Special Collection Service

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The Special Collection Service (SCS), codenamed F6,^[1] is a highly classified joint U.S. Central Intelligence Agency–National Security Agency program charged with inserting eavesdropping equipment in difficult-to-reach places, such as foreign embassies, communications centers, and foreign government installations. Established in the late 1970s and headquartered in Beltsville, Maryland,^[2] the SCS has been involved in operations ranging from the Cold War to hunting Al-Qaeda after the September 11 attacks.