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The NSA, although an agency that works with espionage, doesn't go about it the same way the CIA does. The NSA is not allowed to spy on those on American Soil. They are strictly non-domestic. The NSA also does not have operations officers like the CIA does. The NSA is strictly technology. They work on encryption and cyphering, and computer hacking. All the computer encryptions we have to day in the private and public sector have gone through the NSA. The NSA won't release a code until they have something better and they feel comfortable enough that it can't be used against them. Also they have the best computer technology in the world. The stuff we have in businesses and homes is a good 3-5 years behind them. We have fans and water cooling our processors while they us liquid nitrogen to cool their's. Imagine how much faster and how much information they can store compared with the rest of the world.