Re: Mention of Joe Biden in "Puzzle Palace"
Dan McDonald <[email protected]> Mon, 25 Nov 2019 17:46:54 -0500
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> On Nov 25, 2019, at 3:16 PM, Dave Horsfall <[email protected]> wrote: > > Having just (re)read James Bamford's "Puzzle Palace", I noticed a reference to one United States Senator Joe Biden, who was a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Apparently he revealed a major security breach in the mid-70s when a "young sergeant" in a "very, very sensitive position working with the National Security Agency" managed to smuggle out some information on a tape recorder. > > That got me wondering: not being an American, would this be the current Joe Biden? I can't seem to find any hard information on it. He served from 1973 to 2009, so it likely is him. Dan _______________________________________________ The cryptography mailing list [email protected] https://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography