COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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agent
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The president also hires James Burlane, a former CIA agent , to man an unofficial probe.
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After eventually losing interest in the scientific ramifications of UFOs, concerned CIA agents moved on to more sensible matters.
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The President asked that it be CIA agent Buckley, but Buckley had by then been tortured to death.
director
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Nevertheless, the issue now is fueling the effort to delay or block the appointment of Lake as CIA director .
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The CIA director handed him a sheet of paper.
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A year later, Ford brought Bush home as CIA director .
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He said George Tenet, the acting CIA director , has sent a letter to headquarters employees pledging tighter security.
man
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The CIA man called out, but the tide was coming in and the noisy surf drowned his words.
officer
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There have been two recent cases of foreign governments moving against CIA officers allegedly involved in spying in their country.
official
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He drank to excess, occasionally causing scenes in front of CIA officials .
operative
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Students leafleted public gatherings, covered walls with anti-government graffiti and distributed phony news articles written by CIA operatives .
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On scouting assignments, he developed a reputation for slinking around games, hiding out as if he were a CIA operative .
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Other books about Aldrich Ames, the turncoat CIA operative who sold secrets to the Soviets, already have been published.
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Frank was now a top CIA operative .
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Covered by the confusion and noise of maneuvers, CIA operatives would stash weapons and equipment.
station
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The practice was stopped only after Richard Welch, a CIA station chief in Athens, was murdered in 1975.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Contreras immediately denied the CIA accusations.
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For the effort, the CIA recruited Rosselli, who in turn recruited Trafficante and Giancana.
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I know how to teach. CIA has a picture of my prelapsarian soul in their files.
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The CIA comes up with exotic poisons one after another.
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The CIA must stimulate and support opposition to the regime in Baghdad.