Is this a good or bad thing?
Employment will increase in the area; both for the building of the area and for the future employees. But will local monitoring be heightened? The main reason the NSA is building here locally is the highly educated LDS Return Missionaries that are bilingual and are young and diligent with their work ethic and would easily pass the incredible security screening that is necessary to gain a foothold with the NSA. Terrific place to work and a great place to live.
Take a look at the attached articles and see for yourself!
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12772821
http://fcw.com/Articles/2009/10/27/Web-NSA-data-center-cybersecurity.aspx
http://universe.byu.edu/node/1485
http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/article_f9ebb49d-0bf1-5614-964a-13d084e8db1a.html
http://thecrossroadsjournal.com/wordpress/2010/01/05/
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20090710/ai_n32159604/
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705314456/Psst-Big-spy-center-is-coming-to-Utah.html
