The National Security Agency (NSA) volition commencement sharing stories astir immoderate of the agency’s past missions successful a caller podcast. Dubbed No Such Podcast, the podcast volition initially absorption on foreign signals quality and cybersecurity successful the archetypal 2 episodes, some of which volition beryllium disposable to perceive to starting tomorrow, connected September 5th.
For years, the enactment of the NSA has been a intimately kept secret. Then, successful 2013, erstwhile bureau contractor Edward Snowden leaked concealed information about surveillance programs similar PRISM and Boundless Informant. Outrage and aggravated statement implicit the agency’s actions rapidly followed and it continues to this day.
Now, we’ll find retired what the NSA chooses to uncover successful interviews with its experts.
The aviator occurrence of “No Such Podcast” features a declassified communicative of NSA’s signals quality (SIGINT) contributions to the U.S. authorities effort to instrumentality down Osama bin Laden, 1 of the architects of the September 11, 2001 attacks. This treatment volition beryllium followed by interviews with leaders connected cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, precocious research, and more.
A national bureau trying to archer its ain stories isn’t a caller concept. Last year’s movie Killers of the Flower Moon includes an FBI vigor show, which references an existent bid from the 1930s, The Lucky Strike Hour. It was conscionable 1 of many media efforts by the FBI during that era, which included the J. Edgar Hoover-endorsed This is Your FBI vigor transgression play that started successful 1945.
The NSA volition tally six consequent play episodes of No Such Podcast done mid-October, disposable connected the accustomed platforms, similar Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, and YouTube.
“Because it’s sensitive, we can’t speech astir immoderate of our work, but it’s clip to commencement telling much stories that we tin speech about, sharing much of that expertise, and highlighting these unthinkable nationalist servants,” Sara Siegle, NSA’s Chief of Strategic Communications, said successful a press release.