NSA TODAY

General

• NSA:The United States National Security Agency.

• Crypto City/Fort Meade:The headquarters of the NSA.

• SID Today:The NSA's classified office memos.

Types of Intelligence

• SIGINT:Signals Intelligence. Intelligence gathered by intercepted signals.

• HUMINT:Human Intelligence. Intelligence gathered by a person on the ground (field agents, embedded operatives, etc.).

• GEOINT:Geospatial Intelligence. Intelligence gathered by satellite and aerial photography.

• TECHINT:Technical Intelligence. Intelligence gathered from analysis of weapons and equipment.

• OSINT:Open-source Intelligence. Intelligence gathered from open sources. This describes any sources that are available to the general public.

• FININT:Financial Intelligence. Intelligence gathered from analysis of monetary transaction.

• CYBINT:Cyber intelligence. Intelligence gathered from cyberspace.

Cast of Characters

• Alex Greene:Our story's main character, a new employee of the NSA.

• Jack Bradford:Our main character's boss.

• Bill:The man who works in the cubicle next to Alex’s.