NSA
The signals intelligence agency whose feeds power the Machine.
The National Security Agency is the US Department of Defense intelligence agency responsible for collecting and analysing signals intelligence. In Person of Interest it supplies the Machine with a large share of its raw data.
Quick Facts
- Type
- US signals intelligence agency
- Role
- Feeds the Machine; later Samaritan
Facts from the source article.
Background
When Samaritan is activated at the end of season 3, it is given direct access to the NSA feeds, and in season 4 it manipulates the agency for its own ends. In the final season Finch releases the Ice-9 virus inside the NSA and to every system it can reach.
Source
Text adapted from NSA on the Person of Interest Wiki (Fandom, CC BY-SA 3.0). Page history: contributors. Codexery summarised the page, and this entry is shared under the same licence.
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