NSA

The NSA’s Intellipedia Decision: A Precedent for Reduced Transparency?

The NSA has recently denied access to information from Intellipedia, a departure from over a decade of previous protocol. This…

August 21, 2023

The First Round: NSA’s Effort against International Terrorism in the 1970s – Cryptologic Almanac, November – December 2002 by Robert J. Hanyok

As far back as the late 19th century, terrorism has been the tool used by many national, ethnic, political, or…

March 21, 2023

On Watch: Profiles from the National Security Agency’s Past 40 Years, 1984

On July 17, 1984, Lieutenant General Lincoln D. Faurer, the Director of the National Security Agency, asked the National Cryptologic…

December 7, 2022

The NSA and a 1978 MUFON Conference: More Lost UFO Material

For decades, an NSA document has circulated recounting an NSA employee's experience at a MUFON symposium in 1978. The memo…

August 3, 2022

Research Initiatives Presentation, Dr. Deborah Frincke, Director, NSA/CSS Research Directorate, 22 December 2016

In 2016, Dr. Deborah Frincke, Director, NSA/CSS Research Directorate, created this Top Secret PowerPoint presentation about "research initiates" within the…

June 2, 2022