Q&A: How Legal Is The NSA's Interception Of Computers?

NSA Headquarters At Night This image is officially titled, I kid you not, "The Mission Never Sleeps" National Security Agency On Sunday, German newspaper Der Spiegel published a story about the National Security Agency's "Tailored Access Operations" unit, based in San Antonio, Texas. The NSA, whose mandate concerns intercepting electronic communications, is usually associated with high-tech espionage. Buried in the article, however, is an altogether lower-tech revelation: the NSA's TAO unit has ...