Christopher Dorner's online manifesto goes into great detail about the perceived injustices that prompted him to go on a killing rampage.
Experts consulted by the L.A. Daily News said the writing is indicative of an intelligent and opinionated man “whose mind has unraveled, likely due to mental illness, paranoia and possibly unresolved trauma.”
Another thing the manifesto makes clear is that Dorner is steeped in the jargon of military and police culture. Dorner uses at least 45 acronyms, usually without explaining what they mean.
After the jump, a complete glossary of terms, from “POS” to “Camdean Victory”:
1920 rev BGE = 1920 Revolutionary Brigade, an Iraqi militia
AAF = Anti-Afghanistan Forces
AAR = After Action Report
ACM = Anti-Coalition Militia
AIF = Anti-Iraqi Forces
AO = Area of Operations
APC = Armored Personnel Carrier
AQAP = Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula
AQIM = Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb
AQIZ = Al Qaida In Iraq – Zarqawi
BDA = Battle Damage Assessment
BOR = Board of Rights
Camdean Victory = Should be Cadmean Victory, a victory that results in the victor's ruin
Centcomm = Central Command
DA operations = Direct Action
DR# = Departmental Record # Division of Report (report number)
FOIA = Freedom of Information Act
HUMINT = Human Intelligence
IIR = Intelligence Information Reports
IMINT = Image Intelligence
ISR = Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance
JAM = Jaish-al-Madhi (Madhi Army)
JRIC = Joint Regional Intelligence Center
KMA-367 = radio frequency formerly used by LAPD, used on license plates to indicate LAPD affiliation
LAPFCU = Los Angeles Police Federal Credit Union
LAPPL = Los Angeles Police Protective League
NAS Fallon = Naval Air Station Fallon, in Nevada
NIPR = Non-classified Internet Protocol Router network
NMITC Dam Neck = Navy and Marine Corps Intelligence and Training Center, Virginia
OIF/OEF = Operation Iraqi Freedom / Operation Enduring Freedom
ORM = Operational Risk Management
OSINT = Open Source Intelligence
POA = point of aim
POI = point of impact
POS = piece of shit
PPR = Police Practice and Research (?)
PSB = Professional Standards Bureau Public Safety Bureau, a division of the L.A. City Personnel Department
RD = Reporting District residential development (?)
SA-7 Manpads = Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (refers to Soviet-made rocket launcher)
TAC Alert = tactical alert
TJ = Thomas Jefferson
TS/SCI = Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmentalized Information
TTP = Techniques Tactics and Procedures
UC vehicles = undercover vehicles
UOF = Use of Force
Readers are encouraged to correct or improve upon this glossary by leaving comments.
Update: Thanks to those who submitted corrections.
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