美国国家安全局
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“今天的朋友,明天将成敌人。趁在他们身边时,请尽可能地获取信息,当他们成为敌人时,就办不成了。”

——卡特·克拉克(Carter Clarke)

前信号情报处(SIS)主任“They're yourfriends today and they're your enemies tomorrow,and when they're on your sidefind out as much as you can about them because you can't when they become your enemy”(J.Bamford,The Puzzle Palace.A Report on America's Most Secret Agency,NewYork,Penguin Books Ltd,1983,p.65).

“摧毁苏联的密码系统是极为有利的。”

——德怀特·戴维·艾森豪威尔

美国第34任总统“It would be extremely valuable ifwe could break the Soviet codes”(J.Bamford,Body of Secrets.Anatomy ofthe Ultra-Secret National Security Agencyfrom the Cold War through the Dawn ofa New Century,New York,Anchor,2002,p.356).

“我们用来交流和处理信息的整个网络——米德堡的所有信息工作都瘫痪了……国家安全局已经脑死亡……我们眼前一片漆黑。”

——迈克尔·海登

美国国家安全局前局长(1999—2005年)“It was the whole net by which we move,use,abuse,process-everything we do with information here at Fort Meade went down.Everything![…]The NSA Headquarters wasbraindead[…].We were dark”(J.Bamford,Body of Secrets,op.cit.,p.452;J.Bamford,The Shadow Factory,op.cit.,p.34-35).