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  National Security Agency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The scale of the operations at the NSA is hard to determine from unclassified data, but one clue is the electricity usage of NSA's headquarters.
The NSA was embroiled in controversy concerning its involvement in the creation of the Data Encryption Standard (DES), a standard and public block cipher used by the US government.
NSA was a major player in the debates of the mid to late 1990s regarding US munitions export regulations.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/NSA   (1796 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: NSA encryption systems
NSA has to deal with many factors in insuring the security of communication and information (COMSEC and INFOSEC in NSA jargon): Communications security (COMSEC): Measures and controls taken to deny unauthorized persons information derived from telecommunications and ensure the authenticity of such telecommunications.
First generation NSA systems were introduced in the 1950s and were built on the legacy of NSA's World War II predecessors and used rotor machines derived from the SIGABA design for most high level encryption; for example, the KL-7.
NSA adopted the same type of connector that the military used for field radio handsets as its fill connector.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/NSA-encryption-systems   (4979 words)

  
 Report on a James Bamford Talk at Berkeley
NSA twice arranged to have him criminally prosecuted for revealing secrets, but he was able to show that he had used material in the public domain.
NSA was created after WWII from the code breaking activity that had proceeded during the war.
NSA was very proud of this, and would show off their abilities to distinguished guests at NSA.
www.lewrockwell.com /orig2/bamfordreport.html   (2665 words)

  
 CNN.com In-Depth Specials - Inside the NSA
The plot involves the NSA's deputy director, who oversees the murder of a congressman due to his opposition to a bill that the NSA official wants passed.
In reality, the NSA is prohibited from spying on U.S. citizens unless it can prove to a special court that there is probable cause to believe that a citizen is committing espionage or other crimes as an agent of another government.
Michael Hayden, the NSA's director, saw the movie in a South Korean theater filled with other military personnel while he was under consideration for his current job.
www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2001/nsa/stories/privacy   (1287 words)

  
 NSA employee's security manual
NSA personnel are also cautioned neither to confirm nor deny any specific questions about NSA activities directed to them by individuals not affiliated with the Agency.
As an NSA affiliate, you are prohibited from initiating or maintaining associations (regardless of the nature and degree) with citizens or officials of communist-controlled, or other countries which pose a significant threat to the security of the United States and its interests.
NSA employees may, however, participate in bona fide public affairs such as local politics, so long as such activities do not violate the provisions of the statutes and regulations which govern the political activities of all federal employees.
theory.stanford.edu /people/donald/NSA.doc.html   (7237 words)

  
 Join NSA
It's a place where you can be a part of a like-minded community of speaking professionals; a community where the pursuit of knowledge and the sharing of ideas is a way of life.
NSA, founded in 1973, is now a community of more than 4,000 professional speakers who continue to pursue a higher level in their careers.
NSA delivers a multi-faceted environment for advancing the careers of professional speakers.
www.nsaspeaker.org /join/index.shtml   (160 words)

  
 NSA - National Society of Accountants   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
NSA and the Foundation are officially recognized in the US Congressional Record of the 94th US Congress per recommendation of the Honorable Tom Sneed of Oklahoma, US House of Representatives.
NSA establishes the Stanley H. Stearman Award specifically for relatives of members studying accounting.
The NSA Educational Tree campaign achieves its initial $100,000 goal in May.  A new campaign is launched to support an Educational Grant Program to benefit the practitioner community.  Donors can reserve a leaf or stone (limited availability) on the Educational Tree.
www.nsacct.org /foundation.asp   (512 words)

  
 National Steeplechase Association
The NSA licenses participants, approves race courses, trains officials, coordinates race entries, enforces rules, compiles an official database and oversees the national marketing and public relations efforts of the sport.
Among the groups the NSA serves are owners, trainers, jockeys, members, race meetings and race tracks.
The NSA headquarters is located in Fair Hill, Md., home to a world-class steeplechase course, a thoroughbred training center, an international three-day event course, the Thoroughbred Racing Associations and Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau.
www.nationalsteeplechase.com   (122 words)

  
 BBC - Crime Fighters - National Security Agency   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The modern NSA is tasked with gathering sigint intelligence that can be used by global agencies to counteract foreign security threats, and they also ensure that all United States information systems are protected.
The impetus behind the creation of the NSA came directly from President Truman, who in 1952 published a directive that would outline the NSA's functions and established a focal point for the sigint and comint community.
Over the next few decades, the NSA expanded as the demand for intelligence increased and communications technology changed, and in 1984 they were made responsible for computer security throughout the United States.
www.bbc.co.uk /crime/fighters/nsa.shtml   (579 words)

  
 NSA Failures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
NSA intercepts of Iranian and Russian communications revealed the Iranian plans to test the missile almost 24 hours before the intended launch.
NSA resources were diverted into "commercial" espionage when Clinton classified some economic programs to be of national security.
While the NSA was giving Motorola a "level playing field" to export secure radios to China, Osama bin Laden was planning a second strike at New York City, India was planning a nuclear weapons test, Pakistan was planning a nuclear weapons test and North Korea was secretly developing nuclear weapons.
www.newsmax.com /archives/articles/2003/7/22/12007.shtml   (1191 words)

