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April 19th, 2011, 06:03 PM
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#1 | | Member Chose To Move On
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 6,607 | CIA declassifies WWI-era secret documents
"The CIA lifted the lid on one corner of the cloak and dagger world of World War I, declassifying six of the oldest secret documents in the U.S. government archives, the agency announced Tuesday. The documents show top techniques used by spies, generals and diplomats to send secret messages in a diplomatic war that raged long after the guns stopped. The records reveal how invisible ink was used to send word between allies, and spies learned to open letters to read each others' secrets without leaving a trace.
There's even a document written in French of the German's secret ink formula, showing the French had cracked the enemy's code." The Associated Press: CIA declassifies WWI-era secret documents | | | 
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April 19th, 2011, 06:08 PM
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#2 | | Bard of Borneo
Joined: Oct 2007 From: Borneo~ that big Island in S.E. ASIA Posts: 8,394 |
Hmmm...Why do you think it took nearly 100 years to release this stuff?
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April 19th, 2011, 08:20 PM
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#3 | | Fiddling as Rome Burns
Joined: Apr 2008 From: Hyperborea Posts: 7,073 |
If the public got hold of the secrets of invisible ink, it could undermine American national security.
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April 19th, 2011, 08:23 PM
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#4 | | Historian
Joined: Dec 2010 From: Near St. Louis. Posts: 3,914 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Toltec  If the public got hold of the secrets of invisible ink, it could undermine American national security. | I thought that's what they printed money with now?
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April 19th, 2011, 08:36 PM
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#5 | | With the Ball People
Joined: Feb 2011 From: Amelia, Virginia, USA Posts: 2,611 | Quote:
Originally Posted by crossroadclarence Hmmm...Why do you think it took nearly 100 years to release this stuff? | Lack of interest, I would guess. I'm sure there are thousands of dusty old files still locked up, holding secrets nobody cares about anymore.
Maybe evaluations of German zeppelin technology, maps of the Japanese naval base at Port Arthur, titillating secrets of some Prussian diplomat...
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April 19th, 2011, 09:14 PM
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#6 | | Historian
Joined: Mar 2010 From: USA Posts: 4,304 | Quote:
Originally Posted by botully Lack of interest, I would guess. I'm sure there are thousands of dusty old files still locked up, holding secrets nobody cares about anymore.
Maybe evaluations of German zeppelin technology, maps of the Japanese naval base at Port Arthur, titillating secrets of some Prussian diplomat... | The Kaiser was an eunuch - top secret CIA file # 37492057  | | | |
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April 20th, 2011, 10:05 AM
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#7 | | None shall pass!
Joined: Aug 2010 From: Somewhere in France(for now) Posts: 6,554 |
how long till we get the WW2 documents  | | | |
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April 20th, 2011, 12:26 PM
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#8 | | Historian
Joined: Mar 2010 From: USA Posts: 4,304 | Quote:
Originally Posted by irishcrusader95 how long till we get the WW2 documents | I forget the exact date, but it's still a few decades off before the files on Rudolf Hess are declassified.
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