National Geographic Lifts Veil on NSA

There's a common joke around here that NSA stands for "No Such Agency."

Of course, everyone knows it stands for National Security Agency, but finding out precisely what the agency does on Fort Meade is not easy.

The National Geographic Channel will run a one-hour documentary Monday night that will seek to shed some light on the NSA's activities. The special is said to offer the first behind-the-scenes footage of NSA in more than a decade.

"[NSA is] still considered one of the most secretive intelligence agencies in the world," National Geographic wrote on its website. "But that's about to change. With the first access given to a documentary film crew since 9/11, National Geographic goes 'Inside the NSA' for a new one-hour special to demystify the modern-day spy agency."

Inside the NSA: America's Cyber Secrets will air at 9 p.m. on the National Geographic Channel. That's channel 121 or 621 on Verizon FiOS systems, and 109 or 871 on Comcast cable. DirecTV customers will find it on channel 276