National Security Agency Research Paper

In today’s society some people feel that our First Amendment is being violated by the National Security Agency. Some even question what even is the purpose of the NSA and why our government needs it. The National Security Agency was established November 4, 1952 during President Harry Truman’s term. The main purpose of the NSA back then was to crack codes during World War two. Playing a big role during that time for the success of guarding off U-Boats in the North Atlantic and getting the upper hand for the victory of the Battle of Midway. NSA today is in charge of gathering intelligence by looking at individual’s phone records, emails, and Internet. The National Security Agency has two primary missions, one is to prevent foreign people from stealing classified United States information to sell or …show more content…
Central Intelligence Agency are basically the spies of the United States who deal with conducting covert operations in other countries and retrieving intelligence on its nation’s enemies. The National Security Agency is primarily in charge of collecting data to prevent threats from other countries. In order for them to be able to go into individual’s phone records, emails, and etc., they must make a request to be able to through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Individuals who think that the Unites States government is very strict on citizens by looking through their personal data, it has been shown that almost every country has some form of looking through people’s phone records, emails, and etc. The leadership of the National Security Agency is overseen by the Department of Defense. The secretary from the department of Defense appoints the head (director) of the NSA, but has to be approved by the current president in office. For the nominee to obtain that position they must be a military officer and has earned at least 3