Not everyone on this list was even alive when much of this happened, and others of us were busy dealing with other very important things going on in The Real World then, so this is a very interesting story for many.
Anyone willing to do business with the terrorists in Iran knew why they were getting the big bucks to do it. It's like being surprised when you get eaten while swimming with Great White sharks - it's in their nature. A regime that repeatedly violates sovereign foreign territory in the form of embassies and consulates should have been cut off from the rest of the world on Day One until they dried up and blew away. They laugh when others treat them with civility and grant them unearned respect as a legitimate government. The Enigma machines were made by a company that produced earlier commercial versions that didn't have the plugboard on the front of the Enigmas, and the rotors were wired differently from those provided for the Enigmas. The commercial predecessors were common in banks and larger businesses that needed to maintain the confidentiality of company-internal and/or customer information, and that needed to be communicated quickly to distant locations. On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 2:47 AM jos via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/national-security/cia-crypto-encryption-machines-espionage/?fbclid=IwAR2s7TrU9nXVXx4kUy-n7-LnXz3GM754uEzJjlPeTRa-TrOWhqm_QcH1HUI > > Very old news, I am afraid. > n a related note : Enigma type machines were used in the Swisss army. A > few of these found their way in the Swiss army surplus shop, sold for a > pittance. > > If only I had known then that these would be worth between 50-100K USD > today.... >
