Brian Regan,a scalp for the NSA?
Matthew X
profrv at nex.net.au
Sat May 1 15:19:46 PDT 1999
"Several countries abandoned Crypto AG but failed to ensure secrecy. The
Libyans switched to Gretag units after the NSA cited secret communications
to allege Libyan involvement in the 1986 La Belle disco bombing in West
Berlin. One senior US official said the fact that the Libyans were making
their codes more difficult to crack would "make our job tougher." But the
NSA seemed to have the Gretag base covered as well. According to one
knowledgeable cryptographic industry expert, NSA's program to co-opt the
services of encryption manufactures probably extends to all those within
reach of NSA operatives."
http://mediafilter.org/caq/cryptogate/
So how was Regan blown anyway?
If the fix wasn't in then TEMPEST/intercepts are another possibility or a
defector/double agent.The least likely scenario?Possibly the one presented
in court.
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