CLASSIC: The NSA: Fact, Fiction and Fright
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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The Data Encryption Standard
The data encryption standard or DES, it's an algorithm developed by IBM in the early 1970s to encrypt sensitive electronic data. In 1999, the BBC reported a story that they said sounded like science fiction. They claimed that the NSA along with partner agencies in the UK, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia operated a worldwide surveillance network capable of intercepting every international phone call, fax and email. The US, Canada and the UK still deny it officially. But Australia and New Zealand officials there say that it is a real thing.
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