 FACT: The National Security Agency is solely responsible for  communications intelligence. They are tasked with securing U.S.  communications and trying to intercept and decode other countries  communications. They do not have field operators of the type  portrayed in the movie. If they had actionable intelligence it would  be turned over to the CIA for their use. Also, the NSA is forbidden  to intercept communication originating in the U.S. Exceptions  require approval from DOJ and court review process and are very  rare.