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TRUMBULL "Trum" D. SOULE, a SIGINT Expert, is a retired NSA Officer who served from 1982 to 2021. He is the retired Chief of Legislative, State, Local and Academic Engagement (LSLA) at NSA from 2016 until 2021. He served in numerous liaison positions with Congress, including as Deputy Chief of Legislative Affairs from 2010-2013, and earlier on the investigation into the 9/11 attacks, and as NSA’s primary liaison to the United States Senate. During his tenure as Chief of LSLA, Trum worked with the Senate on the nomination and confirmation of GEN Paul M. Nakasone to be NSA’s 18th Director. He worked with the Congress on investigating Russian election meddling, on the bipartisan reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Section 702 (a key intelligence authority), and on unauthorized disclosures of classified information. As NSA Deputy Chief of Staff, he concurrently served as Deputy Chief of the Agency’s Media Leaks Task Force following Edward Snowden’s unauthorized disclosure of classified information in 2013. He served at NSA from 1982 until his retirement in 2021. President Obama recognized him with the rank of Meritorious Executive National Security Agency. He is a graduate of Deerfield Academy, and lives in Ellicott City, Maryland. He is the author of the 2022 NSA booklet: NSA Directors: The Selection and Confirmation Process: A History and Lessons Learned Study - published by the Center for Cryptologic History.
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