[texasbluebell]

Exactly. I'd be careful about wikipedia, anyone can post and alter information that's there. I imagine topics like this would get worked over by any number of individuals for all sorts of reasons.

See this link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer

"Wikipedia is an online open-content collaborative encyclopedia, that is, a voluntary association of individuals and groups who are developing a common resource of human knowledge. The structure of the project allows anyone with an Internet connection and World Wide Web browser to alter its content."

[ravingnutter]

See #447...I verified NSA is under the DoD. I posted a link to the original charter from 1952.

Under the Secretary of Defense, and in accordance with approved policies of USCIB, the Director of NSA shall be responsible for accomplishing the mission of NSA.

[InterceptPoint]

It turns out that ravingnutter is correct. Here is a link from a government website that confirms his position:

http://www.intelligence.gov/1-members.shtml

Quoting from the website:

"Three major intelligence agencies in the Department of Defense (DoD) - the National Security Agency (NSA), the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) - absorb the larger part of the national intelligence budget. NSA is responsible for signals intelligence and has collection sites throughout the world. "

Nevertheless, given that NSA is tasked with "signals collection" this doesn't sound like their playing field to me.