(n) an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council, Syn. CIA
(n) an intelligence agency of the United States in the Department of Defense; is responsible for providing intelligence in support of military planning and operations and weapons acquisition, Syn. DIA
(n) an agency of the armed forces that obtains and analyzes and uses information of strategic or tactical military value, Syn. military intelligence agency