[48021] in Cypherpunks
Re: TOP_tap
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas Chiniewicz)
Thu Jan 25 15:58:19 1996
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 13:51:15 -0700 (MST)
From: Thomas Chiniewicz <chiniet@pr.erau.edu>
To: Rich Salz <rsalz@osf.org>
Cc: ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu, cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <9601251755.AA15764@sulphur.osf.org>
On Thu, 25 Jan 1996, Rich Salz wrote:
> The NSA is a branch of the DOD.
>
> Up until recently (18-30 months ago) NSA employees were only allowed
> to identify themselves as employees of DoD. It was common knowledge,
> that unspecific references to Fort Meade meant NSA; and if you saw
> a P.O. from Procurement Office, Fort Meade, it meant the NSA was buying
> it.
> /r$
>
>
isn't the NSA a branch of the CIA? And I thought the CIA and DOD were
seperate organizations or was that an incorrect assumption?
