The National Security Agency, known for its inconspicuous operations, has launched a podcast “to share the stories of the world’s best codemakers and codebreakers.”

No Such Podcast, a play on words to the agency’s nickname No Such Agency, launched on Sept. 5 with the first episode breaking down how the federal agency assisted in the killing of Osama bin Laden.

The podcast episodes will focus on the agency’s two core missions: foreign signals intelligence and cybersecurity. They will be released weekly until mid-October.

“NSA employees defend the nation every day, applying their expertise and work ethic to challenging, time-sensitive problems,” Sara Siegle, NSA chief of strategic communications, said in a statement. “Because it’s sensitive, we can’t talk about some of our work, but it’s time to start telling more stories that we can talk about, sharing more of that expertise, and highlighting these incredible public servants.”

The podcast’s first episode gave listeners insight into signals intelligence and how the process has helped America and its allies keep citizens safe. Signals intelligence helped the NSA identify a crucial bin Laden associate that eventually led the CIA to his compound in Pakistan.

In 2007, the CIA approached the NSA about one of bin Laden’s associates, Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, possibly being related to the Ahmad Saeed family in Kuwait. After two years of wiretapping and analyzing numerous phone calls, the NSA came to the conclusion that al-Kuwaiti and Saeed were the same person.

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CIA operatives spotted al-Kuwaiti thanks to the NSA tracking his phone. An operative later followed al-Kuwaiti back to bin Laden’s compound, which the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency discovered thanks to NSA cell signal data.

The killing of bin Laden on May 2, 2011, was thanks to years of collaboration between the CIA, NSA, and military operatives.