Black, Jr.[2] McNamara joined the NSA in 1963 as a linguist working with Chinese.

McNamara became the first woman to be named Deputy Director of Operations in 1994.

At the time she was one of the highest ranked women in the United States intelligence community.

[3] She served as the NSA's Senior U.S. Liaison Officer in London, England shortly before her retirement in 2003.

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