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When you work at the NSA, you are not allowed to say that you work for the NSA. Full stop. (Contractors are a different story for some complex reasons, but are
by bsamuels 7y ago
When you work at the NSA, you are not allowed to say that you work for the NSA. Full stop. (Contractors are a different story for some complex reasons, but are still at risk)
It's like this for many gov agencies working with intelligence because labeling yourself as an intelligence worker makes you a target for foreign intelligence agents.
That may sound a little strange if you aren't part of that industry, but it is the truth.
- wil421 7y agoWhere do you say you work? I’ve met a few linguist who said they work for the FBI or whoever but they were contractors on an as needed basis. What do the folks in Virginia say to their neighbors? “Oh I work for the DOD. So your a spy right haha?”
- acct1771 7y ago"The State Department."
- kardos 7y agoWhat if your neighbour follows you to work? That seems like a difficult to keep secret
- JetSpiegel 7y agoEthan Hawk ʾworked' at the Department of Transport, right?
- Rebelgecko 7y ago> When you work at the NSA, you are not allowed to say that you work for the NSA. Full stop. I don't think this is as absolute as you make it sound. Plenty of NSA employees have published papers using their real names in conjunction with nsa.gov or ncsc.mil email addresses