  
 Loud and Clear
And as the NSA speeds ahead in its development of satellites and computers powerful enough to sift through mountains of intercepted data, the federal laws (now a quarter-century old) that regulate the agency are still at the starting gate.
To overcome the NSA's insistence that its activities were too secret to be discussed before judges, Congress created a special federal court, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, to hear requests for warrants for national security eavesdropping.
In the recent film, "Enemy of the State," the NSA was portrayed as an out-of-control agency listening in on unwitting citizens.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/WPcap/1999-11/14/019r-111499-idx.html   (1788 words)

  
 Technorati Tag: NSA
Patent from NSA on Geolocating Points on the...
[IMG NSA smartphone] Soon, secret agents may be carrying a smartphone that looks suspiciously like a Palm Treo 650 smartphone.
Via Blogs of War: The NSA Career Expo will be in San Antonio this week: San Antonio, TX May 4, 2005 Time 11:00 a.m.
technorati.com /tag/NSA   (512 words)

  
 NSA Director Hayden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The NSA main switchboard put The Observer through to extension 6727 at the agency which was answered by an assistant, who confirmed it was Koza's office.
These admonitions to the NSA about its responsibilities under the law were met by the argument that 'common law privileges,' i.e., the attorney-client privilege, survive even mandatory and unambiguous statutory language in the absence of express language to the contrary.
NSA General Counsel's Office contended, therefore, that its legal opinions, decisional memoranda, and policy guidance, all of which govern operations and mechanisms of that federal agency, are free from scrutiny by Congress.
webnetarts.com /socialjustice/nsa.html   (14750 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | From Our Own Correspondent | America's most powerful spy agency   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The less attention the NSA gets the better - the joke is that its initials stand for No Such Agency - and yet somewhere hidden in its massive computers there are almost certainly enough vital clues to have prevented the 11 September attacks, had anyone known where to look.
He realised that the NSA was listening in and ditched his satellite phone, and ordered his aides never to talk on the phone again about operations.
When you think that this has to be translated from a myriad of languages and then analysed, you realise that the NSA looks less like an omniscient being than a man wading through a warehouse of words in search of a few tiny diamonds.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/2033791.stm   (991 words)

  
 NSA-IL Join - Renew Membership
Professional Members of NSA are invited to apply for membership with NSA-IL.
In order to qualify for NSA Professional Membership, a prospective member must have made 20 paid presentations OR must have received $25,000 in speaking fees in the 12 months prior to applying for membership.
If a speaker does not meet the NSA membership requirements, they are invited to join our Illinois Chapter as a Candidate.
www.nsa-il.org /join/levels.htm   (213 words)

  
 NSA - Northwest Suburban Astronomers
NSA members will be on hand to answer any questions and conduct general tours of the night sky.
The NSA club belongs to the North Central Region of the Astronomical League (NCRAL), which is holding their 59th annual convention on April 22-23, 2005 in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
Jerry Chern a long time member of NSA has submitted some new photos to our Photos section.
www.nsaclub.org   (1827 words)

  
 National Security Agency - a Whatis.com definition - see also: NSA
The National Security Agency (NSA) is the official U.S. cryptologic (the science of cryptographic design and decryption) organization.
The NSA works in close conjunction with the Central Security Service (CSS), which was established by Presidential Directive in 1972 to promote full partnership between the NSA and the cryptologic elements of the Armed Forces.
NSA denies rumours in circulation claiming that it has an unlimited "fl budget" - undisclosed even to other government agencies.
searchsecurity.techtarget.com /sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci518958,00.html   (272 words)

  
 Wired News: NSA Takes the Open Source Route
Stranger still, the statement actually contained important news: The NSA had developed a prototype of a more secure kernel for Linux, dubbed SELinux.
The attitude shift was reinforced this week as a private security firm announced it had signed a two-year, $1.2-million contract with the NSA to continue its work on the SELinux prototype.
The NSA has been working since 1999 to develop a new set of security controls for the Linux kernel.
www.wired.com /news/business/0,1367,42972,00.html   (604 words)

  
 The National Security Agency Declassified: History, Organization and Operations
The predecessor of NSA, the Armed Forces Security Agency (AFSA), was established within the Department of Defense, under the command of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on May 20, 1949.
Most recently NSA has been the subject of criticism for failing to adjust to the post-Cold War technological environment as well as for operating a "global surveillance network" alleged to intrude on the privacy of individuals across the world.
Also included are newly released documents (7a - 7f) that focus on the restrictions NSA places on reporting the identities of U.S. persons — including former president Jimmy Carter and first lady Hillary Clinton, and NSA Director Michael Hayden's unusual public statement (Document 16) before the House Intelligence Committee.
www.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB23   (631 words)

