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The Puzzle Palace
James Bamford · 初版 1982 年
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为什么值得读
- 详述NSA与其前身机构的早期演变
- 揭示早期电报系统与政府的合作监听
- 展现政府情报机构庞大监控能力的由来
这是一本 NSA 曾试图封禁的著作——附有关于 Geoffrey Arthur Prime 间谍案的惊人新后记。National Security Agency 是美国规模最大、最神秘且潜在侵入性最强的情报机构。它在预算、人力和影响力上都让 CIA 相形见绌。在存在的三十年里，NSA 表现出了对法律令人震惊的漠视。直到现在，该机构的内部运作一直逃避着公众的监督。然而，在这部卓越的调查报道力作中，James Bamford 渗透进了 NSA 庞大的权力网络——成片的计
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除了《The Shadow Factory》，他还写了《The Puzzle Palace》和《Body of Secrets》。我不清楚这三本书之间有多少重合的内容，也不确定它们是否有特定的阅读顺序，但我现在正在死磕《The Puzzle Palace》。不管怎样，……
In addition to The Shadow Factory he also wrote The Puzzle Palace and Body of Secrets. I'm not sure how much material is shared between the three books, or if they're meant to be read in any certain order, but I'm plowing through The Puzzle Palace now. In any case,…
如果有人对这套东西的历史以及为什么政府机构会有这些预期感兴趣，我建议看看 James Bamford 的《The Puzzle Palace》https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Puzzle_Palace https://www.amazon.com/Puzzle-Palace-National-Intelligence-O... 读完那本书并更好地了解了其范围之后……
If anyone's interested in the history of this stuff and why government agencies have these expectations, I suggesting checking out The Puzzle Palace from James Bamford https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Puzzle_Palace https://www.amazon.com/Puzzle-Palace-National-Intelligence-O... After reading that book and getting a better sense of the scope of…
……足以填满一个足球场的超级计算机。我相信他们位于犹他州的新数据中心将极大地扩充他们的能力。我建议你阅读 James Bamford 关于 NSA 的三本书以获得更深入的见解。（《The Puzzle Palace》、《Body of Secrets》和《The Shadow Factory》。）http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bamford#Books
…supercomputers to fill a football field. I'm sure their new data center in Utah will be greatly enlarging their capabilities. I'd suggest you read James Bamford's three books on the NSA for further insight. (The Puzzle Palace, Body of Secrets, and The Shadow Factory.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bamford#Books
“等等，大家以前难道觉得这种事没在发生吗？”有一本非常有意思的书叫《The Puzzle Palace》，讲的是 NSA 及其前身机构的早期历史。当时的电报系统就是 AT&T 和政府合作，把所有的东西都抄送他们一份。这还是在电话出现之前。我一直以为……
"wait, did people not think this was happening?" There is a very interesting book called The Puzzle Palace, about the early history of the NSA and its forerunners. The telegraph system had ATT cooperating with the government to let them have a copy of everything. This is before telephones. I always assumed…
《The Puzzle Palace》以及 Bamford 的其他书绝对是关于 NSA 最好的著作之一。他在《连线》（Wired）上发表的关于串联 PRISM、电话监听和 NSA 海量数据中心内幕的文章代表了他最新的观点——http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/06/nsa-prism-verizon-s...
The Puzzle Palace and Bamford's other books are among the best about the NSA. His Wired article on Connecting the dots on PRISM, Phone Surveillance, and the NSA's Massive Data Center has his most recent thoughts -- http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/06/nsa-prism-verizon-s...
……被广泛使用且有 NSA 参与贡献的加密算法。“到底是谁觉得他们真会跑去找美国的服务和硬件公司要求植入后门啊”那本写于 1982 年的引人入胜的《The Puzzle Palace》，就描述了 NSA 的前身如何在电报局进驻，并在这个新兴行业的默许勾结下复制所有通信流量。这一切都不是什么新鲜事，甚至没有一丝……
…encryption algorithms in wide use that were contributed to by the NSA. "Who really thought they'd go to US service and hardware companies and ask them to implement backdoors" The fascinating book The Puzzle Palace, from 1982, describes the precursors to the NSA setting up shop in telegraph offices and copying all traffic with the collusion of the new industry. None of this is new, and none of it is in the least…