“Further evidence suggesting that the Crypto AG machines were compromised was revealed after the assassination of former Iranian Prime Minister Shahpour Bakhtiar in 1991.”
Intel Today Researcher (December 29 2007)
“The different versions of the report make clear Friedman – described as special assistant to the director, NSA – went with a proposal agreed not just by US, but also British intelligence. Friedman offered Hagelin time to think his proposal over, but Hagelin accepted on the spot.”
BBC Gordon Corera (July 28 2015)
“Hammarskjöld was at the point of getting something done when they killed him. Notice that I said ‘when they killed him’.”
US President Harry Truman (September 19 1961)
A decade ago, I suggested that Crypto AG had been actively working with the British and US Intelligence Agencies. Specifically, I argued that Crypto AG had rigged equipment used by diplomats around the world to allow the NSA and GCHQ to decode in real-time their messages. These claims were vindicated by US government documents declassified in 2015. End of the story? Not quite. Sixten Svensson — brother-in-law of the late Boris Hagelin who founded Crypto AG and collaborated with the NSA — told me that the CX-52 used by UN Secretary Dag Hammarskjöld during his visit to Congo was one of the rigged machines. The UN is currently investigating the possibility that Hammarskjöld was assassinated. Several countries — US, UK and Belgium — still refuse to collaborate with the investigation. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
