National Security Agency
(NSA) - http://www.nsa.gov:8080/
(The National Security
Agency/Central Security Service is responsible for the centralized coordination,
direction, and performance of highly specialized technical functions
in support of U.S. Government activities to protect U.S. communications
and produce foreign intelligence information. The National Security
Agency (NSA) was established by Presidential directive in 1952 as a
separately organized agency within the Department of Defense under the
direction, authority, and control of the Secretary of Defense, who acts
as Executive Agent of the U.S. government for the production of communications
intelligence (COMINT) information.)
National Security Agency
#2 (Exposing The Global Surveillance System)
- http://caq.com/CAQ59GlobalSnoop.html
"IN
THE LATE 1980S, IN A DECISION IT PROBABLY REGRETS, THE US PROMPTED NEW
ZEALAND TO JOIN A NEW AND HIGHLY SECRET GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM.
HAGER'S INVESTIGATION INTO IT AND HIS DISCOVERY OF THE ECHELON DICTIONARY
HAS REVEALED ONE OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST, MOST CLOSELY HELD INTELLIGENCE
PROJECTS. THE SYSTEM ALLOWS SPY AGENCIES TO MONITOR MOST OF THE WORLD'S
TELEPHONE, E-MAIL, AND TELEX COMMUNICATIONS." From the site introduction.
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