Referring Clues

• O.S.S. successor
• Org. once headed by Allen Dulles
• Spies' org.
• Spy org.
• Tom Clancy subj.
• Org. that advises the N.S.C.
• K.G.B.'s cold war foe
• "Harlot's Ghost" subj.
• Fact-gathering grp.
• K.G.B. rival
• Secret employer, maybe
• Iran-contra org.
• Spy's org.
• Cloak-and-dagger org.
• Hush-hush org.
• Org. with secrets
• Spooky place?: Abbr.
• Grp. with informants
• The Company
• "World Factbook" compiler
• Langley outfit
• Bush Sr. headed it
• Org. in Langley, Va.
• Bush Sr.'s bailiwick, 1976-77
• Org. in "Patriot Games"
• Kind of operation
• Bug group?: Abbr.
• It's based in McLean, Va.
• Secretive org.
• Allen Dulles headed it for eight years under D.D.E.
• Undercover org.
• It has moles: Abbr.
• Intelligence grp.
• The elder Geo. Bush once headed it
• Provision of the Natl. Security Act, 1947
• The World Factbook publisher: Abbr.
• 9/11 Commission subj.
• Info supplier for a natl. security briefing
• Org. with operations
• "The Bourne Supremacy" org.
• Subj. of many conspiracy theories
• Org. formerly headed by Porter Goss
• Snooper's org.
• Org. in the 2006 film "The Good Shepherd"
• Org. once led by George Bush
• Org. in "The Good Shepherd"
• Grp. known as the Company
• Org. at the center of the 2007 memoir "At the Center of the Storm"
• Subj. of the 2006 film "The Good Shepherd"
• Org. in "The Bourne Identity"
• Org. in the Bourne series
• Org. in the 1982 film "Enigma"
• "The Company"
• KGB counterpart
• "The Company," for short
• "S*P*Y*S" org.
• Covert U.S. org.
• Org. for spies or chefs
• Snoop gp.
• OSS successor
• Bush Sr.'s former org.
• Spook-y gp.
• George Tenet's org.
• Group based in McLean, Va.
• Org. based in Langley, Va.
• Org. with rats and moles
• Hush-hush DC org.
• Org. once headed by Bush Sr.
• George H.W. Bush headed it
• Spying org.
• Bush Sr. once headed it
• Org. once run by George Bush
• Org. led by Porter Goss
• Org. once headed by G.H.W. Bush
• Langley org.
• Org. based in Langley, Virginia
• Tenet's former org.
• KGB rival
• McLean snoop gp.
• KGB pursuer
• "Men in Black" gp.
• Subj. of "The Good Shepherd"
• Clancy's Company
• Org. once headed by George Bush
• Org. whose website has a "Break the Code" game for kids
• Org. with a "World Factbook"
• Code-cracking govt. org.
• Org. led by Leon Panetta
• Jason Bourne's org.
• Covert fed. group
• Espionage org.
• Plame affair org.
• Covert govt. group
• Org. known as the Company
• Creation of the National Security Act of 1947
• Org. that Porter Goss headed
• "American Dad!" org.
• Its seal has a 16-pointed star
• Virginia creepers?
• Gen. Hayden is its director
• Org. in "Alias"
• Org. in Tom Clancy's "Red Rabbit"
• Org. that released the "family jewels" in June 2007
• Org. in the film "The Good Shepherd"
• Cuban missile crisis org.
• Spy gp.
• Org. in "The Bourne Ultimatum"
• KGB's Cold War rival
• Leon Panetta's org.
• Org. in the 2008 film "Burn After Reading"
• Hush-hush gp. based in Langley, Va.
• Org. created by the 1947 National Security Act
• Michael Hayden's org.
• "The Recruit" org.
• Langley-based gp.
• MI6 : U.K. :: ___ : U.S.
• "The World Factbook" publ.
• U.S. equivalent of Britain's MI6
• Covert gp.
• Not a good place for a leak: Abbr.
• "World Factbook" compiler: Abbr.
• Langley, Va., group
• Org. concerned with leaks
• Covert org.
• Porter Goss's org.
• Grp. with moles
• Undercover agcy.
• General Hayden's org.
• Spy-novel org.
• Langley-based grp.
