National Security Agency (NSA) Collection

National Security Agency / Central Security Service Transition 2001, December 2000

Background The following document was requested through a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) request by The Black Vault in February 2019.…

November 23, 2020

Cicada 3301

Background Cicada 3301 is a nickname given to an organization that on three occasions has posted a set of puzzles…

October 29, 2019

NSA Emails: Media Leaks Strategic Guidance Needed on Engaging FOIA Requesters, 2013

Background The following emails were internal communications between NSA employees on how to deal with certain types of FOIA requesters.…

September 27, 2019

National Security Agency (NSA) Outside Employment Request Forms

Background When employees of the National Security Agency (NSA) seek outside employment, they are required to file an "outside employment…

March 26, 2019

Presidential Transition 2001: NSA Briefs a New Administration (2004 Document)

Background / Excerpt The American electoral process retains many vestiges reflecting its eighteenth century origins. In the age of supersonic transport and…

February 7, 2019

NSA Surveillance Program: PROMIS

Background PROMIS is believed by some to be the forefunner to the now infamous "Prism" program by the National Security…

October 29, 2018

Global Network Intelligence and Information Warfare: SIGINT and INFOSEC in Cyberspace, 1995

Background According to this article: "GNI (Global Network Intelligence) and IW (Information Warfare) are two acronyms that have become part…

August 22, 2018

NSA and the Supercomputer Industry, Cryptologic Quarterly, Winter 1995 – Vol. 14, No. 4

Background Although this document had been released before, in February of 2018, I requested a "Mandatory Declassification Review" (MDR) of…

August 17, 2018

Beyond BOURBON-1948: The Fourth Year of Allied Collaborative COMINT Effort Against the Soviet Union, 1995 (Result of 2017 MDR Request)

Background The document, "Beyond BOURBON-1948: The Fourth Year of Allied Collaborative COMINT Effort Against the Soviet Union" dated 1995 was…

March 28, 2018

NSA/CSS Media Engagement and Outreach Plan: September – December 2014

Background This particular document was found, when I filed a FOIA request back on April 10, 2014, asking for: a…

March 20, 2018