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Fort George G Meade, MD-based National Security Agency has announced the Resignation of Stewart Abercrombie Baker as General Counsel
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The National Security Agency (NSA) is a world leader in the protection and exploitation of intelligence. We gather and analyze foreign Signals Intelligence to produce vital information for U.S. policy makers and warfighters. And we protect American intelligence from the ever-listening ears of our adversaries. Our goal is to use intelligence to give the U.S. a decisive information advantage. We have two primary missions working toward this goal: Our Information Assurance mission works to prevent foreign adversaries from gaining access to sensitive or classified national security information. At the same time, our Signals Intelligence mission intercepts, decrypts, analyzes, and disseminates intelligence information from foreign signals. This Agency also enables Network Warfare operations to defeat terrorists and their organizations at home and abroad, consistent with U.S. laws and the protection of privacy and civil liberties. At the Nations top cryptologic organization, we employ the best and the brightest, who use their intelligence to solve some of the Nations most difficult challenges. NSA is the world leader in many technology fields and conducts one of the U.S. Governments leading research and development programs. We are also the largest employer of Mathematicians in the country, as well as one of the most important centers of foreign language analysis and research.
About the Person
Stewart Baker, a partner in the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson, is also a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of Skating on Stilts - Why We Aren’t Stopping Tomorrow’s Terrorism, a book on the security challenges posed by technology and the use of data in preventing terrorism. From 2005 to 2009, he was the first Assistant Secretary for Policy at the Department of Homeland Security. As assistant secretary, Mr. Baker oversaw offices responsible for Department-wide policy analysis, international affairs, strategic planning, relationships with the private sector, advisory committees, and law enforcement. He was heavily involved in national security reviews of information technology transfers and in the effort to provide visa free travel to Eastern European nations. Mr. Baker’s practice covers national security, electronic surveillance, law enforcement, export control, encryption, and related technology issues. During 2004 and 2005, Mr. Baker served as General Counsel of the WMD Commission investigating intelligence failures prior to the Iraq war. From 1992 to 1994, Mr. Baker was General Counsel of the National Security Agency. Mr. Baker has testified before government agencies and committees on many occasions, including the 9/11 commission on intelligence and has served on numerous boards and commissions.
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