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A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian's Vault
John Schwartz, 2025. The New York Times, 16 October 2025.
Breaks the story of Kobek and Byrne's discovery of the K4 plaintext in Sanborn's papers, Sanborn's confirmation, the NDA refusal and the auction house's legal warnings.
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Main journalistic source for the archive find.
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Schwartz, J. (2025). A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian's Vault. The New York Times, 16 October 2025. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1rmj2h.73
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Schwartz, John. “A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian's Vault.” The New York Times, 16 October 2025 (2025). https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1rmj2h.73.