National Security Agency

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The National Security Agency (NSA) is a military intelligence agency governed by the United States Department of Defense. Its mission is to collect and analyze all foreign signals intelligence of interest to the security of the United States and to protect all classified and sensitive information stored on government equipment. In addition, the NSA supports and contributes to the civilian use of cryptography and advanced computer security measures.

The agency is headquartered at Fort George G. Meade, an active U.S. Army installation in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Approximately 30,000 people are employed worldwide by the agency. The size of the agency's budget is classified however its allocated resources are still subject to independent rigorous examination and approval processes.

The NSA was secretly created on November 4, 1952, the same day as the presidential election, without media coverage, congressional debate, nor press release. It has had sixteen directors. The longest serving director is Michael Hayden who oversaw major management changes and is now the director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Past NSA Sigint Operations

  • Korean Airlines Flight 007 shootdown incident. Here are the combined U.S. NSA electronic intercept and Russian Federation supplied military communications transcripts of the Soviet shootdown-in-process of Boeing 747 KAL 007 off Sakhalin Island on Sept. 1, 1983 - [1]

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