I don't think the NSA really plays a role in the whole thing. Here are the groups that seem to be responsible. 

DHS that implemented and manages the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center responsible for coordinating cyber and communications warning information across federal, state, and local governments, intelligence and law enforcement communities, and the private sector. This function is the core of the cyber structure of the nation because represents a central government that is able to coordinate the operation made by offices that in the past were totally misaligned. DHS is also responsible for the establishment of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Collaboration Program (CISCP), an entity responsible for information sharing between critical infrastructure owners and operators also involving private representatives.

FBI that is responsible for the activities made by the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force (NCIJTF), an entity that facilitates federal interagency collaboration and serves as a central point of entry for coordinating, integrating, and sharing pertinent information related to cyber-threat investigations. The FBI also runs 65 cyber task forces across the country that integrate federal, state, and local assets.
The Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center is a cybersecurity office that provides real-time network monitoring, early cyber threat warnings and advisories, vulnerability identification and mitigation, and incident response.
The Secret Service that is working to fight cybercrime implementing an agency’s network of 33 Electronic Crimes Task Forces (ECTFs), some of them also localized in Europe, demonstrating the cybercrime has no boundaries.

DHS’s National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) and Science and Technology Directorate also contribute to the development of international cybersecurity standards by participating in standards bodies such as the International Telecommunication Union, the International Organization for Standardization, and the Internet Engineering Task Force.

 

Last edited by tennyson (4/25/2015 10:29 pm)

"The hackers, who also got deeply into the State Department’s unclassified system, do not appear to have penetrated closely guarded servers that control the message traffic from Mr. Obama’s BlackBerry, which he or an aide carries constantly.But they obtained access to the email archives of people inside the White House, and perhaps some outside, with whom Mr. Obama regularly communicated. From those accounts, they reached emails that the president had sent and received, according to officials briefed on the investigation."


So, they got in through the State Department's unclassified system, eh. Clearly a failure of Hillary Clinton.

And they were able to access unclassified e-mails Obama sent or received on his Blackberry. That means they probably intercepted that JibJab card that he sent to Michele on her birthday.

Shocking news! We should all be outraged!

Rongone wrote:

"The hackers, who also got deeply into the State Department’s unclassified system, do not appear to have penetrated closely guarded servers that control the message traffic from Mr. Obama’s BlackBerry, which he or an aide carries constantly.But they obtained access to the email archives of people inside the White House, and perhaps some outside, with whom Mr. Obama regularly communicated. From those accounts, they reached emails that the president had sent and received, according to officials briefed on the investigation."


So, they got in through the State Department's unclassified system, eh. Clearly a failure of Hillary Clinton.

And they were able to access unclassified e-mails Obama sent or received on his Blackberry. That means they probably intercepted that JibJab card that he sent to Michele on her birthday.

Shocking news! We should all be outraged!

Guess you are correct... it's just a big joke! 

"Others confirmed that the White House intrusion was viewed as so serious that officials met on a nearly daily basis for several weeks after it was discovered. “It’s the Russian angle to this that’s particularly worrisome,” another senior official said."
 

Common Sense wrote:

"Information Assurance involves preventing unauthorized access to sensitive or classified national security information and systems. The purpose of the Information Assurance mission is to keep others from stealing or tampering with our national security systems and information. This work not only keeps our vital information out of unauthorized hands, but helps ensure that the information our decision makers need is available and reliable when they need it.Under National Security Directive 42, the Director of NSA has responsibility for the security of national security information systems, covering the Department of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies. NSA/CSS also helps improve the security of critical operations and information by providing know-how and technology to suppliers and clients."

I think you will find that the NSD directives and structure were remnants of the 1990s structure (see first post here). More recent directives show higerarchical structures more akin to what I posted earlier (see second post here) 

Presidential Directives and
Executive Orders

http://fas.org/irp/offdocs/direct.htm

The Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative

https://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/foreign-policy/cybersecurity/national-initiative