The National Security Agency is an intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the director of national intelligence. The NSA is responsible for global monit
NSA headquarters building in Fort Meade, Maryland, c. 1986
Black Chamber cryptanalytic work sheet for solving Japanese diplomatic cipher, 1919
Protesters against NSA data mining in Berlin wearing Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden masks
Intercepted packages are opened carefully by NSA employees.
The director of national intelligence is a cabinet-level United States government intelligence and security official. The position is required by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act o
National Security Agency
…The National Security Agency (NSA) is an intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the director of national intelligence (DNI). The NSA is responsible for global monitoring, collection, and processing of information and data for intelligence and counterintelligence purposes…
Official portrait of Jay Clayton
Mike Mc Connell, official ODNI photo portrait
Don Kerr, official ODNI photo portrait