Herbert Yardley and the American Black Chamber: Lessons for Today?

Submitting Campus

Daytona Beach

Department

Security Studies & International Affairs

Document Type

Presentation with Video

Publication/Presentation Date

9-30-2015

Abstract/Description

"In 1917, Herbert O. Yardley was put in charge of the nation's first code-breaking section of military intelligence, MI8. He was excellent at his job, and when his office was closed down in 1929, he set off a firestorm with his bestselling tell-all book about the secrets of cryptography, American Black Chamber."

Location

Washington, DC

Additional Information

"A lecture in the Whistleblowers, Leakers, or Traitors? You Decide! series at the Spy Museum, Washington, DC. A joint Spy Museum/Smithsonian Associates Program."

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