Gift shop purchases appear on credit card statements credited to a mysterious Civilian Welfare Fund. The NSA museum, vaunted as the hallmark of its new openness, concentrates on World War II codebreaking. Inside the agency, change has been palpable. The NSA has farmed out some research, allowed an ex-agent to publish an account of how he redesigned an internal communications system and cooperated on Bamford's book, a largely sympathetic history of the agency by an author who favors more spending on intelligence technology. That may have been an astute move on the NSA director's part, Polmar said.
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Spreading suburbs have brought neighbors close to the agency's long-isolated campus. She's thrilled the NSA recently enticed General Dynamics to build a local plant. Staffers once forbidden to say where they worked now lead one of the nation's largest blood drives. NSA firemen train local volunteers in how to contain a chemical attack. Texas Governor Mulls Similar Legislation.