The NSA’s podcast will have you listening in on them this time

Sep 05, 2024 05:14 AM - 6 months ago 220070

The National Security Agency (NSA) will commencement sharing stories astir immoderate of nan agency’s past missions successful a caller podcast. Dubbed No Such Podcast, nan podcast will initially attraction on foreign signals intelligence and cybersecurity successful nan first 2 episodes, some of which will beryllium disposable to perceive to starting tomorrow, September 5th.

For years, nan activity of nan NSA has been a intimately kept secret. Then, successful 2013, erstwhile agency contractor Edward Snowden leaked concealed information about surveillance programs for illustration PRISM and Boundless Informant. Outrage and aggravated statement complete nan agency’s actions quickly followed, and it continues to this day.

Now, we’ll find retired what nan NSA chooses to uncover successful interviews pinch its experts.

The aviator section of “No Such Podcast” features a declassified communicative of NSA’s signals intelligence (SIGINT) contributions to nan U.S. authorities effort to return down Osama bin Laden, 1 of nan architects of nan September 11, 2001 attacks. This chat will beryllium followed by interviews pinch leaders connected cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, precocious research, and more.

A national agency trying to show its ain stories isn’t a caller concept. Last year’s movie Killers of nan Flower Moon includes an FBI power show, which references an existent bid from nan 1930s, The Lucky Strike Hour. It was conscionable 1 of many media efforts by nan FBI during that era, which included nan J. Edgar Hoover-endorsed This is Your FBI power crime play that started successful 1945.

The NSA will tally six consequent play episodes of No Such Podcast done mid-October, disposable connected nan accustomed platforms, for illustration Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, and YouTube.

“Because it’s sensitive, we can’t talk astir immoderate of our work, but it’s clip to commencement telling much stories that we tin talk about, sharing much of that expertise, and highlighting these unthinkable nationalist servants,” Sara Siegle, NSA’s main of strategical communications, said successful a press release.

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