Re: The Agency Whose Name May Not Be Spoken

(Prior to the 1980s, mention of NSA was rarely made. Employees of NSA didn't mention it, and "Fort George Meade" was the only thing mentioned. Prior to the mid-70s, the NSA name never even appeared in Congressional budgets or reports. Its existence was very widely known, though.)

As Bamford mentions in _The Puzzle Palace_, it was, in fact, a Federal offense for NSA employees to state that they worked for the NSA up until, I believe, the mid-to-late-70s. The standing joke in Washington was that "NSA" stood for "No Such Agency". -- Lefty (lefty@apple.com) C:.M:.C:., D:.O:.D:.