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  • initialism Defence Intelligence Organisation, an Australian government intelligence agency responsible for assessing intelligence obtained from or provided by other Australian and foreign intelligence agencies, supporting Defence and Government decision-making and the planning and conduct of Australian Defence Force operations.

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Examples

  • ALEXANDER MILAS will be jumping dressed as Zorro in aid of the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout cancer charity, in memory of DIO.

    Metal Hammer 2010

  • Its existing backers decided it would be more lucrative to simply sell the rights to the drug, called DIO-901.

    VentureBeat 2009

  • Since 1992, Iran's Defense Industries Organization (DIO) has produced its own tanks, armored personnel carriers, guided missiles, radar systems, military vessels, submarines, and a fighter plane ....

    Ismael Hossein-zadeh: Iran's Presidential Election One Year Later -- Why the Greens Failed 2010

  • There is the great promise and power of the Google age: DIO. . .

    Book as process, not product « BuzzMachine 2009

  • Industry web pages such as iii.org explain many ways that people can DIY/DIO to lower their risks and, consequently, pay less in insurance premiums.

    Social insurance? Naw. « BuzzMachine 2008

  • I don't wanna shatter anyone's universe or anything, but it should be noted that viewing that DIO record upside down reveals the word "DEVIL", which you would know too if you'd grown up in New Jersey and slept over at Jody Hunt's house when I did.

    Sites for Sore Eyes 2005

  • While this alternative briefing relied on intelligence produced by DIO and elsewhere, it was not a product of the DIA or CIA community, but instead was an OSD Policy "branded" product -- and so were its conclusions.

    truckeratlas Diary Entry truckeratlas 2004

  • The story circulating among the desk officers was "a last-minute cancellation" of the DIO presentation.

    truckeratlas Diary Entry truckeratlas 2004

  • Even the most casual observer could note the tension and even animosity between "Wild Bill" Luti (as we came to refer to our boss) and Bruce Hardcastle, our defense intelligence officer (DIO).

    truckeratlas Diary Entry truckeratlas 2004

  • They offered her a rich yearly stipend if she would go to work for the CIA and slip a DIO liaison officer information they requested pertaining to China and Korea.

    Mission Of Honor Clancy, Tom 2002

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