• Spy grp.
• Letters on Bush 41's résumé
• Snoop group
• "Bourne Identity" org.
• Goss' grp.
• George Bush once headed it
• Org. with operatives
• George H.W. Bush once headed it
• Spy novel org.
• U.S. spy org.
• American equivalent of Britain's MI6
• Org. once headed by Bush
• Its seal has a star with 16 points
• Org. with moles
• Org. whose seal contains a bald eagle and a compass
• Org. in "Patriot Games"
• OSS follower
• U.S. spy group
• Org. featured in "The Good Shepherd"
• Letters associated with Tenet
• Langley, Va. grp.
• U.S. espionage org.
• G.H.W.B.'s bailiwick, 1976-1977
• Intel-gathering group
• Valerie Plame's former employer
• Bay of Pigs org.
• Bush once headed it
• Govt. agency
• Org. based in McLean, Va.
• Agcy. once headed by a Bush
• FBI ally
• Former OSS
• Operatives' org.
• U.S. undercover outfit
• Org. in Langley, VA
• Mole user: Abbr.
• World Factbook org.
• Org. once headed by George Tenet
• "Alias" org.
• Org. that deals with rats and moles
• Org. in "Burn After Reading"
• U.S. spy agency
• Org. with Virginia creepers?
• "The World Factbook" publisher
• Org. featured in "Three Days of the Condor"
• KGB rival, once
• Subj. of Stansfield Turner's "Burn Before Reading"
• Org. in Tom Clancy books
• Employer of 10-Downs: Abbr.
• Information-gathering org.
• Org. with covert ops
• Org. based in Langley, VA
• Org. for spies
• Gp. with moles
• Mole employer, maybe (abbr.)
• Org. that employed Jack Ryan
• "Covert Affairs" org.
• Hush-hush fed. gp.
• Espionage gp.
• MI6 : U.K. :: ___ : U.S.
• Bug group?
• "Spy Game" org.
• Langley-based org.
• Tenet's org., once
• "Bourne Identity" org.
• American counterpart of Britain's MI6
• "Fair Game" org.
• Cold War foe of the 45-Down
• U.S. espionage gp.
• M16's American counterpart
• Operation Neptune Spear org.
• "The Bourne Identity" org.
• World Factbook compiler
• Jack Bristow's employer in "Alias"
• Security grp.
• Subj. of the 2005 Pulitzer-winning book "Ghost Wars"
• Panetta's org.
• World Factbook publisher, in brief
• "Legacy of Ashes" recounts its history
• Espionage grp.
• Hush-hush letters
• "Three Days of the Condor" org.
• Org. in Tom Clancy novels
• "The Company," briefly
• Org. in many spy movies
• Operative's org.
• Spy novel grp.
• US spy org.
• 'Bourne Identity' org.
• 'Spy Game' org.
• KGB's rival
• Snoop group, for short
• "The Good Shepherd" org.
• Snoop group: Abbr.
• Snoop group. for short
• 'Alias' org.
• 'The Company'
• Snoop grp.
• Spy-novel grp.
• U.S. spy grp.
• Bush's old org.
• 'The Com-pany'
• Org. in spy novels
• U.S. spy gp.
• 'S*P*Y*S' org.
• Gp. whose museum features the SPY-Fi Archives
• "World Factbook" producer
• Cold War KGB rival
• Cold War foe of 48-Down
• Black ops org.
• Bad place to have a leak, briefly
• The Company, for short
• Langley letters
• Org. spoofed in "American Dad!"
• Org. in Robert Ludlum novels
• Operation Cyclone org.
• Operation Mongoose org.
• Geo. H. W. Bush once ran it
• OSS supplanter
• OSS replacer
• Hush-hush gp.
• KGB's cold war foe
• Espionage letters
• MI6 : Britain :: ___ : U.S.
• Spooks' org.
• Mole trainer: abbr.
• Spy novel org., sometimes
• Cloak and dagger grp.
• FBI counterpart
• Successor of the OSS
• Valerie Plame scandal org.
• "Homeland" org.
• Org. once helmed by Helms
• Petraeus's former org.
• Publisher of a World Leaders online directory
• Employer of spies: Abbr.
• Jack Ryan's org.
