>>>>>>>>>That's worse than saying PIN Number.<
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Or ATM machine.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Or SSN number. (To be used only by the Social Security Administration).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Or CIA agent!
>>>>>
>>>>>Whats wrong with CIA agent?
>>>>
>>>>Well it's saying "Central Intelligence Agency Agent" rather than just "Central Intelligence Agent"
>>>
>>>"Central Intelligence Agency" is the complete and proper name of the organization. They can then have various types of jobs;
>>>
>>>CIA Agent
>>>CIA Director
>>>CIA Field Office
>>>CIA Hitman
>>>
>>>The "A" at the end is not a repeat of the job description "agent".
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>>If you have an agency then each member is an agent, whether he be director or special agent or field op. All the above are still agents. "CIA Director" is equally the "Central Intelligence Director".
>>
>>But that's besides the point; CIA agent is still a tautology.
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>I disagree - the second word "agent" refers to one of potentially many job functions available at the organization named in the first word "CIA". Not all employees of an agency are defined as agents in the way one normally uses the word.

So disagree. Of course there are CIA toilet cleaners but, if a guy's job title is "Agent" and he's a member of an agency ...

>
>We do not speak of a Central Intelligence Director as this would refer to a Director who is directing central intelligence rather than a director of an organization called the Central Intelligence Agency.

Sure we talk of the CIA Director, but HE's still a CI Agent.