Brookhaven in Virginia
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CIA cryptonym

CIA cryptonyms are code names or code words used by the CIA to reference projects, operations, persons, agencies, etc. The cryptonyms described in this article were in use at least from the 1950s to the 1980s. It is likely that they have since been replaced by another system.

Located at 38.9517, -77.1467 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Central Intelligence Agency, Military terminology of the United States, Code names

McLean, Virginia

McLean is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County in Northern Virginia. The community had a total population of 48,115 as of the 2010 census. McLean is home to many diplomats, members of Congress, and high-ranking government officials partially due to its proximity to Washington, D.C. and the Central Intelligence Agency. It is the location of Hickory Hill, the former home of Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert F. Kennedy.

Located at 38.9342, -77.1775 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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McLean, Virginia, Populated places in Fairfax County, Virginia, Unincorporated communities in Virginia, Census-designated places in Virginia, Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area, Populated places on the Potomac River

Operation Mockingbird

Operation Mockingbird was a secret Central Intelligence Agency campaign to influence media beginning in the 1950s. The operation was first called Mockingbird in Deborah Davis' 1979 book, Katharine the Great: Katharine Graham and her Washington Post Empire. More evidence of Mockingbird's existence emerged in the 2007 memoir American Spy: My Secret History in the CIA, Watergate, and Beyond, by convicted Watergate "plumber" E.

Located at 38.9517, -77.1467 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Central Intelligence Agency operations, American political media, Propaganda in the United States, 1948 establishments in the United States, Code names

Project ARTICHOKE

Project ARTICHOKE (also referred to as Operation ARTICHOKE) was a CIA project that researched interrogation methods and arose from Project BLUEBIRD on August 20, 1951, run by the CIA's Office of Scientific Intelligence. A memorandum by Richard Helms to CIA director Allen Welsh Dulles indicated Artichoke became Project MKULTRA on April 13, 1953.

Located at 38.9517, -77.1467 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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McLean High School

McLean High School is a public secondary school located in McLean, Virginia. It is located on 1633 Davidson Road and is part of Fairfax County Public Schools. According to Newsweek magazine's 2008 list of the top US high schools, McLean was ranked 97, down 24 positions from 2007. According to the 2009 U.S. News & World Report Rankings, McLean High School is the #1 open-enrollment school in the state of Virginia, and the #55 high school in the country overall.

Located at 38.9246, -77.187 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Langley High School (Fairfax County, Virginia)

Langley High School is a high school within the Fairfax County Public Schools system. It is located in McLean, an unincorporated, census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia.

Located at 38.9491, -77.1667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Claude Moore Colonial Farm

The Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey Run is the only privately run park in the U.S. National Park Service (NPS). The Friends of Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey Run Inc. , a privately funded foundation, pays for all activities on the farm, while the land is owned by the NPS. The Farm is located in Langley, Virginia, a suburb of McLean, Virginia, next to the George Bush Center for Intelligence and the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center.

Located at 38.9516, -77.1538 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Temple Rodef Shalom (Falls Church, Virginia)

Temple Rodef Shalom is the largest Jewish congregation in the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in Fairfax County (with a "Falls Church" mailing address). Founded in 1962, it counts a membership of over 1,300 households. In 1963, the Temple hired Laszlo Berkowits as its first rabbi. In 1998, it became one of the largest congregations in the United States to have a female rabbi, when it replaced Berkowits, who had decided to retire, with then-Associate Rabbi Amy Schwartzman.

Located at 38.9057, -77.1726 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Synagogues in Virginia, Religious organizations established in 1962, Reform synagogues in the United States, Buildings and structures in Fairfax County, Virginia