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Victor Norris Hamilton wrote an article in Izvestia detailing his work for this organization, three years after the Martin and Mitchell defection from this organization. This organization allegedly collaborated with Unit 8200 on Operation Olympic Games which built the computer worm Stuxnet. (-5[1])One director of this organization told Martin Hellman that presenting an algorithm was equivalent to “exporting nuclear weapons to a hostile foreign power.” A predecessor to this organization uncovered Soviet (*) espionage of the Manhattan project as part of its Venona Project. In a 2013 Guardian article, Glenn Greenwald revealed a court order that required Verizon to provide this organization with telephone metadata. A former contractor for this organization was granted asylum in Russia (10[1])after leaking tens of thousands of its documents. For 10 points, name this intelligence agency which employed Edward Snowden. ■END■

ANSWER: National Security Agency
<GT, American History>
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Swapnil GargBerkeley AStanford A41-5
Michał GerasimiukStanford ABerkeley A11410

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