1-25-96. TWPsst: "Military Men Named to Top Intelligence Posts." AF Gen. Kenneth Minihan to run all US eavesdropping on foreign governments and citizens at NSA, which is responsible for providing US officials with a steady stream of intercepted electronic data on foreign weapons and conversations involving foreign politicians. The NSA's eavesdropping costs an estimated $3.5 billion a year, a large portion of which supports its computer operations at Fort Meade and its world-class experts in mathematics. TOP_tap