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Ensuring NSA Operates Consistent with our Authorities
NSA executes our cybersecurity and foreign signals intelligence missions properly and reliably
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NSA’s Office of General Counsel (OGC) ensures we properly and reliably execute our cybersecurity and signals intelligence missions consistent with these authorities.
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NSA regularly seeks highly motivated, accomplished attorneys to join its dynamic and challenging practice to ensure Agency operations comply with the law while also protecting both our national security and our civil liberties.
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NSA operates within the legal authorities that task us to execute our missions on behalf of the nation's security. NSA’s Office of General Counsel ensures we properly and reliably execute our cybersecurity and signals intelligence missions consistent with these authorities.
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