Re: [ISN] Serving in Silence: NSA's Fallen Comrades

From: Joe Barr (warthawgat_private)
Date: Tue May 29 2001 - 05:45:33 PDT

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    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 <jerichoat_private> 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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