Background on NSA origins and Snowden's 2013 leak from Hong Kong

The passage provides well‑known historical context about the NSA and Edward Snowden’s 2013 disclosures. It contains no new, actionable leads, specific transactions, or novel allegations involving high NSA was created in 1952 under a classified presidential order. Snowden, an NSA analyst, leaked documents from Hong Kong in June 2013. The leaked material included both domestic surveillance and forei