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The National Security Agency (NSA) is the central producer and manager of signals intelligence for the United States Government.

The National Security Agency (NSA) is the central producer and manager of signals intelligence for the United States Government. The NSA operates under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense and reports to the Director of National Intelligence.

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If Kerckhoffs's principle is correct why does the NSA not publish their Suite A ciphers?

The Wikipedia article offers little insight. To quote the page: the decision to keep them secret is in keeping with a layered security posture How should we (the cryptographic community) interpret the NSA's decision to keep their best ciphers…
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