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American Cryptology during the Cold War - The Black Vault

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ofhis term as DIRNSA, it was rumored that Canine was barely on speaking terms with <strong>the</strong><br />

AFSS commander, Major General Hunt Bassett.54<br />

<strong>The</strong> SCAs Create Second Echelons<br />

<strong>The</strong> decentralization plan spawned a second concept,<br />

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frequently wound up<br />

controlling related intercept positions at smaller units. <strong>The</strong> arrangement amounted to a<br />

de facto layering system in which large units controlled operations at smaller units, and in<br />

some cases <strong>the</strong> smaller units were officially subordinated to <strong>the</strong> larger ones. <strong>The</strong><br />

intermediate tier came to be known as "second-echelon," while NSA (and in <strong>the</strong> Air Force,<br />

AFSCC) operations were called "third echelon."<br />

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Ib) (3) -18 USC 798<br />

Ib) (3) -P.L. 86-36<br />

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