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Article: Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency, From the Cold War Through the Dawn of a New Century. (Reviews: Umbra Gamm Zarf * (above top secret to you, pal)).
- Article from:
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
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Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency, From the Cold War Through the Dawn of a New Century By James Bamford Doubleday, 2001 721 pages; $29.95
BY NOON ON SEPTEMBER 11, AS THE Pentagon and what remained of the World Trade Center smoldered, local TV stations in Washington began scrolling across their screens a list of "closed" schools and federal agencies. A professor at George Washington University remembers seeing "National Security Agency" on that list, and nearly jumping out of his chair. "NSA should have been working double-time that day, not going on liberal leave!" he told me that evening. James Bamford's important new portrait ...