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Encryption for All: Why This American Tradition Must Be Upheld

On August 28, 1789, Thomas Jefferson wrote to James Madison from Paris about the French revolutionaries, relaying an important piece of strategic information: “Mirabeau is their chief.”

Posted on January 31, 2017 - 4:46pm

How a Berkeley Eccentric Beat the Russians—and Then Made Useless, Wondrous Objects

Clifford Stoll is currently the sole proprietor and sole employee of Acme Klein Bottles, a business he runs out of his home on Colby Street in North Oakland. One of the quirky company’s many mottoes is, “Where yesterday’s future is here today.”

From the Spring 2016 War Stories issue of California.

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