The National Security Agency collects the cellular telephone data for millions of unsuspecting Americans every day, according to a Top Secret court order obtained by the Guardian.
Verizon is required to provide the secret intelligence agency with all call detail records “ on an ongoing daily basis” until the order expires July 19.
But what exactly is this agency? Who leads it? And what is their mission?
It’s your turn to learn.
Their headquarters is in a sprawling complex in Fort Meade, Maryland, just outside of Washington.
The NSA was founded in 1952. Until 1977, they operated from Arlington Hall, a former girls school in Arlington, Virginia.
The actual current size of the NSA is classified. It's square footage is roughly the same size as the Pentagon, and it has 112 acres of parking spaces.
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