The StrategistOpinion

Pine Gap’s influence in the Australia–US relationship has diminished

Australia is probably overestimating Pine Gap’s support for our place in the US alliance. It’s no longer irreplaceable. The ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Elizebeth Smith Friedman was the U.S. Government’s First Woman Codebreaker. She Cracked Nazi Codes, Saved 8,000 Lives, and Pioneered Modern Codebreaking.

For decades, Elizebeth Smith Friedman worked in near-total secrecy, cracking codes that shaped the outcome of two world wars. Recently declassified, the full extent of her story is still coming to ...