Friendship Annex
The Friendship Annex, also known as FANX or FANEX, is a
History
Friendship Annex was established in early 1970 after the NSA outgrew the office space of its headquarters at Fort Meade, Maryland.[4] The agency leased several buildings in the Airport Square Technology Park near BWI,[5] located 20–25 minutes drive time from its headquarters, and named the new facility after the airport, which was at one time named Friendship International Airport.[1][4][6] The buildings comprised two seven-story towers and two two-story buildings, labeled FANX I, II, III and IV.[2][4][7] One of the two-story buildings was later leased to NASA.[4] The NSA expanded the size of Friendship Annex, completing the complex in the 1990s.[8][9][10] Today the complex covers 1,000,000 square feet (93,000 m2) of leased space and houses an estimated 12,000 NSA personnel. A number of intelligence contractors are also co-located within or near the technology park.[2]
Functions
Friendship Annex serves multiple roles. It functions, in part, as a cyber espionage station. Teams of NSA
Friendship Annex is the primary campus of the National Cryptologic School.[8][12] The school offers a wide range of courses in cryptology, from basic training to advanced techniques for senior staff, as well as courses in language, leadership, education, and business.[12][13] The school is located in the seven-story FANX IV building.[8][12]
The complex also serves as the production studio for the NSA Broadcast Network, which produces live,
Friendship Annex is where the NSA conducts its new employee screening.[15][16] In particular, polygraph tests are administered to prospective employees in the FANX III building. Following the polygraph test, recruits undergo a series of psychological tests. In all, prospective employees spend about 48 hours in the FANX facility undergoing preemployment testing.[15]
See also
- National Security Agency
- National Cryptologic School
- Special Collection Service
- Baltimore–Washington International Airport
References
- ISBN 9780140067484.
- ISBN 9780307425058.
- Bennett, Richard (2012). Espionage: Spies and Secrets. ISBN 9781448132140.
- Hersh, Seymour (November 1, 2010). "The Online Threat". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on May 20, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- National Cryptologic School (1986). On Watch (PDF). National Security Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 28, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
- Pike, John (March 19, 1997). "NSA FANX Friendship Annex". Federation of American Scientists. Archived from the original on August 3, 2001. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- Rosenberg, David (2011). Inside Pine Gap. Hardie Grant. ISBN 9781742736488.
Notes and sources
- ^ a b c Hersh, p. 5.
- ^ a b c d Pike.
- ^ Eckard, Larry (May 2002). "President's Corner" (PDF). Torii Tribune. Vol. 2, no. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2012. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
- ^ a b c d Bamford, 1983, p. 95.
- truck farm that existed prior to the expansion of BWI in the 1970s. See Mack, Betty (February 2, 2013). "Voices of Legacy: The story of the airport quilt". Maryland Gazette. Archived from the originalon July 18, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ a b Bamford, 2007, p. 510.
- ^ a b c National Cryptologic School, p. 91.
- ^ "National Security Agency". Federation of American Scientists. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
- ^ "NSA/CSS 60th Anniversary Timeline - 1990s". National Security Agency. November 7, 2012. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
- ^ Rosenberg, p. 9.
- ^ a b c Bamford, 1983, pp. 153–154.
- ^ "Career Development". National Security Agency. February 23, 2009. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
- ^ Bennett.
- ^ a b Bamford, 1983, pp. 143–145.
- ^ See Perro, Ralph J. (pseud.) (January 2004). Interviewing With An Intelligence Agency (PDF). Federation of American Scientists. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 2, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2013.