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By Staff | on November 04, 2020

(The Great Seal of the National Security Organization. Image courtesy of Wikicommons, Public Domain.)

It was just 68 years ago today, November 4, 1952, when the National Security Agency (NSA) began protecting the American people. Intelligence agencies have been around since the dawn of civilization, and in fact, the NSA was really just renamed on this date from the Armed Forces Security Agency (AFSA). Our Nation faces constant threats, both foreign and domestic, so it is no surprise that the NSA has one of the largest budgets of any such intelligence gathering organization.

The NSA, even still today, has been kept a secret. In fact, the joke of the day was that NSA stood for No Such Agency. Today we face the question as Americans on how far are we willing to give up freedoms for our security. In many cases, there is no real answer, we want to be safe, but this is the land of the free, and privacy is key. In any case, governments that are both regarded as corrupt or just, have always portrayed the idea that whatever invasion of privacy they are doing, is for the greater good. Many opinions vary on the NSA, but they got started, 68 years ago, today.

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