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NSA Lures Hackers
By Robert MacMillan, Newsbytes.
August 27, 1999
There's a future in the National Security Agency for young techies and
hackers, showing that maybe the Clinton administration is a little
off-base in its efforts to turn children away from the so-called dark side
of computer obsession.
According to a page on the NSA Website, last updated in December 1998, the
agency is looking for a few good teen-aged hacker-types, promising them
free college tuition, room and board if they come to work for the agency
for at least five years upon college graduation.
The NSA program is not exactly restricted to the dean's list cream of the
crop, however, requiring only a minimum SAT score of 1200 (or composite
Act score of 27), a 3.0 grade point average or higher, "demonstration of
leadership abilities" and US citizenship.
Students also must be high school seniors planning to pursue a Bachelor's
degree in computer science, electrical or computer engineering,
mathematics or Far Eastern, Middle Eastern or Slavic languages (with the
curious absence of Russian).
While at college, students also would receive textbook reimbursements,
housing and travel entitlements during the summer if they live more than
75 miles from NSA headquarters in Fort Meade, Md.
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Received on Sun Sep 5 11:27:30 1999