NSA has long had an explicit offensive and defensive mandate. They even recently created a cyber defense directorate: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-s

NSA has long had an explicit offensive and defensive mandate. They even recently created a cyber defense directorate: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/nsa-launches-new-cyber-defense-directorate/2019/09/30/c18585f6-e219-11e9-be96-6adb81821e90_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/nsa-launche...