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National Security Agency

Named in 4 guided books, from #13 Acid Rock

Also known as 2 names
  • N.S.A.
  • NSA

In the books

  1. #13 Acid Rock

    Agency that receives a copy of the personnel expert’s report but had not commissioned it.

  2. #20 Assassin's Play-Off

    U.S. agency whose programmer Ashley works at Folcroft under cover.

  3. #72 Sole Survivor

    U.S. National Security Agency, represented by a stenographer translating the Soviet shuttle transmissions.

  4. #80 Death Sentence

    Agency that employed Ransome and whose computers he uses to break Folcroft’s code.

Source notesIdentity and text locators

The U.S. National Security Agency is named as the report recipient in Acid Rock and the institution behind Ashley's information-bank cover in Assassin’s Play-Off.

destroyer-013:national-security-agency (witness:00000036:ch01:p0170; witness:00000036:ch01:p0173).

destroyer-020:national-security-agency (witness:00000057:ch01:p0024; witness:00000057:ch01:p0162).

destroyer-080:national-security-agency: The acronym NSA in the present work is the same U.S. intelligence agency referred to in prior series records; no story-specific internal details are normalized. Lead inspected the proposed primary contexts; supplementary direct identifying anchors replace incidental context where needed. (witness:00000234:ch19:p0033; witness:00000234:ch19:p0067; witness:00000036:ch01:p0170; witness:00000057:ch01:p0024).

destroyer-072:b72-nsa: Same named U.S. signals/intelligence agency. Lead inspected the proposed primary contexts; supplementary direct identifying anchors replace incidental context where needed. (witness:00000210:ch01:p0025; witness:00000210:ch03:p0004; witness:00000036:ch01:p0170).

Acid Rock

mention

Sources 3 references
  • witness:00000036:ch01:p0170
  • witness:00000036:ch01:p0173
  • witness:00000036:ch01:p0174

Assassin's Play-Off

narrative

Sources 3 references
  • witness:00000057:ch01:p0024
  • witness:00000057:ch01:p0162
  • witness:00000057:ch01:p0093

Sole Survivor

narrative; mention and appearance scopes are stated in role

Sources 3 references
  • witness:00000210:ch01:p0025
  • witness:00000210:ch03:p0004
  • witness:00000210:ch03:p0074

Death Sentence

narrative

Sources 2 references
  • witness:00000234:ch19:p0033
  • witness:00000234:ch19:p0067

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