Editing National Security Agency (section)

=== Arbitrary firing ===
The number of exemptions from legal requirements has been criticized. When in 1964 Congress was hearing a bill giving the director of the NSA the power to fire at will any employee, ''The Washington Post'' wrote: "This is the very definition of arbitrariness. It means that an employee could be discharged and disgraced based on anonymous allegations without the slightest opportunity to defend himself." Yet, the bill was accepted by an overwhelming majority.<ref name="Kahn" /> Also, every person hired to a job in the US after 2007, at any private organization, state or federal government agency, ''must'' be reported to the [[New Hire Registry]], ostensibly to look for [[child support]] evaders, ''except'' that employees of an intelligence agency may be excluded from reporting if the director deems it necessary for national security reasons.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dc-newhire.com/faqs#faq:4 |title=Is anyone exempt from this law? {{!}} District of Columbia New Hire Registry FAQ |website=dc-newhire.com |accessdate=18 November 2021 |archive-date=18 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118125006/https://dc-newhire.com/faqs#faq:4 |url-status=live }}</ref>