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NSA

American  
Or N.S.A.

abbreviation

  1. National Security Agency.

  2. National Shipping Authority.

  3. National Standards Association.

  4. National Student Association.

  5. negative security assurance.

  6. no strings attached.


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The estimated construction costs at NSA Bahrain totaled about $400 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

By 26, he was breaking Russian codes for the NSA during the Cold War.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 15, 2025

Her 2014 film, “Citizenfour,” which won the Academy Award for documentary feature, captured NSA contractor Edward Snowden during his exposure of the U.S. government’s mass surveillance program.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025

The ministry accused the NSA of exploiting weaknesses in the messaging service of an unspecified foreign mobile phone brand in order to steal login credentials from employees at the time centre.

From Barron's • Oct. 19, 2025

Ronald Pelton had left his job at the NSA in 1979.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

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