1996-01-25 - Re: Secrecy of NSA Affiliation

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From: “Peter Trei” <trei@process.com>
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Raw Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 07:01:09 +0800

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From: "Peter Trei" <trei@process.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 07:01:09 +0800
To: <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Secrecy of NSA Affiliation
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Tim writes: 
> Also, much other evidence points to the NSA having "gone public" much
> farther back in time than 18-30 months ago. Former DIRNSAs on the
> MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour were always introduced as former directors of the
> NSA. As early as the mid-80s, as I recollect. I think Bamford's book pretty
> much outed the name, though it was widely known before that, of course.

Datapoint: My 1967 HB copy of The Codebreakers discusses the 
agency, and includes a photo of the HQ.


Peter Trei
Senior Software Engineer
Purveyor Development Team                                
Process Software Corporation
http://www.process.com
trei@process.com





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