NSA, The Technology Future, and Where It Is

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday September 8, 2001 @05:21AM from the where-is-it-going dept.

cowmix writes "It was weird watching 60 Minutes II last week when the head of the NSA was complaining that his organization was totally behind in technology. Further, he told of stories of the organization's horrible inefficiencies and even went into how at the first of January 2000 all the computers in the NSA were down for three days. The thing that really shocked me was seeing pictures of the inside of one of the NSA headquarters and also SEEING people decoding telephone conversations. I didn't know what to make of it."

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Body of Secrets by ksw2 · 2001-09-08 05:37 · Score: 5, Informative

It's not the first time we've heard of the Y2k incident... read Body of Secrets by James Bamford. It's an excellent book detailing the entire history of the NSA.
Washington Post article by gr8fulnded · 2001-09-08 05:50 · Score: 5, Informative

Here's a three page article which appeared in the Washington Post Magazine about a month ago. More in-depth then the 60 mins one and goes into the some details about the problems facing The Agency in the coming years... Washington Post NSA article