• "American Dad!" employer
• "World Factbook" publisher
• "Argo" org.
• Surveillance org.
• Org. in the "Bourne" series
• Covert ops gp.
• Org. based in Langley, Virg.
• "Zero Dark Thirty" org.
• The sculpture "Kryptos" sits outside its hdqrs.
• Possible coup instigator, for short
• Org. whose headquarters is named for George Bush
• Org. in Clancy novels
• Valerie Plame scandal gp.
• Mole employer, maybe
• Carrie's org. on "Homeland"
• Org. in "Argo"
• Affleck employer in "Argo"
• Jack Ryan employer
• "Argo" employer
• 75 Down employer
• "Charlie Wilson's War" org.
• "The Firm," to agents
• Clandestine org.
• Org. whose seal has a bald eagle and a compass
• Parent org. of the Counterterrorism Center
• Bush led it for about a yr. in the '70s
• Org. in many Tom Clancy novels
• Valerie Plame's old org.
• "Bourne" org.
• Operative's employer
• Grp. with the Office of Iraq Analysis
• Its HQ is named for George Bush
• American spy org.
• Grp. with many operations
• Org. featured in "Syriana"
• Operation specialist
• Lead-in to a 2000s "-gate"
• "Burn Notice" grp.
• "Profiles in Leadership" publisher, briefly
• Clandestine government org.
• Hush-hush fed. org.
• Intel-gathering grp.
• Felix Leiter's org., in Bond films
• Cloak-and-dagger government gp.
• Natl. interest watchdog
• Org. in 'Homeland'
• Intelligence org.
• Secretive government agency
• Decoder ring, for short?
• Jason Bourne employer
• Org. in "Homeland"
• Subject of many conspiracy theories
• Undercover gp.
• Org. in many spy novels
• Black-ops org.
• OSS replacement
• Org. in many a spy thriller
• Agency Stan worked for on "American Dad!"
• World Factbook publisher, for short
• The Company, in govt. lingo
• Country Comparisons compiler
• Today's OSS
• K.G.B. adversary
• American espionage org.
• Snoop group, in brief
• Covert org. in "Argo"
• US Intelligence org.
• Government spy org.
• Certain spy org.
• 'Homeland' org.
• US espionage org.
• 52 Down's employer
• U.S. snoop gp.
• Cloak-and-dagger U.S. org.
• Spy org. in "Argo"
• Employer whose workers don't discuss their jobs much, in short
• Secretive U.S. org.
• Stan's employer on "American Dad!"
• Publisher of world-nation maps
• Supersecretive U.S. org.
• Secret agent org.
• "The World Factbook" org.
• Spy agcy.
• Org. of many spies
• U.S. spook agcy.
• Org. in Jason Bourne movies
• "Patriot Games" org.
• Spy org. in Virginia
• Spy outfit, for short
• Org. with HQ named for George Bush
• It seeks intelligence
• Security briefing org.
• Group with moles in Virginia?
• Mole employer
• Org. once headed by Leon Panetta
• Spy org. created under Truman
• Fact-gathering org.
• Spooky grp.?
• Org. headed by Bush 41
• Spy-fi employer
• Spook group
• Clandestine U.S. org.
• Cousin of MI6 in spy stories
• Big-time spy grp.
• Mike Pompeo's org.
• Secretive government org.
• George Tenet's "At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the ___"
• Secretive Govt. group
• U.S. spy organization
• Govt. group similar to the FBI
• Org. founded by President Truman in 1947
• Org. in "atriot Games22
• Employer on "American Dad!"
• Org. based in Langley
• Govt. group with a Director
• Target of 2017 WikiLeaks dump
• MI6 counterpart
• Bourne's former employer
• Org. with many secrets
• Employer of some operatives
• Org. for moles?
• Subj. for Robert Ludlum or Tom Clancy
• Org. whose seal contains a compass rose
• Org. headed by Leon Panetta
• Org. that issues "The World Factbook"
• Org. that declassified the "family jewels" in 2007
• Org. with the Office of Transnational Issues
• KGB counterpart, once
• Central Intelligence Agency
• US espionage body
• Washington-based spy group
• Security org.
• Spying grp.
• US espionage group: Abbr.
