Alas, the style manual has gone back under wraps. Or at least, I can't find it online. But there is a description here: http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/jul/09/cia-writers-guide-leaked-online If that description is accurate, I'm inclined to agree with Geoffrey. For example, "British spellings must be Americanised even when they occur in a proper noun. Thus the CIA would only talk about the "Labor Party", should they ever have anything to say about them." wha? Beth ________________________________ From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Geoffrey Layton [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 9:29 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Style Manual Another waste of the taxpayer dollar. > Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 12:11:30 -0500 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Style ManuaTo join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/