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| | DOD Directive 5100.20: The National Security Agency and the Central Security Service |
 | | Subject to the provisions of NSCID No. 6, and the National Security Act of 1947, as amended, and pursuant to the authorities vested in the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Agency is a separately organized agency within the Department of Defense under the direction, supervision, funding, maintenance and operation of the Secretary of Defense. |
 | | The National Security Agency shall consist of a Director, a Headquarters, and such subordinate units, elements, facilities, and activities as are assigned to the National Security Agency by the Secretary of Defense in his role as the executive agent of the Government for the conduct of SIGINT. |
 | | The Central Security Service is comprised of a Chief, Central Security Service, a Deputy Chief, a jointly staffed headquarters, Army, Navy/Marine Corps and Air Force operating elements, and such other subordinate elements and facilities as may be assigned to the Central Security Service by the Secretary of Defense. |
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