Civics: The NSA and Computer Science
(U) Cryptology has historically entailed an intensive application of labor.
But since the middle ofthe last century, automation has been used as a way to greatly ease the making and breaking of codes. The formation and maturation of the National SecurityAgency(NSA)and theevolutionofitsmissionsparalleledinlargepartthe adventofthecomputerage. A!Jaconsequence,theNSAanditspredecessoragencies have historically been at the forefront of computer development in the United States.