  
 Security Configuration Guides
NSA initiatives in enhancing software security cover both proprietary and open source software, and we have successfully used both proprietary and open source models in our research activities.
NSA's work to enhance the security of software is motivated by one simple consideration: use our resources as efficiently as possible to give NSA's customers the best possible security options in the most widely employed products.
The objective of the NSA research program is to develop technologic advances that can be shared with the software development community through a variety of transfer mechanisms.
www.nsa.gov /snac   (181 words)

  
 ECHELON: NSA's Global Electronic Interception
GCHQ at Cheltenham is the co-ordinating centre for Europe, Africa and the Soviet Union (west of the Ural Mountains).
Australia--where another station in the NSA listening network is located in the outback--co-ordinates the electronic monitoring of the South Pacific, and South East Asia.
Moreover NSA's international phone tapping operations from Menwith Hill and at Morwenstow, Cornwall, can only be legal in Britain if special warrants have been issued by the Secretary of State to specify that American intelligence agents are persons to whom information from intercepts must or should be given.
duncan.gn.apc.org /echelon-dc.htm   (2752 words)

  
 NSA - National Society of Accountants
NSA Becomes a Founding Member of the NASBA Center for the Public Trust
NSA Urges House Oversight Subcommittee To Make Major Changes To Senate Bill S. On July 20, NSA urged Congress to recognize current acceptable credentialing and licensing systems when it considers legislation that would require registration and testing of professional tax return preparers.
In testimony before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight on Senate bill S. 832, NSA Right to Practice Committee Chair Robert L. Cross recommended that Congress consider adopting existing systems as an alternative to imposing a new and onerous regulatory scheme on the tax preparer industry.
www.nsacct.org   (771 words)

  
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N.S.A. Region 8 DIRECTOR and UIC - Lonnie O'Haver.
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www.nsatexas.com   (126 words)

  
 Writer's Encyclopedia--Letter N   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
NSA sponsors a Mentor/Mentee Program through which less experienced speakers can meet with experienced professionals.
Although its annual membership directory is used by organizations seeking speakers, the NSA does not perform referral or booking functions.
NSA's headquarters are at 1500 S. Priest Dr., Tempe, AZ 85281.
www.writersmarket.com /encyc/n.asp   (7765 words)

  
 Welcome to ohionsa.com
Players participating that are not listed on the Official NSA Roster will be considered an ineligible/illegal player.
All players must sign their own name, and if under the age of 18 must have parent or legal guardian signature in order to participate.
Players cannot be listed on two NSA rosters at one time without an official Player Release form on file in State Office and approved by the State Director before the player participates with the new team.
www.ohionsa.com   (635 words)

  
 TP: Germany, UK breaching human rights with NSA spy link-up
By using the CIA and NSA to spy on foreign rivals of American companies, the declared U.S. objective was to "level the playing field" in foreign trade.
Intelligence from NSA and CIA was supplied to the U.S. government department of Commerce through an "Office of Intelligence Liasion", which was equipped to handle intercepted communications such as those supplied by the Echelon network.
In the context of any such activities conducted at NSA's British and German stations, this now appears to be an admission of unlawful conduct.
www.heise.de /tp/r4/artikel/7/7753/1.html   (2019 words)

  
 National Scrapbooking Association - Why Join the NSA?
The NSA recognizes and reveres the vital role you, the independent scrapbooking retailer, have in the ongoing effort to "expand the passion".
When the NSA asked consumer members how important it is for the NSA to secure "more discounts from more retailers," 92% respondents indicated it was important (31%) or very important (61%).
The NSA has developed a strong and universal brand and encourages the brand use by all segments of the scrapbooking industry.
www.nsa.gs /dispWhyJoin_Retailers.cfm   (1297 words)

  
 National Sheriffs' Association Web Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
January 4-7, 2006, Palm Springs, CA The National Sheriffs' Association, now in its sixty-second year of serving the law enforcement/criminal justice professionals of the nation, is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising the level of professionalism among those in the criminal justice field.
Through the years, NSA has been involved in numerous programs to enable sheriffs, their deputies, chiefs of police, and others in the field of criminal justice to perform their jobs in the best possible manner and to better serve the people of their city/counties or jurisdictions.
NSA Implements Adopt—A—COP Family Program to Assist Law Enforcement Officers and Their Families in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama in Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
www.sheriffs.org   (147 words)

  
 Is NSA Sniffing the Internet?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
He claims his sources have confirmed that the NSA has contracted with an unnamed private company to develop the software needed to capture Internet data of interest to the agency.
Madsen says the NSA may also be monitoring traffic at network access points (NAPs), the large Internet gateways operated by regional and long-distance service providers.
One senior Federal Government source has reported that NSA has been particularly successful in convincing key members of the US software industry to cooperate with it in producing software that makes Internet messages easier for NSA to intercept, and if they are encrypted, to decode," Madsen wrote.
www.kimsoft.com /korea/nsa-net.htm   (442 words)

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