Abstract
dc:description.abstract(cont.) effort that eventually paid off in 1999. Interest group politics also factors into the actions of the national security establishment as they also lobby the Presidency and Congress to maintain restrictive encryption regulations. The study uses organizational culture to explain the motivations and some of the actions of the NSA, particularly with regard to its preference for secrecy, its placement of national security above other values, and its efforts to maintain control over all cryptology, whether government or civilian.
Degree
thesis:*- Department dc:contributor.department
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Political Science.
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2004
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Hung, Shirley Kon-Jean
- Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
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- Kenneth A. Oye.
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
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- M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.
- Licence dc:rights.uri
- Language dc:language.iso
- en_US
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Handle dc:identifier.uri
- http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/28754
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/28754