Re: Meganet on Cryptogram again

From: Mxsmanic (mxsmanic_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/28/03 

Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 08:49:48 +0200

Douglas A. Gwyn writes:

> Decades of concentration in this field have produced capabilities
> that have not been duplicated elsewhere.

Maybe, maybe not.

> No corporate entity has invested even a significant fraction
> of the annual effort on cryptology that the Agency has, so they
> are not likely to even come close to catching up.

It's not a question of brute effort, it's a question of brains.

> The only force I know of that could change that would
> be sustained mismanagement within the Agency, which would
> have the potential to destroy accrued capabilities and
> prevent the emergence of others.

Hmm. 

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