Why does Gina Haspell consistently say "CIA" instead of *the* "CIA"?

[cyclonefence]

and PS she's a war criminal.

[PoliticAverse]

1. Because they (CIA themselves) use "CIA" vs "The CIA". You can see that use on their website. nt

[DRoseDARs]

2. Because torture changes the torturer and the tortured. nt

[unblock]

3. This is common throughout government.

"I need to get your budget estimates for treasury"
"Has state been informed about what the ambassador did?"
"Omb's numbers aren't good"

[cyclonefence]

4. Maybe, but

You don't hear
"I need to get your budget estimates for FBI"

Plus all the other CIA officials speaking today say "the" CIA. I wonder what her deal is. There has to be a reason, I suspect specious, for her usage which is not standard for anyone else.

[NurseJackie]

5. Does she view it as a living-breathing entity of some sort? She personifies it by omitting "the".

[MrScorpio]

6. That's not uncommon

During my 7 years in the Pentagon, we routinely used "DoD" vs "THE DoD."

I would have never found the lack of the "the" in a federal agency's acronym unusual.

[hexola]

7. Same reason we say "NASA" and not "The NASA"

I guess...I noticed it too - but might be proper for acronyms.

[cyclonefence]

8. We don't say "FBI"

She is so consistent and so out of synch with everyone else that I think she's got some buggy reason for doing this. My father-in-law used to get up and pretend to leave the restaurant when a waitress put his food down with a "there you go." I feel like it's something like that.

[EffieBlack]

11. The FBI is one of the exceptions

As many have already explained, it is standard practice to omit the “the” when referring to cabinet departments and agencies.

Her calling it “CIA” is no big deal.

[ADX]

9. There's nothing at all unusual, improper, or incorrect about that usage...

[cyclonefence]

10. I'm going to ask FBI to investigate n/t

[ADX]

12. Yeah, you do that...

...because despite your lame attempt at snarky humor, you don't have a clue about the way those two different entities are referred to by their respective employees.

Nice try though; thanks for playing. I give you a 1.3/10...