NSA/CSS 60th Anniversary Timeline - 2000s

• Significant Events
• Documents
• Photos
• Media

Significant Events

• 2001 - 9/11 Attacks
  On this day NSA America and the World changed forever.
• 2003 - Afghanistan & Iraq
  NSA's strong commitment to serve the needs of the U.S. military was and is evident in both conflicts.
• 2010 - Gen Alexander & Cybercom
  Gen Alexander was promoted to the rank of four-star general and named Commander U.S. CYBERCOM in 2010.
• 2011 - Bin Laden brought to Justice
  NSA was a key actor in the Special Forces - IC Team responsible for this action.

Documents

• Message from the Director re: Major Systems Failure - 31 January 2000
• Q5 Preliminary Assessment of the Network Outage - 04 February 2000
• DIRgram-57: "100 Days of Change" - 22 February 2000
• Independent Industry Review Team - Cover Signatures for Final Report - 27 March 2000
• Director's Note to DCI - 28 March 2000
• DIRgram-122: "Trailblazer Acquisition Strategy" - 18 September 2000
• Hayden Town Hall Meeting Slide 16 - 05 September 2001
• DIRgram-250: "TRAILBLAZER Announces Award of Technology Demonstration Platform (TDP) Contract" - 18 September 2002
• Vietnam: A SIGINT Paradox (Part 1) - 23 February 2003
• Vietnam: A SIGINT Paradox (Part 2) - 28 February 2003
• Cryptologic Almanac 50th Anniversary Series "Nothing Left to Give Up" (Part I) - 28 March 2003
• Cryptologic Almanac 50th Anniversary Series "Nothing Left to Give Up" (Part II) - 28 March 2003
• DIRgram-397: "Director's Goals for 2005" - 24 January 2005
• President Bush's Remarks following NSA Visit - 25 January 2006
• President Bush's Announcing the Nomination of General Hayden as Director of CIA - 08 May 2006
• President Bush's Remarks on Terrorist Surveillance Program - 11 May 2006
• Steering Committee Final Report - 31 August 2009

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