On Jun 29, 8:30 pm, * US * wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:53:25 -0700 (PDT),
CitizenJimserac<Jimse...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >Though I do NOT agree with your overall strategic
> >*****sment and conclusions
>
> They're not mine.
>
> They're those of Dwight D. Eisenhower, among
> many others well-informed about the situation.
>
>
>
> >I do have an interest
> >in cryptography and will contribute that
> >Herbert O. Yardley, the man who had broken the
> >Japanese naval code in the 1920's through sheer
> >superhuman effort and logic, was BLOCKED
> >from returning to do cryptographic work
> >and was continually harrassed by the FBI
> >because of an expose' book he wrote in the
> >early 1930's, "The American Black Chamber",
> >detailing some of his World War 1 codebreaking
> >exploits.
>
> >It seems Yardley had rubbed one
> >of the state dept. bigwigs the wrong way
> >and was more or less ensured of never working
> >in the field again. The moment Canada
> >eagerly gave a preliminary acceptance to
> >Yardley's application to work there, some
> >phone calls from Wa****ngton were made
> >and the offer was promptly rescinded.
>
> >Both before and after Pearl Harbor
> >Yardley could have made enormous contributions,
> >but was blocked from doing so because
> >some state dept. officials feathers
> >were ruffled over Yardley's book.
>
> >I wonder how many killed might have
> >been saved by Yardley's missed
> >work?
>
> >CitizenJimserac
>
> Thanks for posting that.
I have TREMENDOUS respect for President,
and former General Eisenhower. His brief
television message, appearing at the war cemeteries
in Normandy not long before he died was one
one of the moving things I've ever seen.
I often wonder how shocked he would be if he
could see the MESS that our current President
has gotten us into.
Citizen Jimserac
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