NSA Publication Indices Declassified

Schneier is reporting that a 3 year old freedom of information act request has finally come to fruition showing us indices from the NSA Technical Journal, Cryptographic Quarterly, Crytologic Spectrum, and Cryptologic Almanac. From the article: "The request took more than three years for them to process and declassify -- sadly, not atypical -- and during the process they asked if he would accept the indexes in lieu of the tables of contents pages: specifically, the cumulative indices that included all the previous material in the earlier indices. He agreed, and got them last month. Consider these bibliographic tools as stepping stones. If you want an article, send a FOIA request for it. Send a FOIA request for a dozen. There's a lot of stuff here that would help elucidate the early history of the agency and some interesting cryptographic topics."

Re:What?

[LiquidCoooled]

To find out what the article is on about, you must file a Form 9923479821789123 (Freedom of information request) to the Government and wait upto 3 years for delivery of said document.
Please note however that the document will be placed on public display in the basement of the town hall at the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard'.

Re:Freedom?

[letsgolightning]

Freedom isn't free. It costs folks like you and me. C'mon man, pitch in your buck-oh-five.

Cover Stories from the NSA Technical Journal!

[BeeBeard]

* Build a waterboarding setup using common household items!

* Exclusive interview with ECHELON! The Journal: Boxers or Briefs? ECHELON: Beep...beep...

* The top ten things not even the President knows!

* Keith Alexander's Beauty Tips!

* More inside!

Re:a real WTF moment...

[Keebler71]

I think there is a mistake... "Key to the Extraterrestrial Messages" and "Cranks, Nuts and Screwballs" are really part of the same title: "Cranks, Nuts and Screwballs: Key to the Extraterrestrial Messages"

Re:Cover Stories from the NSA Technical Journal!

[Anonymous Coward]

Build a waterboarding setup using common household items!

NSA gave a presentation on that at my local BDSM chapter.

Some titles are encrypted

[BlackSabbath]

Some titles are obviously encrypted, such as:
    "Extraterrestrial Intelligence",
    "Key to the Extraterrestrial Messages"

which, when decyphered are:
    "IT lie alters electing Rex* in Terrae#",
    "Relax, see eager tits stroke thy master"

* Rex = latin for King
# Terrae = latin for Earth

One is obviously describing the manipulation of the electoral process and the other describes the appropriate response.

Re:What?

[mcrbids]

To find out what the article is on about, you must file a Form 9923479821789123 (Freedom of information request) to the Government and wait upto 3 years for delivery of said document.

Actually, that form has been revised. Twice.

Revision history:

9923479821789123.b: Changes word "requires" in "Submission of this form requires a signature" to "necessitates", as is "Submission of this form necessitates a signature".

9923479821789123.c Changes word "a" to "your", as "Submission of this form necessitates a signature" to "Submission of this form necessitates your signature".

You'll need form 9923479821789123.c. Due to important wording changes, the older forms cannot be used. And don't confuse that with form 9923479821749123.c: "Freedom of information query", which is a whole 'nother ball of wax....

Re:Cover Stories from the NSA Technical Journal!

[elrous0]

"How to lose 10 terrorists in 10 days!"

"Secrets to pleasing your President in the pressroom"

-Eric

Re:What?

[Majik Sheff]

We probably failed to conform to some groupthink standard. Ok, gotta get some karma back...

Linux rocks and Microsoft sucks!
DRM and RFID are evil in every incarnation!
Sony sucks!
Halliburton!
The US is fucking up the world and George W. Bush is the devil!
There is no God and evolution is the absolute final answer to our origins!
If I'm American then Democrats are the only hope for our future!
Halliburton!

That should put me in good standing with the mods around here.