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The '''National Security Agency''' (NSA) is the United States's cryptologic and signals intelligence organization. An agency within the [[Department of Defense]], it is believed to be the largest U.S. government intelligence gathering agency.
The '''National Security Agency''' ('''NSA''') is a military intelligence agency governed by the [[United States of America|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.
NSA employs the country's premier codemakers and codebreakers. It is said to be the largest employer of mathematicians in the United States and perhaps the world. Its mathematicians contribute directly to the two missions of the Agency: designing cipher systems that will protect the integrity of U.S. information systems and searching for weaknesses in adversaries' systems and codes.
The agency is headquartered at Fort George G. Meade, an active [[United States Army|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==
==Past NSA Sigint Operations==