random congressional committee moment

in my strategic intelligence class we frequently discuss the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI). they're abbreviated because all things governmental are abbreviated. and to make things simpler, the abbreviations are bastardized into words.

the hipsy and the sissy.

we talk about people who have served on the hipsy and sat on the sissy way more than i'm comfortable bringing up.