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The Puzzle Palace: Inside the National Security Agency, America's Most Secret Intelligence Organization (1982) (edit title/settings)

by James Bamford (Author) (edit contributors)

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Describes and assesses the activities of the National Security Agency, the nation's most secret government agency--established in secrecy, many times larger than the CIA, and in control of a huge budget and a vast technology.

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On 12:01 on the morning of November 4, 1952, a new federal agency was born.

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1. Birth
2. Prelude
3. Anatomy
4. Penetration
5. Platforms
6. Targets
7. Fissures
8. Partners
9. Competition
10. Abyss

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  1. James Bamford (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1982
ISBN: 0395312868
Page Count: 465

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