Organization
National Security Agency
U.S. signals-intelligence agency.
- Also known as
- NSA
Connections 2
people who worked here
- Robert J. Hanyok senior historian, Center for Cryptologic History Primary record 1
involved in
- Gulf of Tonkin incidents its intercept reports were the "smoking gun" in Washington Primary record 1
Proof 1 source
-
Skunks, Bogies, Silent Hounds, and the Flying Fish: The Gulf of Tonkin Mystery, 2-4 August 1964 (Robert J. Hanyok, Cryptologic Quarterly, Winter 2000/Spring 2001; approved for release 3 Nov 2005), National Security Agency, 2001.
Primary record
Mr. Hanyok is a senior historian with the Center for Cryptologic History
If the two pieces of visual evidence - the searchlight and cockpit light reports - were contentious, the SIGINT was, in the minds of the sec- retary of defense, the JCS, and the president, the “smoking gun” evidence needed to justify the air strikes on North Vietnam.
Page history 1 change
- Add 55 stories, each checked against its sources96e92fe6
Something wrong or missing? Tell us, with a source, or edit this page.