America
How the Germans broke US Code B7 – Part Two
The previous part described what a two part code is and what you need to be able to break it. This is Dr Müller’s description of how the Germans broke the American B7 code. The [more…]
intelligence agencies
America
How the Germans broke US Code B7 – Part One
The TICOM teams brought back lots of documents from Germany , one of them described how the Germans broke the US letter code “B7”. This is a précis of that document. Firstly , a description [more…]
Engineering
German code breaking during WW2, Part Nine
On the eastern front the Germans kept tabs on what the Russians were up to using traffic analysis. They had broken the low level codes but the higher level communications were done using the unbreakable [more…]
History
Secret Agent Selection SOE Training, Ep 1
I approach this review of a TV programme with a little trepidation as there will be GPers more qualified than me to critique it and provide historical context. I’d better read the forthcoming comments! I [more…]
Engineering
German code breaking during WW2, Part Eight
The Forschungsamt (or Goering’s Research Bureau) was the reason I was hunting around for information , its name popped up now and then but there was very little information about it. This was Goering’s pet [more…]
Politics
The Perfidy of Western “Intelligence” Agencies: The A.Q. Khan Case
Preface This article was first published in print nearly ten years ago now, (and under a different name) towards the end of 2008. At the time, Iraq and Afghanistan had clearly become quagmires and there [more…]
Engineering
German code breaking during WW2, Part Seven
One of the lesser known parts of German Signals Intelligence was the Radio Defence Corps of the Armed Forces. Their main function was to monitor clandestine radio transmissions within Germany and later German controlled areas. [more…]