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NSA Looking for New Digs in Utah

The National Security Agency (NSA) announced plans to build a 1 million square foot facility in Utah. Reports say that the agency is attempting to decentralize operations by dispersing its work to more regions. The agency in recent years had found its highly classified work under a microscope due to domestic spying activity prohibited by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act law.

Spies like us: NSA to build huge facility in Utah, Matthew D. LaPlante, Salt Lake Tribune, July 3, 2009
Critics worry NSA center may drain Utah power customers, Mattew D. LaPlante, Salt Lake, July 9, 2009