How the CIA used Crypto AG encryption devices to spy on countries for decades

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‘The intelligence coup of the century’
For decades, the CIA read the encrypted communications of allies and adver
A denial operation
A brave new world
German and American partners
Iranian suspicions
The irreplaceable man
The Hydra crisis
Alive and well
Greg Miller

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From 1970 on, the CIA and its code-breaking sibling, the washingtonpost.com – National Security Agency, controlled nearly every aspect of Crypto’s operations — presiding with their German partners over hiring decisions, designing its technology, sabotaging its algorithms and directing its sales targets.
This story is based on the CIA history and a parallel BND account, also obtained by The Post and ZDF, interviews with current and former Western intelligence officials as well as Crypto employees.
The CIA and BND documents indicate that Swiss officials must have known for decades about Crypto’s ties to the U.S. and German spy services, but intervened only after learning that news organizations were about to expose the arrangement.
U.S. intelligence officials discussed the idea of buying Crypto for years, but squabbling between the CIA and NSA prevented them from acting until two other spy agencies entered the fray.
THE AMERICAS EUROPE AFRICA MIDDLE EAST REST OF ASIA Argentina Austria Algeria Iran Bangladesh Brazil Angola Iraq Burma Czechoslovakia India Chile Jordan Egypt Greece Indonesia Colombia Kuwait Gabon Hungary Japan Honduras Lebanon Ghana Ireland Malaysia Oman Mexico Guinea Italy Pakistan Qatar Nicaragua Ivory Coast Portugal Philippines Saudi Arabia Peru Libya Romania South Korea Syria Uruguay Mauritius Spain Thailand U.A.E Venezuela Morocco Turkey Vietnam Nigeria Vatican City Rep. of the Congo Yugoslavia South Africa Sudan Tanzania Tunisia WORLDWIDE ORGANIZATION Zaire Zimbabwe United Nations The records show that at least four countries — Israel, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom — were aware of the operation or were provided intelligence from it by the United States or West Germany

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