U.S. National Security Agency
The Hawaii Cryptologic Center (HCC ) or NSA Hawaii is a U.S.
National Security Agency (NSA)
Central Security Service (CSS) facility located near
Wahiawa on the island of
Oahu ,
Hawaii .
[1]
[2] The facility opened on January 6, 2012, at a cost of $358 million.
[2] The center focuses on
signals intelligence intercepts from
Asia , and conducts
cybersecurity and
cyberwarfare operations.
[3]
[4]
In May 2013, a worker at this facility,
Edward Snowden ,
[5] took many classified documents and provided them to the press, revealing the existence of a number of top secret NSA
mass surveillance programs.
[6]
See also
References
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"NSA/CSS opens newest facility in Georgia" . Government Security News . March 6, 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2015 .
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"NSA/CSS Unveils New Hawaii Center" (Press release).
National Security Agency . January 6, 2012. Archived from
the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015 .
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Bamford, James (March 15, 2012).
"The NSA is Building the Country's Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say)" .
Wired . Retrieved 17 October 2015 .
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"NSA/CSS Hawaii" . www.nsa.gov . Retrieved 2019-02-14 .
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Greenberg, Andy (2013-12-16).
"An NSA Coworker Remembers The Real Edward Snowden: 'A Genius Among Geniuses' " .
Forbes . Retrieved 2017-09-25 . Snowden wore it regularly to stay warm in the air-conditioned underground NSA Hawaii Kunia facility known as 'the tunnel.'
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Sanger, David E. ; Perlroth, Nicole (June 15, 2013).
"After Profits, Defense Contractor Faces the Pitfalls of Cybersecurity" .
New York Times .
Archived from the original on June 16, 2013.
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