The NSA: An Introduction and Background

Introduction Imagine yourself as a computer hacker. However, you are legitimately entitled to this role by your own government. Your mission is twofold: protect your nation's communications from the enemy and intercept foreign intelligence by using your code-breaking skills. The latter part of your mission is probably the most exciting; listening to telephone conversations between foreign political and military leaders and hacking encrypted foreign communications are just a couple of the day-to-day routines of your …showed first 75 words of 3047 total…

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