From: "Jörg W Mittag" <JoergWMittag+Ruby@...>
Date: 2010-06-18T05:35:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Why, oh why, _why?

Josef 'Jupp' Schugt wrote:
> * Jackie Winn, 06/16/2010 01:41 PM:
>> What is nsa we people dont know about it
> NSA: National Security Agency, formerly known as No Such Agency (because
> for many years its existence was not acknowledged by the U.S.
> government). Their motto is supposed to be "never say anything".
> 
> As it is mostly the case if no country is given it is a United States of
> America agency. It is responsible for the collection and analysis of
> foreign communications and foreign signals intelligence. In short: They
> are the big brother of all people unless they live in the USA and don't
> communicate with any foreigner.

That is only half of their job. The other half is exactly the dual of
that: *protection* of US communications.

jwm