Definition of national security agency National security agency
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What does national security agency mean?
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| national security agency - the United States cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect United States information systems and to produce foreign intelligence information | ||
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| united states intelligence agency an intelligence service in the United States | ||
| defense department, department of defense, dod, united states department of defense, defense the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947 | ||
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The National Security Agency (NSA) is a part of the United States government. It was started in 1952, and the main office is in Maryland.
Their goal is to protect the US people, by making codes and breaking codes. They collect information by "eavesdropping". This means that they listen to what people are saying in other countries, without letting the people know that they are listening. The NSA is also in charge of making sure that other countries do not eavesdrop on the United States.
Because the agency has to keep secrets, not many people know exactly what the agency is working on.
Many people have written books about the NSA. Sometimes the books are real history books, and sometimes the books are fiction, and say things about the NSA that are not true, like in James Bond movies, or television shows like 24.
