Glossary
CDI - Chief of Defence Intelligence
CSI - Ministerial Committee on the Intelligence Service
CPNI - Centre for the Protection of National
Infrastructure
DIS - Defence Intelligence Staff
FCO - Foreign and Commonwealth Office
GCHQ - Government Communications Headquarters
HMG - Her Majesty's Government
ICC - Interception of Communications Commissioner
IPT - Investigatory Powers Tribunal
ISC - Intelligence and Security Committee
ISS - Intelligence and Security Secretariat
JIC - Joint Intelligence Committee
JTAC - Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre
MoD - Ministry of Defence
PSIS - Permanent Secretaries on the Intelligence Service
RIPA - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act
SIA - Single Intelligence Account
SIC - Security Intelligence Co-ordinator
Sigint - Signals Intelligence and Information Assurance
SIS - Secret Intelligence Service
SOE - Special Operations Executive
TNA - The National Archives
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