"When I arrived at their “hidden” facility I was greeted by a friendly high level administrator named Paul Howerton and shown around the place consisting of an abandoned roller skating rink and an old
pickle factory
next door, both retaining their original exteriors"
https://web.stanford.edu/~learnest/les/cia.htm
"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.
The State Department has been called the “Fudge Factory” since 1965-1966."
https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/pickle_factory_central_intelligence_agency_or_cia_nickname/
"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.
The State Department has been called the “Fudge Factory” since 1965-1966."
https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/pickle_factory_central_intelligence_agency_or_cia_nickname/
"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.
The State Department has been called the “Fudge Factory” since 1965-1966."
https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/pickle_factory_central_intelligence_agency_or_cia_nickname/
Anybody getting a craving for dill pickles?
Favorite #QProofs to share with doubters:
Reference back to Q "pickle" drop.
CIA is called Pickle Factory.
"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.
The State Department has been called the “Fudge Factory” since 1965-1966."
https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/pickle_factory_central_intelligence_agency_or_cia_nickname/