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National Security Agency: A search for National Security Agency in government procurement databases finds 73 contracts for telecommunications equipment from the NSA, going to numerous government departments and agencies, though Vice reports there were at least 100 of these contracts, according to Huffington Post. Some of the contracts were for the House of Commons and the Privy Council Office, suggesting NSA-designed equipment reached the highest levels of government and The federal government spent more than $50 million buying high-security communications technology from the U.S. National Security Agency, according to data unearthed by Vice magazine . The equipment was purchased for numerous government departments, including Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the Department of Finance, Canada Border Services and the countrys spy agency. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.