-Caveat Lector- From: http://news.excite.com/news/r/000925/08/odd-spying-dc?printstory=1 Spy Agency Offers Rare Glimpse Inside Updated 8:39 AM ET September 25, 2000 FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) - The super-secret National Security Agency (NSA), which eavesdrops on communications worldwide as part of U.S. spying operations, opened its doors on Saturday to offer outsiders a rare glimpse of facilities that test antennas and print nuclear code books. About 16,500 employees and their families were expected at the first "Family Day" since 1996 held at NSA headquarters, about 25 miles outside Washington, as the spy agency makes a greater effort to inform Americans about its mission. "American people need an image of this agency so its identity is not a vacuum," NSA Director Lt. Gen. Michael Hayden told reporters. There was the "anechoic chamber," which looked like a science-fiction movie set, with blue foam spikes of different sizes poking out from the floor, walls and ceiling of the 42-foot-high room. It is echo-free and one of five at NSA for testing antennas used to collect information. The antenna revolves on a high pedestal at one end, while information is transmitted to it from the other end of the room. The Air Force has a similar room that is big enough to test an entire airplane, an NSA official said. "Each cone is sized to absorb a different frequency," said the official who spoke on condition of anonymity. Areas opened to visitors were sanitized to ensure no classified material was lying around. A 66,000-square-foot printing plant produces code books -- 160 million pages a year -- used in U.S. military operations. Nuclear code books for use in the event the United States orders a nuclear strike are produced about four times a month at the moment, compared with nearly every day during the 1991 Gulf War. The book is enclosed inside a sealed plastic pouch that has a unique pattern of pink splotches and is puffy because of air inside. If there is any change in the package such as the amount of air inside or the design of the splotches, which is videotaped before being sent out, the codes are considered compromised. "We'll go back and see if the splatter diagram is the same. We've got a video of the package," said Dan Shirko, chief of publishing. Reminders of the need for security were all around. In the cafeteria, one sign read, "Don't spill the beans pardner, the steaks are too high. No classified talk." ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *Mike Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
