NSA/CSS 60th Anniversary Timeline - 1980s

• Significant Events
• Documents
• Photos
• Media

Significant Events

• 1985 - The Year of the Spy
  Former NSA employee Ronald Pelton and Petty Officer John Walker were convicted of espionage.
• 1986 - President Reagan
  The Reagans attended the dedication of the Operations 2A and 2B buildings.

Documents

• Memorandum: Tactical Cryptologic Program - 22 January 1980
• Memorandum: National Policy on Public Cryptology - 07 October 1980
• Federal Register: Executive Order 12333 - 04 December 1981
• National Security Agency Act of 1959,  Amended - 01 April 1983
• Reagan Library: Presidential Statement,  Korean Airline Flight 007 - September 1983
• Reagan Library: Presidential Radio Talk,  Korean Airline Flight 007 - 03 September 1983
• Reagan Library: President's Backup Copy,  Korean Airliner Speech - 05 September 1983
• Reagan Library: Presidential Radio Talk,  Reaction to Korean Airline Flight 007 - 16 September 1983
• Memorandum: Computer Security Within NSA - 09 November 1983
• Directives 10-27,  Security Requirements for ADP Systems dated 30 November 1979,  10 Jun 1983,  and 29 March 1984
• Reagan Library: McFarlane Letter - 21 June 1984
• Reagan Library: National Policy on Telecommunications and Automated Information Systems Security - 17 September 1984
• Reagan Library: Protection of Government Contractor Telecommunications 01 - 22 April 1986
• Reagan Library: Protection of Government Contractor Telecommunications 02 - 22 April 1986
• Reagan Library: Proposed Policy by NTISSP - 01 July 1986
• Reagan Library: President Reagan Speech During Visit to National Security Agency - 26 September 1986
• Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 - 01 October 1986
• Reagan Library: Computer Security Act - 25 February 1987
• Reagan Library: Cancellation of NTISSP 2 - 24 March 1987
• Reagan Library: President Reagan's Response to Lieutenant General Odom's Speech - 09 November 1987
• Reagan Library: Farewell Letter from Howard Baker to Lieutenant General Odom - 23 February 1988

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