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Is this the same video that was found via FOIA, but was on an old tape format of some kind that the NSA couldn't/wouldn't read?

• KenoFischer 2y ago
  Yes. Linked press release says they borrowed equipment from NARA to play it.
  • toomuchtodo 2y ago
    Relevant Animats comment at the time. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40958494 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40958494 Related: The NSA Is Defeated by a 1950s Tape Recorder. Can You Help Them? -https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40957026 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40957026 - July 2024 (24 comments) Admiral Grace Hopper's landmark lecture is found, but the NSA won't release it -https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40926428 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40926428 - July 2024 (9 comments)
  • iNate2000 2y ago
    https://www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/Press-Releases-Statements/Press-Release-View/Article/3884041/nsa-releases-copy-of-internal-lecture-delivered-by-computing-giant-rear-adm-gra/ https://www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/Press-Releases-Statements/Pre... > able to retrieve the footage contained on two 1’ APEX tapes I'm no expert, but I think they meant 1-inch AMPEX tape. Also, perhaps they should record it in doubly. #ThisIsSpinalTap #Stonehenge #InchsToFeet
    • qingcharles 2y ago
      The page now says AMPEX. Did they read your comment? p.s. I'm imagining ECHELON flagging your comment and someone from the NSA quickly modifying the document on the sly...
      • philipwhiuk 2y ago
        Or someone in the NSA reads Hacker News. Hi, anonymous NSA employee!
      • fragmede 2y ago
        haha now we're all on a list, aren't we? shit.