Pictures At The Nsa's 60Th Anniversary

Last month, on Nov 4, 2012, the National Security Agency (NSA) of the US of America celebrated it's 60th anniversary. The NSA is 1 of the world's largest intelligence agencies, responsible for gathering unusual signals intelligence in addition to protecting domestic communications.

For this diamond anniversary, NSA published a sum colouring illustrated publication (available here inward PDF) amongst an interesting overview of its history. In this booklet in that location are likewise overnice pictures, some of them unseen until now:

President George H.W. Bush using a secure Motorola STU-III telephone.
Such a telephone was placed everywhere where the president stayed during a travel,
in addition to then he was able to ever house secure calls. This purpose is likewise indicated
past times the plate below the phone. It's non clear what the white device is for.
This dark Motorola STU-III notwithstanding served inward this function, when president George W. Bush
was calling during his remain at the uncomplicated schoolhouse on September 11, 2001.
(Photo: NSA - Click for a bigger version)

The novel National Security Operations Center (NSOC) at the NSA
This middle was established inward 1968 equally the National SIGINT Watch Center (NSWC)
in addition to renamed into National SIGINT Operations Center (NSOC) inward 1973.
This "nerve middle of the NSA" got its electrical flow call inward 1996.
(Photo: NSA - Click for a bigger version)

The NSA/CSS Threat Operations Center (NTOC) at the NSA
From left to correct nosotros run into a dark STE secure phone, an unidentified,
precisely quite mutual dark phone, in addition to a white Nortel M3904 phone,
which is connected to the NSA Secure Telephone System (NSTS).
(Photo: NSA - Click for a bigger version)

Many to a greater extent than novel pictures in addition to likewise newly declassified documents tin gain the axe live on found via the timeline at the 60th anniversary-page on the NSA-website!


Earlier this year, NSA likewise cooperated amongst the National Geographic Channel inward making what is said to live on the start documentary almost this way since the 9/11 attacks inward 2001:

With a unopen await at this video, nosotros tin gain the axe recognize a issue of dissimilar telephone systems used at the NSA. Some of them nosotros already mentioned hither earlier, to a greater extent than of them nosotros volition beak over sometimes after on at this weblog.


Update Jan 12, 2014:

After the Snowden-scandal, a novel boob tube written report amongst some unique insights into the NSA was broadcasted inward the CBS 60 Minutes exhibit on Dec 15, 2013.