complete quote Bobby Inman

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

"There is a very real and critical danger that unrestrained public
discussion of cryptologic matters will seriously damage the ability of this
government to conduct signals intelligence and the ability of this
government to carry out its mission of protecting national security
information from hostile exploitation."
-- Admiral Bobby Ray Inman, then director of the NSA, in a public speech in
March 1979.