The Transformation of the National Security Agency

The NSA is undergoing a transformation. The days when it could be No Such Agency are a distant memory, and it must now develop and maintain an extensive publicity campaign. Though this change was forced upon it by the documents stolen and divulged by former contractor Edward Snowden in June 2013, these revelations were merely the catalyst for publicizing a fundamental change in the relationship between the NSA and the broader public that has been quietly taking place for several years, ever since the internet and the digitization of our lives started becoming mass phenomena. Even if the NSA resisted

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