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["Alan MacHett" <machett AT ibiblio.org>]

sent by a friend in IT in Richmond:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3804895.stm

<excerpt>
Breaking codes: An impossible task?

By Paul Reynolds
BBC News Online world affairs correspondent

Recent reports that the United States had broken codes used by the Iranian
intelligence service have intrigued experts on cryptology because a modern
cipher should be unbreakable.
Four leading British experts told BBC News Online that the story, if true,
points to an operating failure by the Iranians or a backdoor way in by the
National Security Agency (NSA) - the American electronic intelligence
organisation.


The reports, from Washington, suggested that the Iranians had been tipped
off by Ahmed Chalabi, an Iraqi political leader with links to Iran.
</excerpt>

-Alan