• Information-gathering federal organization: Abbr.
• Org. in the bygone show "Covert Affairs"
• US spy organization: Abbr.
• Spy org. called "The Company"
• KGB's Cold War counterpart
• Government organization featured in "Argo": Abbr.
• "Argo" spy gp.
• Grp. that once plotted against Fidel Castro
• U.S. snooper grp.
• Government group that employs cyber threat analysts: Abbr.
• Secretive group that George H.W. Bush ran in the late 1970s: Abbr.
• Subject of lots of Clancy plots
• OSS, today
• KGB competitor
• Spook grp.
• Gp. with spies
• Its Twitter debut: "We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet"
• It has moles
• Where a mole shouldn't be, in brief
• "Jack Ryan" org.
• Org. headed by Gina Haspel
• Org. in 2007's "Charlie Wilson's War"
• Org. with black ops
• Org. with many operations
• George Bush Center org.
• Moles of Virginia
• George Bush org., 1976-77
• Govt. spy org.
• Org. concerned with bugs and plants
• Its HQ is named for George H.W. Bush
• Org. with agents
• Spy org. on "Chuck"
• Undercover grp.
• Org. hidden in "special ops"
• "Homeland" spy org.
• Org. where one needs a security clearance to work
• Org. behind the Bay of Pigs invasion
• 49-Down gathering grp.
• "The Enemy Within" org.
• Grp. that can declassify documents
• “The Bourne Identity” org.
• Spy’s org.
• Top-secret org.
• Federal snoop group
• Org. hunting Jason Bourne
• Org. in many Tom Clancy books
• Org. with code-named programs
• "Men in black" gp., some say
• Grp. with bugs and moles
• “Homeland” org.
• D.C. group with eyes everywhere
• Gina Haspel is its dir.
• “The Report” org.
• Org. that does undercover work
• Org. with a classified budget
• U.S. employer of 5-Across
• Its HQ contains a sculpture with a still-unsolved coded message
• Spies in VA
• Org. in Clancy books
• Org. in Showtime's "Homeland"
• Spy group in Va.
• KGB adversary, once
• Valerie Plame's org. in 2003's Plame affair
• Org. once led by Bush 41
• Government bureau
• Shadowy org.
• Publisher of the World Factbook, in brief
• "Argo" spy org.
• Org. that tweets spot-the-difference puzzles
• Org. for which Jason Bourne works in "The Bourne Identity"
• See 59-Down
• U.S. counterpart to Britain's MI6
• Cyber ops grp.
• Org. in "Zero Dark Thirty"
• Agent Sydney Bristow's employer on "Alias"
• Org. with 1-Across
• American spy grp.
• Bad place for a mole, for short
• School with Baking and Pastry Arts degrees, for short
• Rival of the 62-Down
• Intelligence-gathering org.
• Spy org. that trained Dan Freeman
• Alma mater of Anthony Bourdain
• Spy org. linked to abstract expressionism
• Org. whose "I" stands for "Intelligence"
• Spy org. in "The Man Who Cried I Am"
• Snoopy grp.
• Spy-fi org.
• Org. with many overseas workers
• Org. behind some black ops
• Intelligence org. in the Susan Williams book "White Malice"
• "Homeland" gp.
• Langley-based spy grp.
• Sch. based in Hyde Park, N.Y.
• Grp. with bugs, wires and moles
• Intel-gathering org.
• Chef-training sch. based in N.Y.
• Bourne's employer in "The Bourne Identity," in brief
• Spy org. in "Alias"
• Grp. spying on spies
• "Bridge of Spies" org.
• Snoopy group, for short
• Org. whose HQ is home to the unsolved puzzle sculpture Kryptos
• Jack Ryan's org. in "The Hunt for Red October"
• Employer of Carrie Mathison on "Homeland," for short
• Org. for Melissa McCarthy's "Spy" character
• Sch. whose alumni include Anthony Bourdain and Roy Choi
• K.G.B. rival during the Cold War
• "Burn After Reading" org.
• Org. with the sculpture "Kryptos" outside its headquarters
• Counterpart to Britain's MI6
• Org. in 2015's "Bridge of Spies"
• Org. once led by George H.W. Bush
• Longtime KGB spycraft enemy