Barbara A. McNamara (born circa 1942) is an American linguist. She was the NSA's Deputy Director from October 1997 until June 2000. She was succeeded by William B. Black, Jr.[2]
McNamara joined the NSA in 1963 as a linguist working with Chinese. She rose through a number of analytic, operational, and managerial positions before leaving the Operational Directorate in 1983. McNamara became the first woman to be named Deputy Director of Operations in 1994. In 1997 she became the second woman to be named the agency's deputy director. In June 2000, she received the US Intelligence Community's highest award, the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal. At the time she was one of the highest ranked women in the United States intelligence community.[3] She served as the NSA's Senior U.S. Liaison Officer in London, England shortly before her retirement in 2003.[4][5]
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barbara, mcnamara, barbara, mcnamara, born, circa, 1942, american, linguist, deputy, director, from, october, 1997, until, june, 2000, succeeded, william, black, 15th, deputy, director, national, security, agencyin, office, 1997, 2000preceded, bywilliam, crowe. Barbara A McNamara born circa 1942 is an American linguist She was the NSA s Deputy Director from October 1997 until June 2000 She was succeeded by William B Black Jr 2 Barbara McNamara15th Deputy Director of the National Security AgencyIn office 1997 2000Preceded byWilliam P CrowellSucceeded byWilliam B Black Jr Personal detailsBorn1941 1942 age 80 81 Clinton Massachusetts U S Professionlinguist intelligence officialAwardsNational Intelligence Distinguished Service MedalNickname BAM 1 Biography EditMcNamara joined the NSA in 1963 as a linguist working with Chinese She rose through a number of analytic operational and managerial positions before leaving the Operational Directorate in 1983 McNamara became the first woman to be named Deputy Director of Operations in 1994 In 1997 she became the second woman to be named the agency s deputy director In June 2000 she received the US Intelligence Community s highest award the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal At the time she was one of the highest ranked women in the United States intelligence community 3 She served as the NSA s Senior U S Liaison Officer in London England shortly before her retirement in 2003 4 5 In 2020 she was inducted into the NSA Hall of Honor References Edit Body of Secrets google ca 2000 Press Release NSA s Deputy Director Receives Top Intelligence Community Medal NSA CSS nsa gov Archived from the original on 2009 06 19 Retrieved 2009 08 12 Barbara Mcnamara Nsa NSA 2nd in command is transferred to London Baltimore Sun CACI International on 10 13 2006 Women in Cryptologic History Barbara McNamara NSA CSS nsa gov Government officesPreceded byWilliam P Crowell Deputy Director of the National Security AgencyOctober 1997 June 2000 Succeeded byWilliam B Black Jr This biography of a person who has held a non elected position in the federal government of the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Barbara McNamara amp oldid 1105730407, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
