Check Out These Amazing NSA Posters From The 1950s And 60s

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If you were walking around the National Security Agency during the 1950s and 60s, you may have been repeatedly told through wall posters that “security is everyone’s responsibility.”

The signals intelligence agency commonly known during that time as “No Such Agency” really didn’t want employees talking about what they did for work, according to a recently published trove of posters from the website Government Attic, which mines the U.S. government for interesting documents via Freedom of Information Act requests.

Some of my favorites are below, but you can check out the full 139-page archive here.

National Security Agency/FOIA/Government Attic

National Security Agency/FOIA/Government Attic

National Security Agency/FOIA/Government Attic

National Security Agency/FOIA/Government Attic

National Security Agency/FOIA/Government Attic

National Security Agency/FOIA/Government Attic

National Security Agency/FOIA/Government Attic

National Security Agency/FOIA/Government Attic

National Security Agency/FOIA/Government Attic

National Security Agency/FOIA/Government Attic

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Paul Szoldra was the Editor in Chief of Task & Purpose from October 2018 until August 2022. Since joining T&P, he has led a talented team of writers, editors, and creators who produce military journalism reaching millions of readers each month. He also founded and edits Duffel Blog, a popular satirical newsletter for the military. Before becoming a journalist in 2013, he served as a Marine infantryman in Afghanistan, Korea, and other areas of the Pacific. His eyes still go up every time a helicopter from Camp Pendleton flies over his office in Southern California.