Tuesday, September 26, 2006

NSA Bibliographies

Previously
unreleased bibliographies and indexes of National Security Agency publications






Cryptologic Quarterly
Index


NSA Technical Journal
Cumulative Index


Cryptologic Spectrum
Index


Cryptologic Almanac
Index


Center for Cryptologic History
Publications



>>> This page contains indexes of four periodicals published
by the National Security Agency, plus a listing of publications from the
NSA's Center for Cryptologic History. These indexes haven't been
publicly released until now, and many of the Cryptologic History
publications weren't previously known to the public. Researcher Michael
Ravnitzky has discovered a huge cache of information about the NSA,
intelligence, and cryptography.


Any of the articles or publications listed in the files below can be
requested through a
Freedom of Information Act request to the NSA
. For a sample request
letter, see the bottom of this page.



All files are searchable Acrobat/PDF
format

Right-click to save files to
your hard drive Mac users: Control-click to save














Cryptologic Quarterly
Index (Spring 1982 - Winter 1996)


Click
here to download the document
[171 pages 5.9 meg]


Originally classified Top Secret Umbra


Index contains three sections, listing articles by
title, by author, and by keyword



Sample article titles:
"The BS Attitudes: How Things Work in Bureaucracies" ·
"Computer Virus Infections: Is NSA Vulnerable?" · "The
Cryptologic Origin of Braille" · "Design and Evaluation of
INFOSEC Systems" · "Examples of Lattices in Computer Security
Models" · "The Fall of the Shah: A Chaotic Approach" ·
"The First US Government Manual on Cryptography" ·
"Influence of U.S. Cryptologic Organizations on the Digital
Computer Industry" · "INTERROGRAPH: An Information Tool for
Counter-Terrorism Intelligence Centers" · "KAL 007 Shootdown:
A View from [redacted]" · "Meteor Burst Communications: An
Ignored Phenomenon?" · "NSA: How Much Do We Really Know about
the Software Capability of Our Contractors?" · "NSA in the
Cyberpunk Future" · "Obscenities in COMINT: A Need for
Cognitive Knowledge" · "Predicting Terrorism: An Indications
and Warning Model" · "SIGINT and the Holocaust" ·
"Telephone Codes and Safe Combinations: A Deadly Duo" ·
"Translating by the Seat of Your Pants" · "Video
Teleconferencing: NSA Applications" · "What Every
Cryptologist Should Know About Pearl Harbor"















NSA Technical Journal
Cumulative Index (April 1956 - Fall 1980)


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here to download the document
[202 pages 6.2 meg]


Originally classified Top Secret Umbra


Index contains three sections, listing articles by
title, by author, and by keyword



Sample article titles: "The Arithmetic of a
Generation Principle for an Electronic Key Generator" ·
"CATNIP: Computer Analysis - Target Networks Intercept
Probability" · "Chatter Patterns: A
Last Resort" · "COMINT Satellites - A
Space Problem" · "Computers and
Advanced Weapons Systems" · "Coupon
Collecting and Cryptology" · "Cranks,
Nuts, and Screwballs" · "A Cryptologic
Fairy Tale" · "Don't Be Too Smart"
· "Earliest Applications of the Computer at
NSA" · "Emergency Destruction of
Documents" · "Extraterrestrial
Intelligence" · "The Fallacy of the
One-Time-Pad Excuse" · "GEE WHIZZER"
· "The Gweeks Had a Gwoup for It" ·
"How to Visualize a Matrix" · "Key
to the Extraterrestrial Messages" · "A
Mechanical Treatment of Fibonacci Sequences" · "Q.E.D.-
2 Hours, 41 Minutes" · "SlGINT
Implications of Military Oceanography" · "Some
Problems and Techniques in Bookbreaking" · "Upgrading
Selected US Codes and Ciphers with a Cover and Deception
Capability" · "Weather: Its Role in
Communications Intelligence" · "Worldwide
Language Problems at NSA"















Cryptologic Spectrum
Index (1969-1981)


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here to download the document
[35 pages 1 meg]


Originally classified Confidential


Index contains three sections, listing articles by
author, by issue, and by title



Sample article titles: "Automatic
Translation of Morse Code" · "Boners
Wanted" · "Communication with
Extraterrestrial Intelligence" · "Fabrication
of Traffic--It Can and Did Happen" · "Historical
Impact of Revealing the ULTRA Secret" · "History
of Applesauce" · "Is Yugoslav President
Tito Really a Yugoslav?" · "Look at the
Pacific Experimental Facility" · "Photon
901" · "Soviet Defector at NSA" ·
"TEMPEST: A Signal Problem" · "Why
Some Projects Fail"

















Cryptologic Almanac
Index (Jan/Feb 2002 - Apr/Jun 2003)


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here to download the document
[4 pages 180K]


unclassified



Sample article titles: "The Effort to Create
a Smoke-Free NSA" · "Madame X: Agnes
Meyer Driscoll" · "Defense Special
Missile and Astronautics Center" · "The
Yom Kippur War of 1973" · "Dining at
NSA" · "No Such Agency" ·
"SIGINT Support to the White House"















Center for Cryptologic History
Publications


Click
here to download the document
[15 pages 575K]


unclassified



Sample publication titles: "American
Cryptology: Two Centuries of Tradition" · "Listening
to the Rumrunners" · "Shield and Storm:
The Cryptologic Community in the Desert Operations" ·
"Attack on a SlGlNT Collector the USS Liberty" ·
"The Invisible Cryptologists: African-Americans WWII to
1956" · "PURPLE DRAGON: The Origin and
Development of the United States OPSEC Program" · "Space
Surveillance SlGlNT Program"










Technical Note: These documents were
released in paper format by the NSA on 17 August 2006 in response to
FOIA request 42848, filed 23 May 2003.










Sample Request Letter


[DATE]


[YOUR CONTACT INFO]



Pamela N. Phillips

NSA FOIA Office/DC34

9800 Savage Road, Suite 6248

Ft. George G. Meade, MD 20755-6248





FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST



Dear Ms. Phillips:



Pursuant to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby
request the following NSA document(s):



___________________________________________



___________________________________________



___________________________________________





These documents are cited in [CHECK ONE OR MORE]:



__ Cryptologic Quarterly Index



__ NSA Technical Journal Cumulative Index



__ Cryptologic Spectrum Index



__ Cryptologic Almanac Index



__ Center for Cryptologic History Publications


These indexes are located at www.thememoryhole.org/nsa/bibs.htm



If the requested document(s) is/are marked classified, please review for
declassification.



This is an individual request for noncommercial purposes and my request
thereby falls into the "all other

requests" fee category. [OR INSTEAD INDICATE IF YOUR REQUEST IS
FROM A NEWS ORGANIZATION OR UNIVERSITY OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION]
Although I understand that I am entitled to the first 100 pages and
first two hours of search time at no charge, I also

agree that I am willing to pay up to $25 [OR GREATER OR LESSER AMOUNT]
if it becomes necessary.





Sincerely,



posted at the memoryhole.org

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