National Security Agency

The National Security Agency (NSA) is a national-level intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the Director of National Intelligence. The NSA is responsible for global monitoring, collection, and processing of information and data for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes, specializing in a discipline known as signals intelligence (SIGINT). The NSA is also tasked with the protection of U.S. communications networks and information systems. The NSA relies on a variety of measures to accomplish its mission, the majority of which are clandestine.

Notes & Trivia

 * National Security redirects to this page. This is a phrase that is used when reference material, events or persons of interest that relate to not only the N.S.A., but the security of the nation as a whole.


 * National Security Bureau redirects to this page. This is the name that the agency is identified by in some forms of popular fiction.

Appearances

 * 4400: The Home Front
 * Bionic Woman: The Jailing of Jaime
 * Dollhouse: Ghost
 * Jake 2.0: The Tech
 * Jake 2.0: Training Day
 * Jake 2.0: Whiskey - Tango - Foxtrot
 * Jake 2.0: Upgrade
 * The X-Files: Conduit