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Louis Tordella
Louis William Tordella (May 1, 1911 – January 9, 1996) was the longest serving deputy director of the National Security Agency. Biography Tordella was born in Garrett, Indiana, on May 1, 1911 and grew up in the Chicago environs. He displayed an early affinity for mathematics, and obtained bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees in the 1930s. The outbreak of World War II found him teaching mathematics at Chicago's Loyola University Chicago, Loyola University. He joined the US Navy, immediately made contacts in the service, and was brought aboard as a lieutenant junior grade in 1942. He went directly into cryptology, cryptologic work for the US Navy, Navy's codebreaking organization, OP-20-G. He finished the war at OP-20-G collection stations on the West Coast, at Bainbridge Island, Washington, and Skaggs Island Naval Communication Station. After the war Tordella stayed on with the Navy, and in 1949 joined the newly created Armed Forces Security Agency (AFSA), an early attemp ...
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Deputy Director Of The National Security Agency
The Deputy Director of the National Security Agency (DDIRNSA) is the highest-ranking civilian within the National Security Agency. As the senior civilian at NSA, the deputy director acts as the agency's chief operating officer, guiding and directing strategies and policy, and serves as the principal advisor to the Director of the NSA. The deputy director reports to the NSA director and is required to be a technically experienced civilian. The current deputy director is George C. Barnes. NSA deputy directors Deputy directors of AFSA The Armed Forces Security Agency The National Security Agency (NSA) is a national-level intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). The NSA is responsible for global monitoring, collectio ... (AFSA) was the predecessor to the NSA. *''From November 1950 to April 1951, there was a Deputy Director for each service.'' Deputy directors of NSA References ...
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