Before the NSA Honored Historian David Kahn, the FBI Investigated Him
Newly declassified files reveal that J. Edgar Hoover wanted to prosecute the NSA’s future scholar in residence for collecting cryptography manuals.
https://reason.com/2026/07/10/before-the-nsa-honored-historian-david-kahn-the-fbi-investigated-him/
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