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![A photo of Lieutenant Grace Hopper looking at the camera from her desk, with mechanical instruments in the background.](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2024/07/09/grace_hopper_si.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Admiral Grace Hopper’s landmark lecture is found, but the NSA won’t release it
In a vault at the National Security Agency lies a historical treasure: two AMPEX 1-inch open reel tapes containing a landmark lecture by Admiral Grace Hopper, a giant in the field of computer science. Yet this invaluable artifact remains inaccessible, trapped in an obsolete format that the NSA will not release, stating that the agency is unable to play it back.
![Inside the NSA’s cybersecurity summer camp](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2016/10/21/NSAcov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Inside the NSA’s cybersecurity summer camp
It’s fair to say that after the Edward Snowden leaks, the National Security Agency (NSA) has had a bit of an image problem, which in turn has affected recruiting efforts. So what is the NSA doing to combat all this bad PR? Summer camps.
![The CryptoKids aren't alright](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2016/04/01/CryptoKidsCov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
The CryptoKids aren’t alright
Generally speaking, like most people in the FOIA community, my interest in public records stems from a desire to know what and why my government is doing, and the always pleasant surprise that I am legally owed an answer. Specifically speaking, I wanted to know who at the NSA signed off on making a saxophone-playing squirrel in safety goggles their kid-friendly mascot.
![NSA contracts stored manually in paper files](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2016/03/25/RaidersCov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
NSA contracts stored manually in paper files
Wish you were a little more organized? Have trouble finding that archived contract when you actually need it? Don’t feel too bad: The National Security Agency has the same problem, claiming that its contract database is stored manually and impossible to search by topic, category, or even by vendor in most cases.
![NSA's contract with VUPEN, 'Darth Vader of Cybersecurity'](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2016/08/27/dv.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
NSA’s contract with VUPEN, ‘Darth Vader of Cybersecurity’
Documents requested by Heather Akers-Healy from the National Security Agency show it had a contract with the French security researcher VUPEN, whose founder and CEO Chaouki Bekrar puckishly touts himself as the ‘Darth Vader of Cybersecurity.”
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Documents on Martin Ahmad Couture-Rouleau
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