message using a Caesar cipher for 'The study of making and breaking codes and ciphers')
4. As the Nation's cyber defense agency, @CISAgov helps bolster the physical security and ________ of critical infrastructure
6. The bird in the center of the CIA seal
7. This Act acronym provides the public the right to request access to records from any federal agency

Down:
2. What the "R" in NRO stands for
3. Dee and Walter are the hosts to this uniquely spy-specific podcast
5. ODNI achieves this through synchronizing collection, analysis, and support efforts to achieve national security priorities
8. Pakistan compound modeled by NGA that led to capture of Osama Bin Laden

Puzzle Day!

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Across:
2. The science of encrypting and decrypting secret messages.
3. A clandestine source.
7. Proof that something is real or genuine, such as an intelligence officer or asset's claimed identity.
8. A ______ agent is a spy who is living as an ordinary citizen in a foreign country and acts only if or when directed by their home agency.
9. An employee of the CIA is called a CIA ______.
10. A citizen of a foreign country who is spying on behalf of the United States Government.

Down:
1. Information gathered and activities conducted to protect against the efforts of foreign intelligence agencies.
4. The techniques, methods, and technologies used in intelligence work.
5. A false name used to hide one's real identity and purpose.
6. False information spread deliberately.

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