Epstein Secrets

ith public figures ranging from Prince Charles to Alan Greenspan, from Elvis Presley to Neil Diamond, f

os while King’ s assassin moved into position, took aim, fired, and walked away.” World War II was racketed by presidential conspiracies of silence: Franklin D. Roosevelt knew that Japan was going to attack Pearl Harbor; and Harry Truman knew that Japan was about to make peace overtures but he nevertheless ordered that

cryptanalysts led by the brilliant mathematician Alan Turing succeeded in build- ing a rudimentary comp

ing in Asia and | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.indd 198 @ 9/30/16 8:13AM | | HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019686 The Rise of the NSA | 199 Europe, President Franklin D. Roosevelt reactivated the operation as the Signal Security Agency. It proved its value in breaking the Japanese machine-generated cipher “Purple.” In June 1942

_020260 109 clear in a lengthily interview with Alan Rusbridger, the editor of the Guardian. He told h

amber saying famously “Gentlemen should not read each other's mail.” The moratorium did not last long. With war looming in Asia and Europe, President Franklin D. Roosevelt reactivated the operation as the Signals Security Agency. It proved its value in breaking the Japanese machine-generated cipher “purple.” In June 194