More pickle factory stuff:

https:// www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/pickle_factory_central_intelligence_agency_or_cia_nickname

The CIA has been nicknamed the “Pickle Factory” since at least 1965, when that name was cited in print. The precise meaning of “Pickle Factory” is not known.

The CIA’s intelligence briefings sent to the president were called “pickles,”

but it’s not known if this term preceded the “Pickle Factory” nickname.