The US National Security Agency, which uses satellites and electronic listening posts to gather intelligence globally, is falling behind in technology, causing deep concern in the spy community, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said on Thursday. Rep. Porter . . .
The US National Security Agency, which uses satellites and electronic listening posts to gather intelligence globally, is falling behind in technology, causing deep concern in the spy community, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said on Thursday. Rep. Porter Goss, the Florida Republican who chairs the panel, said the NSA, once a leader in technology, is now lagging behind the fast pace of advances and is unable to cover all necessary targets for gathering information and data.

"NSA is the number one concern in the intelligence community right now in terms of capability," Goss told the Defense Writers Group. "It is true that there are targets that we cannot cover today that we used to be able to enjoy coverage on, because of technology."

NSA, probably the most secretive of the US intelligence agencies, uses an array of technologies to monitor communications around the globe.

It had an edge during the Cold War because it had computer power that no one else could match, Goss said. "NSA is an agency that has served the country brilliantly. It is now out of date."

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