* The N.S.A. is commonly short for the National Security Agency, a U.S. intelligence agency responsible for global monitoring, collection, decoding, translation and analysis of information and data for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes.
* This is Steve Hely's first writing credit in six years.
* Despite what Klaus says, the German word for veal is not "kinderkuhfleische". It's kalbfleisch.http://www.interglot.com/dictionary/de/en/translate/Kalbfleisch