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The NRO was first mentioned by the press in a 1971 [[New York Times]] article.<ref name="NSAEBB257_19740107">{{cite web|url=http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB257/19740107.pdf|title= History of NRO security breaches|access-date=2010-12-22 | The NRO was first mentioned by the press in a 1971 [[New York Times]] article.<ref name="NSAEBB257_19740107">{{cite web|url=http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB257/19740107.pdf|title= History of NRO security breaches|access-date=2010-12-22 | ||
|publisher= National Reconnaissance Office|author= (Chief, Special Security Center)|date= 1974-01-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Welles |first=Benjamin |date=1971-01-22 |title=Foreign Policy: Disquiet Over Intelligence Setup |page=1 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/01/22/archives/foreign-policy-disquiet-over-intelligence-setup-foreign-policy.html |work= | |publisher= National Reconnaissance Office|author= (Chief, Special Security Center)|date= 1974-01-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Welles |first=Benjamin |date=1971-01-22 |title=Foreign Policy: Disquiet Over Intelligence Setup |page=1 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/01/22/archives/foreign-policy-disquiet-over-intelligence-setup-foreign-policy.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=2021-10-18 |quote=The Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency has a staff of 3,000 and spends $500‐million yearly—as much as the C.I.A.— to collect and evaluate strategic intelligence. [...] Its National Reconnaissance Office spends another $1‐billion yearly flying reconnaissance airplanes and lofting or exploiting the satellites that constantly circle the earth and photograph enemy terrain with incredible accuracy from 130 miles up.}}</ref> The first official acknowledgement of NRO was a Senate committee report in October 1973, which inadvertently exposed the existence of the NRO.<ref>{{cite news | date=1973-12-19 |title = CIA and Others: Secret Agencies Studied | ||
| work=[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]] | location=[[Sarasota, Florida]] | page = 7-A | url =https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Df0jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0WYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=352,5728451&dq=national-reconnaissance-office |access-date=2021-10-19 |agency=[[Congressional Quarterly]] |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> }}</ref> In 1985, a ''New York Times'' article revealed details on the operations of the NRO.<ref name=supersecreteyes>{{cite news |last = Bamford |first = James | author-link = James Bamford | date=1985-01-13 |title = America's Supersecret Eyes In Space| work=[[The New York Times Magazine]] | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/13/magazine/america-s-supersecret-eyes-in-space.html |access-date=2021-10-19 |page=38}}</ref> | | work=[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]] | location=[[Sarasota, Florida]] | page = 7-A | url =https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Df0jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0WYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=352,5728451&dq=national-reconnaissance-office |access-date=2021-10-19 |agency=[[Congressional Quarterly]] |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> }}</ref> In 1985, a ''New York Times'' article revealed details on the operations of the NRO.<ref name=supersecreteyes>{{cite news |last = Bamford |first = James | author-link = James Bamford | date=1985-01-13 |title = America's Supersecret Eyes In Space| work=[[The New York Times Magazine]] | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/13/magazine/america-s-supersecret-eyes-in-space.html |access-date=2021-10-19 |page=38}}</ref> | ||