The Government Electronic Surveillance Agencies

"If one would give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest man, I would find something in them to have him hanged."
  — Cardinal Richelieu

The walls have ears, behave accordingly. Here are some organizations that take information security and/or communications security very seriously indeed, some of which also expend some effort in breaking that of other peoples.

Depending on who and where you are, the below list will likely contain some mix of good guys and bad guys.


Brownstone at 141 East 37th Street in New York.

Brownstone at 141 East 37th Street in New York. This was the home of the U.S. Government's "Black Chamber" code breaking operation run by Herbert Yardley in the 1920s.


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