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Stinky The Clown

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8. I had a bit to do with them during design and construction of their HQ.

Reply to RussBLib (Original post)

Sat Jun 10, 2023, 02:15 PM

Jun 2023

They are a mashup of a number of Four Letter and lesser agencies, to move up to Three Letter status. Their actual name is hyphenated to achieve Three Letter status.

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency - NGA, NOT NGIA.

They fall under DoD.

Overly simplified, they are concerned with mapping based on data, such as (made up example) all airports in the world with 5,000 to 7,500 foot runways.

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who has heard of The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency? [View all] RussBLib Jun 2023 OP

A couple who live in my neighborhood work there bottomofthehill Jun 2023 #1

IMO, a lot of this is just a way for the wealthy to siphon more of our tax dollars into their coffer CrispyQ Jun 2023 #2

James Clapper was Director of NGA under Bush. Later he was Obama's Director of National Intelligence Celerity Jun 2023 #3

Heard of it before? Yes. Could I tell you anything about it off the top of my head? No. RockRaven Jun 2023 #4

Isn't this the organization LearnedHand Jun 2023 #5

looks like it RussBLib Jun 2023 #7

How did TFG know which docs to keep? Sneederbunk Jun 2023 #6

I had a bit to do with them during design and construction of their HQ. Stinky The Clown Jun 2023 #8