Re: Serving in Silence: NSA's Fallen Comrades

[Joe Barr <warthawg () blackhat net>]

There is good information on the Internet about the USS Liberty.  Among
those killed was CTC Milton "Don" Smith, my instructor at Pensacola, who
told me I would probably end up a lifer.


On Tue, 29 May 2001 03:26:48 -0600 (MDT)
security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org> wrote:

> > http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A85758-2001May27.html
> >
> > By Vernon Loeb
> > Washington Post Staff Writer
> > Monday, May 28, 2001; Page A21 
> >
> > Sixteen days before the Korean War ended in July 1953, Army Pvt. Jay
> > Stoner died from a shrapnel wound after crawling onto a battlefield
> > amid heavy shelling to fix a communications line.
>
> I would hazard a guess that this material is from the recently released
> book 'Body of Secrets' by James Bamford. He is well known for his previous
> book on the NSA titled 'The Puzzle Palace'. If you are interested in the
> NSA and their history, the book is a fascinating read. I'd encourage
> everyone to check it out over articles like this. Just doesn't do the
> story justice, especially in the case of the USS Liberty. 
>
>
>
> Review of the book by Bruce Schneier
> http://www.salon.com/books/review/2001/04/25/nsa/
>
> 'Body of Secrets' on Amazon
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0385499078/insekurityorgA/
>
>
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