The NSA will neither confirm nor deny these are items in its gift shop

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NSA Glomar gift shop

Paul Szoldra/Tech Insider

The National Security Agency will neither confirm nor deny the stuff you buy in its gift shop.

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The boilerplate Glomar Response - the government agency equivalent of "no comment" when asked for documents - caught our eye while checking out the NSA's museum right outside its fenced walls at Fort Meade, Md.

There on the window outside the NSA's gift shop (there's a gift shop?!) stood a lone sign saying the agency didn't endorse any of this stuff.

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You can buy our merchandise, people, but don't come knocking on the door asking for refunds.

Check out what we found inside.

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