Pictures at the NSA's 60th anniversary
Last month, on November 4, 2012, the National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States celebrated it's 60th anniversary. The NSA is one of the world's largest intelligence agencies, responsible for gathering foreign signals intelligence and protecting domestic communications. For this diamond anniversary, NSA published a full color illustrated publication (available here in PDF) with an interesting overview of its history. In this booklet there are also nice pictures, some of them unseen until now: President George H.W. Bush using a secure Motorola STU-III telephone. Such a phone was placed everywhere where the president stayed during a travel, so he was able to always place secure calls. This purpose is also indicated by the plate below the phone. It's not clear what the white device is for. This black Motorola STU-III still served in this function, when president George W. Bush was calling during his stay at the elementary school on September 11, 2001. (Photo: NSA -