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Despite that he brought no files with him from Hong Kong, I can readily accept that the Chinese or Russians obtained the files from someone else. The term "bla
by MichaelCrawford 11y ago
Despite that he brought no files with him from Hong Kong, I can readily accept that the Chinese or Russians obtained the files from someone else.
The term "black bag job" commonly means stealing a codebook. Spy movies depict Peter Gunn breaking into an embassy then cracking a safe.
Real black bag jobs are such social engineering as when the Pentagon ordered the commanding officer of Midway Island to request a replacement for the base's broken water desalination plant:
"$THE_ISLAND_WERE_ABOUT_TO_ATTACK needs a new desalinator" reported a japanese spy.
- desdiv 11y agoIt wasn't from a spy. It was the coded Japanese radio messages. The "Midway needs water" message was intentionally broadcasted in clear text. [0] http://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/90midway/90facts1.htm http://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/90midway/90facts1....
- MichaelCrawford 11y agoSorry I should have been more clear. The request for a desalinator was encrypted but in with the most insecure crypto used by the navy at the time. The japanese intercepted it then reported it back to japan using crypto that we had already cracked. My use of the term "spy" was intended purely for rhetorical effect.