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 | | NSA recommended changes to the IBM 's submission during the process which produced the DES encryption algorithm in 1976. |
 | | NSA, in combination with the equivalent agencies in the UnitedKingdom (Government Communications Headquarters), Canada (Communications Security Establishment), Australia (DefenceSignals Directorate), and New Zealand (Government Communications Security Bureau), and otherwise known as the UKUSA group, is believed to be responsible for,among other things, the operation of the Echelon system. |
 | | NSA's immediate predecessor, the Armed Forces Security Agency (AFSA), was established withinthe Department of Defense, under the command of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on May 20, 1949. |
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