CAP | combat air patrol |
CAPPS | Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System |
CENTCOM | Central Command |
CIA | Central Intelligence Agency |
CONR | Continental U.S. NORAD Region |
CSG | Counterterrorism Security Group |
CTC | Counterterrorist Center |
DIA | Defense Intelligence Agency |
DCI | Director of Central Intelligence |
ESU | Emergency Service Unit (NYPD) |
FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
FDNY | Fire Department of New York |
FFTC | Florida Flight Training Center |
FISA | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act |
FISC | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court |
INS | Immigration and Naturalization Service |
ISID | Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (Pakistan) |
JCS | Joint Chiefs of Staff |
JI | Jemaah Islamiah |
JTTF | Joint Terrorism Task Force |
KSM | Khalid Sheikh Mohammed |
Legat | legal attaché |
MAK | Mektab al Khidmat |
MON | memorandum of notification |
NEADS | Northeast Air Defense Sector |
NCTC | National Counterterrorism Center |
NGO | nongovernmental organization |
NMCC | National Military Command Center |
NORAD | North American Aerospace Defense Command |
NTSB | National Transportation Safety Board |
NSA | National Security Agency |
NSC | National Security Council |
NSPD | national security policy directive |
NYPD | New York Police Department |
OEM | Office of Emergency Management (New York City) |
OFAC | Office of Foreign Assets Control |
OIPR | Office of Intelligence Policy and Review |
OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
PAPD | Port Authority Police Department |
PDD | presidential decision directive |
PEOC | Presidential Emergency Operations Center |
SEC | Securities and Exchange Commission |
TSA | Transportation Security Administration |
TTIC | Terrorist Threat Integration Center |
UBL | Usama Bin Ladin |
WMD | weapons of mass destruction |
WTC | World Trade Center |
WTO | World Trade Organization |
Transcribed and formatted for HTML by Jerry Holden for the HyperWar Foundation