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NSA's work is limited to communications intelligence; it does not perform field or human intelligence activities. So, no [[Secret Police]].
By law, NSA's intelligence gathering is limited to foreign communications, although there have been numerous reports that the agency does not always abide by these laws. [[George W. Bush]] famously removed most of the limits on the NSA, even though it was illegal. Some, but not all, of this illegal activity was made legal after the fact when he pushed Congress to modify the laws. Whether or not [[Barack Obama]] has reined in the illegal activities is still in doubt.
The creation of NSA was authorized in a letter written by President [[Harry Truman|Harry S. Truman]] in June 1952. The agency was formally established through a revision of National Security Council Intelligence Directive (NSCID) 9 on October 24, 1952, and officially came into existence on November 4, 1952. President Truman's letter was itself classified and remained unknown to the public for more than a generation.
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[[Category:Big Brother Is Watching This Index]]
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