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Re:Lessons from the CIA’s classified guide to good writing by ams6110 on Thursday July 20, 2017 @10:45PM (#14817701)
It is "the" Central Intelligence Agency though. I think "the" is appropriate in this case.
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Re:Lessons from the CIA’s classified guide to good writing by jsmthrowaway on Friday July 21, 2017 @02:32AM (#14818496)
They prefer “CIA” without an article, oddly enough. At CIA, CIA concludes, etc. When speaking with other Washington types the A is often dropped, too. “(So and so) at CI” is something one hears a lot.
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