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NY Times reports: NSA falsified Gulf of Tonkin intercepts
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 18:39:39 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry () piermont com> Date: October 31, 2005 8:06:11 AM EST To: cryptography () metzdowd com Subject: NY Times reports: NSA falsified Gulf of Tonkin interceptshttp://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/31/politics/31war.html? ex=1288414800&en=e2f5e341687a2ed9&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 - The National Security Agency has kept secret since 2001 a finding by an agency historian that during the Tonkin Gulf episode, which helped precipitate the Vietnam War, N.S.A. officers deliberately distorted critical intelligence to cover up their mistakes, two people familiar with the historian's work say. The historian's conclusion is the first serious accusation that communications intercepted by the N.S.A., the secretive eavesdropping and code-breaking agency, were falsified so that they made it look as if North Vietnam had attacked American destroyers on Aug. 4, 1964, two days after a previous clash. -- Perry E. Metzger perry () piermont com --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing ListUnsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo () metzdowd com
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