Outsourced

Companies and Organizations

AegeanA

British intelligence firm, specializing in signals intelligence (eavesdropping on communications)

Black Management

private military corporation founded by Camille Black

Blackwater USA

private military corporation founded by a former SEAL

CIA

Central Intelligence Agency, slang names include Other Government Agency (OGA), the Agency and Christians in Action

Delta Force

popular name for the Army’s elite counterterrorism unit (SFO-D)

Force Zulu

a deep-cover espionage and covert action unit that combines elements of espionage along with commando tactics; part of the Pentagon’s Strategic Support Branch (SSB); the real-life designation of the unit is highly classified and changes frequently; also referred to as Task Force Zulu

Gray Fox

a military spy organization; precursor to SSB and Force Zulu

Halliburton

multinational energy services and construction company whose subsidiary KBR is a major military contractor that provides the Pentagon with billions of dollars of outsourced services, including private military services

Lyon Group

private intelligence corporation

Rubicon Group

multinational energy services and construction company whose subsidiaries include a major military contractor that provides the Pentagon with billions of dollars of outsourced services, including private military services

Special Activities Division (SAD)

paramilitary unit of the CIA, composed primarily of former Special Forces operators

SSB

Strategic Support Branch, the Pentagon’s new spy organization responsible for black units of Special Forces operators specially trained to collect human intelligence and run covert actions; the agency responsible for Force Zulu

Triple Canopy

private military corporation formed by former Delta Force noncommissioned officers

ZapataEngineering

private military corporation, services include bomb disposal

See glossary of terms.