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Auction of famed CIA cipher shaken after archive reveals code
Agence France-Presse, 2025. AFP, published by The Standard (Hong Kong), 19 November 2025.
Quotes Sanborn that the scraps gave the plaintext "without the coding method or the key", and Kobek on refusing the NDA; reports cease-and-desist letters from the auction house.
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Sanborn's distinction between plaintext and method, in his words.
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Agence France-Presse (2025). Auction of famed CIA cipher shaken after archive reveals code. AFP, published by The Standard (Hong Kong), 19 November 2025. https://www.thestandard.com.hk/world/article/317218/Auction-of-famed-CIA-cipher-shaken-after-archive-reveals-code
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