NSA:The United States National Security Agency.
Crypto City/Fort Meade:The headquarters of the NSA.
SID Today:The NSA's classified office memos.
SIGINT:Signals Intelligence. Intelligence gathered by intercepted signals.
HUMINT:Human Intelligence. Intelligence gathered by a person on the ground (field agents, embedded operatives, etc.).
GEOINT:Geospatial Intelligence. Intelligence gathered by satellite and aerial photography.
TECHINT:Technical Intelligence. Intelligence gathered from analysis of weapons and equipment.
OSINT:Open-source Intelligence. Intelligence gathered from open sources. This describes any sources that are available to the general public.
FININT:Financial Intelligence. Intelligence gathered from analysis of monetary transaction.
CYBINT:Cyber intelligence. Intelligence gathered from cyberspace.
Alex Greene:Our story's main character, a new employee of the NSA.
Jack Bradford:Our main character's boss.
Bill:The man who works in the cubicle next to Alex’s.