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The [[National Security Agency]] is the US intelligence agency responsible for signals intelligence and information assurance.<ref>[http://www.nsa.gov/about/faqs/about_nsa.shtml About NSA], Frequently Asked Questions, National Security Agency, accessed 1 September 2009.</ref>
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[[File:NSA_inline.jpg|400px|thumb|right|NSA Headquarters, Fort Meade, Maryland. Picture by Trevor Paglen.]]
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==People==
 
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===Directors===
 
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==The NSA and the UK==
 
==The NSA and the UK==
 
===Relationship with GCHQ===
 
===Relationship with GCHQ===
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The NSA has long had particularly close links with its British counterpart, GCHQ. In the early 1980s it was suggested that "the relationship between NSA and GCHQ is stronger than any between the NSA and any other American intelligence agency."<ref>Jonathan Bloch and Patrcik Fitzgerald, British Intelligence and Covert Action, Brandon, 1983, p.64.</ref>
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The NSA has long had particularly close links with its British counterpart, [[GCHQ]]. In the early 1980s it was suggested that "the relationship between NSA and GCHQ is stronger than any between the NSA and any other American intelligence agency."<ref>Jonathan Bloch and Patrick Fitzgerald, British Intelligence and Covert Action, Brandon, 1983, p.64.</ref>
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===Collection in the UK===
 
===Collection in the UK===
 
This relationship does not prevent the NSA spying on the UK. According to [[Howard Teicher]], the former Middle East director of the US [[National Security Council]], the NSA monitored Britain's [[Al-Yamamah]] arms deal with Saudi Arabia from its base at [[Menwith Hill]] in Yorkshire.<ref>Michael Smith, The Spying Game, Politico's, 2003, p.429.</ref>
 
This relationship does not prevent the NSA spying on the UK. According to [[Howard Teicher]], the former Middle East director of the US [[National Security Council]], the NSA monitored Britain's [[Al-Yamamah]] arms deal with Saudi Arabia from its base at [[Menwith Hill]] in Yorkshire.<ref>Michael Smith, The Spying Game, Politico's, 2003, p.429.</ref>
  
 
==External resources==
 
==External resources==
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*Tim Shorrock, [http://www.thenation.com/article/watching-what-you-say?page=full Watching What You Say], ''The Nation'', 20 March 2006.
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*James Ball, Julian Borger and Glenn Greenwald, [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-gchq-encryption-codes-security US and UK spy agencies defeat privacy and security on the internet], theguardian.com, 5 September 2013.
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*BartonGellman and Laura Poitras, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-intelligence-mining-data-from-nine-us-internet-companies-in-broad-secret-program/2013/06/06/3a0c0da8-cebf-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html Documents: U.S. mining data from 9 leading Internet firms; companies deny knowledge], ''Washington Post'', 6 June 2013.
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*James Bamford, [http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/all/1 The NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say)], wired.com, 15 March, 2012.
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*Duncan Campbell, [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/11/prism_numbers_not_adding_up/ KEEP CALM and Carry On: PRISM itself is not a big deal But yes, Skype's no longer safe ... and keep an eye on GCHQ], ''The Register'', 11 June 2013.
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*Barton Gellman and Laura Poitras, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-intelligence-mining-data-from-nine-us-internet-companies-in-broad-secret-program/2013/06/06/3a0c0da8-cebf-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html Documents: U.S. mining data from 9 leading Internet firms; companies deny knowledge], ''Washington Post'', 6 June 2013.
 
*Glenn Greenwald, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/nsa-phone-records-verizon-court-order NSA collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers daily], ''The Guardian'', 6 June 2013.
 
*Glenn Greenwald, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/nsa-phone-records-verizon-court-order NSA collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers daily], ''The Guardian'', 6 June 2013.
 
*Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-nsa-data NSA taps in to internet giants' systems to mine user data, secret files reveal], ''The Guardian'', 6 June 2013.
 
*Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-nsa-data NSA taps in to internet giants' systems to mine user data, secret files reveal], ''The Guardian'', 6 June 2013.
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*Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill and Laura Poitras, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/09/edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower-surveillance Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations], guardian.co.uk, 9 June 2013.
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*Seymour Hersh, [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/05/29/060529ta_talk_hersh?mbid=social_retweet Listening In], ''The New Yorker'', 29 May 2006.
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*Seymour Hersh, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/11/01/101101fa_fact_hersh?currentPage=all THE ONLINE THREAT], ''The New Yorker'', 1 November 2010.
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*Alexander Nazaryan, [http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/06/the-nsas-chief-chronicler.html THE N.S.A.’S CHIEF CHRONICLER], newyorker.com, 10 June 2013.
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*Ed Pilkington and Nicholas Watt, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/12/nsa-surveillance-data-terror-attack?CMP=twt_gu NSA surveillance played little role in foiling terror plots, experts say], guardian.co.uk, 12 June 2013.
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*Laura Poitras, Marcel Rosenbach, Fidelius Schmid, Holger Stark and Jonathan Stock, [http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/secret-documents-nsa-targeted-germany-and-eu-buildings-a-908609.html  How the NSA Targets Germany and Europe], ''SpiegelOnline'', 1 July 2013.
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*Laura Poitras, Marcel Rosenbach and Holger Stark, [http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/secret-nsa-documents-show-how-the-us-spies-on-europe-and-the-un-a-918625.html Codename 'Apalachee': How America Spies on Europe and the UN], ''SpiegelOnline'', 26 August 2013.
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*Reuters, [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/02/nsa-spied-mexico-brazil-presidents?CMP=twt_fd&CMP=SOCxx2I2 NSA 'spied on communications' of Brazil and Mexico presidents], theguardian.com, 2 September 2013.
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*Tim Shorrock, [http://www.thenation.com/article/watching-what-you-say?page=full Watching What You Say], ''The Nation'', 20 March 2006.
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*Tim Shorrock, [http://www.thenation.com/article/173521/obamas-crackdown-whistleblowers Obama's Crackdown on Whistleblowers], ''The Nation'', 26 March 2013.
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*Tim Shorrock, [http://www.salon.com/2013/06/10/digital_blackwater_meet_the_contractors_who_analyze_your_personal_data/ Meet the contractors analyzing your private data], ''Salon'', 10 June 2013.
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*John Stokes, [http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2009/06/us-intelligence-rivalry-flares-over-british-connection/ US intelligence rivalry flares over British connection], spectator.co.uk, 10 June 2009.
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*[http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/02/23/uk-germany-usa-spying-idUKBREA1M0IV20140223 U.S. now bugging German ministers in place of Merkel - report], ''Reuters'', 23 February 2013.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 16:35, 1 March 2014

NSA Headquarters, Fort Meade, Maryland. Picture by Trevor Paglen.

People

Directors

The NSA and the UK

Relationship with GCHQ

The NSA has long had particularly close links with its British counterpart, GCHQ. In the early 1980s it was suggested that "the relationship between NSA and GCHQ is stronger than any between the NSA and any other American intelligence agency."[3]

Collection in the UK

This relationship does not prevent the NSA spying on the UK. According to Howard Teicher, the former Middle East director of the US National Security Council, the NSA monitored Britain's Al-Yamamah arms deal with Saudi Arabia from its base at Menwith Hill in Yorkshire.[4]

External resources

Notes

  1. ↑ Former Directors, National Security Agency, accessed 1 September 2009.
  2. ↑ NSA/CSS Welcomes LTG Keith B. Alexander, USA, National Security Agency, 30 July 2005.
  3. ↑ Jonathan Bloch and Patrick Fitzgerald, British Intelligence and Covert Action, Brandon, 1983, p.64.
  4. ↑ Michael Smith, The Spying Game, Politico's, 2003, p.429.
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