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{{Infobox Government agency
|agency_name = National Security Agency<br />— NSA —
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|logo = Flag of the U.S. National Security Agency.svg
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|logo_caption = Flag o the National Security Agency
|seal = Seal of the United States National Security Agency.svg
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|seal_caption = Seal o the National Security Agency
|formed = {{Start date and years ago|1952|11|4}}<ref>Page 97.http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/cryptologic_histories/origins_of_nsa.pdf</ref>
|preceding1 = Armed Forces Security Agency
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|headquarters = [[Fort George G. Meade|Fort Meade]], [[Maryland]], U.S.<br/>{{Coord|39|6|32|N|76|46|17|W|display=inline}}
|employees = Classified (30,000-40,000 estimate)<ref name=60yearsp3>{{cite web|title=60 Years of Defending Our Nation|publisher=National Security Agency|year=2012|format=PDF|url=http://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic_heritage/60th/book/NSA_60th_Anniversary.pdf|accessdate=July 6, 2013|page=3|archive-date=2014-03-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312012952/http://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic_heritage/60th/book/NSA_60th_Anniversary.pdf|url-status=dead}} "On November 4, 2012, the National Security Agency (NSA) celebrates its 60th anniversary of providing critical information to U.S. decision makers and Armed Forces personnel in defense of our Nation. NSA has evolved from a staff of approximately 7,600 military and civilian employees housed in 1952 in a vacated school in Arlington, VA, into a workforce of more than 30,000 demographically diverse men and women located at NSA headquarters in Ft. Meade, MD, in four national Cryptologic Centers, and at sites throughout the world."</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=NSA growth fueled by need to target terrorists|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-growth-fueled-by-need-to-target-terrorists/2013/07/21/24c93cf4-f0b1-11e2-bed3-b9b6fe264871_story.html|work=[[The Washington Post]]|first=Dana|last=Priest|date=July 21, 2013|accessdate=July 22, 2013}} "Since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, its civilian and military workforce has grown by one-third, to about 33,000, according to the NSA. Its budget has roughly doubled."</ref><ref name=Introv>"[http://fcw.com/blogs/circuit/2012/04/fedsmc-chris-inglis-federal-workforce.aspx Introverted? Then NSA wants you.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106044444/https://fcw.com/blogs/circuit/2012/04/fedsmc-chris-inglis-federal-workforce.aspx |date=2020-11-06 }}" ''[[FCW]]''. April 2012. Retrieved on July 1, 2013.</ref><ref name="employees">{{cite web |url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/prism-leak-inside-the-controversial-us-data-surveillance-program-a-904761.html |title=Prism Exposed: Data Surveillance with Global Implications |page=2 |publisher=Spiegel Online International |date=June 10, 2013}} "How can an intelligence agency, even one as large and well-staffed as the NSA with its 40,000 employees, work meaningfully with such a flood of information?"</ref>
|budget = Classified (estimatit $10.8 billion, 2013)<ref name=wapoblack1>{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/black-budget-summary-details-us-spy-networks-successes-failures-and-objectives/2013/08/29/7e57bb78-10ab-11e3-8cdd-bcdc09410972_story.html | page=3 |date=August 29, 2013 |accessdate=August 29, 2013 |first=Barton |last=Gellman |coauthors=Greg Miller |work=The Washington Post |title=U.S. spy network’s successes, failures and objectives detailed in ‘black budget’ summary}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/30/us/politics/leaked-document-outlines-us-spending-on-intelligence.html?hp&pagewanted=all |date=August 29, 2013 |accessdate=August 29, 2013 |first=Scott |last=Shane |work=The New York Times |title=New Leaked Document Outlines U.S. Spending On Intelligence Agencies}}</ref>
|chief1_name = {{nowrap|[[General (Unitit States)|General]] [[Keith B. Alexander]], [[Unitit States Airmy|U.S. Airmy]]}}
|chief1_position = {{nowrap|{{small|[[Director o the National Security Agency]]}}}}
|chief2_name = [[John C. Inglis]]
|chief2_position = {{nowrap|{{small|[[Deputy Director o the National Security Agency]]}}}}
|parent_agency = [[Unitit States Depairtment o Defense]]
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|website = {{url|http://www.nsa.gov}}
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The '''National Security Agency''' ('''NSA''') is the main producer an manager o [[signals intelligence]] (SIGINT) for the [[Unitit States]]. Estimatit tae be ane o the lairgest o [[US intelligence community#Organization|U.S. intelligence organisations]] in terms o personnel an budget,<ref name=wapoblack1/><ref>[[James Bamford|Bamford, James]]. ''[[Body of Secrets]]: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency'', [[Random House Digital, Inc.]], December 18, 2007</ref> the NSA operates unner the jurisdiction o the [[Unitit States Depairtment o Defense|Depairtment o Defense]] an reports tae the [[Director o Naitional Intelligence]].

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[[Category:Mass surveillance]]
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[[Category:Unitit States Depairtment o Defense agencies]]
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[[Category:1949 establishments in the Unitit States]]
[[Category:Computer security organisations]]
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