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n. (plural of official English)

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Simultaneously, Israeli officials put out false reports to the press saying that Egypt had launched a major attack against them and that they were defending themselves.

NSA officials and fourteen intercept operators and analysts from the three military cryptologic organizations arrived on the largest island of the group, Diego Garcia, to begin hearability tests.

Thus, when Soviet officials discussed Asian diplomatic issues with the Afghan prime minister, the U.

County officials say they have no idea how many people work there, and no one will tell them.

Although Navy officials turned down the invention, they did offer him a correspondence course in cryptanalysis, which he passed.

Doomsday rehearsal seemed almost uncanny to the casually dressed officials in the cement bunker beneath Mount Weather.

Public officials at every level, whatever their position, like any other person, must respect and honor the Constitution and the laws of the United States.

Cabinet Room of the White House, Kennedy brought together his key national security officials, including Lemnitzer and Allen Dulles.

But defenders of the Pentagon have always denied such charges, arguing that senior officials would never engage in such deceit.

Washington, within hours of receiving the CRITIC message containing the intelligence, senior officials began scurrying to meetings.

Still worried, officials instructed the Oxford to do its eavesdropping safely off Fort Lauderdale.

But given the long cat-and-mouse history of American submarine espionage in the Barents Sea, senior Russian officials pointed the finger at an undersea hit-and-run collision with a U.

More ships were planned, but Navy officials objected, arguing that future NSA spy ships must be Navy vessels.

The charges greatly worried American officials, who feared that the announcements might provoke a Soviet reaction.

Knowing the ship was getting dangerously close, Major Breedlove in the JRC skipped the normal slow message system and called Navy officials in Europe over a secure telephone to tell them of the change.