[Spooks] Spooks made The Onion!

[Dan Malloy]

Yes, it's a red letter day, or a red 5FG day.  Crypto is in today's 
Onion:

U.S. Cryptographers: 'FrpX-K5jE-Oc4n-e5Dn'
October 11, 2006


WASHINGTON, DC-In a carefully phrased, 128-bit encoded announcement that 
has challenged U.S. security agency procedures, top officials of the 
National Cryptography and Information Security Council warned that 
"FrpX-K5jE-Oc4n-e5Dn" if "Ha4d-87gH-uiH3-gB5r-g8Bh" late Monday.

"It may be true, as these codemakers have stated here, that our nation 
faces 'm7Hk-sJkd-jJk73-4osd-m6Kh,'" Department of Homeland Security head 
Michael Chertoff told reporters in his plaintext response Tuesday. "But 
in our defense, I would hardly call our situation 'K5jE-Oc4n.'"

The NCISC declined further comment, saying only that its remarks were 
meant as constructive criticism, and the CIA, NSA, and FBI may have 
misinterpreted the message.