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RUBICON and revelation : the curious robustness of the “secret” CIA-BND operation with Crypto AG

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Dymydiuk, Jason (2020) RUBICON and revelation : the curious robustness of the “secret” CIA-BND operation with Crypto AG. Intelligence and National Security, 35 (5). pp. 641-658. doi:10.1080/02684527.2020.1774853 ISSN 0268-4527.

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For over 50 years, America and Germany read much of the world’s communications. With “Operation Rubicon”, the CIA and the BND undermined the security of the encryption of foreign governments through an agreement with Swiss technology company, Crypto AG. Puzzlingly, investigative journalists and customers increasingly identified Crypto AG’s relationship with Western intelligence as well as the vulnerabilities of products on multiple occasions. Yet, Rubicon continued to succeed and produced dividends for over half a century despite repeated revelations. This article asks why? Answering this question, it argues that geopolitical influences on targets, the consumer’s limited resources, and individual brilliance by CIA-BND agents within Crypto AG combined to enable operational longevity - where other sigint operations would have failed.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States)
J Political Science > JZ International relations
U Military Science > U Military Science (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Electronics in military engineering, Space surveillance, Electronic surveillance, Artificial satellites in remote sensing, Cryptography, Intelligence service
Journal or Publication Title: Intelligence and National Security
Publisher: Routledge
ISSN: 0268-4527
Official Date: 4 June 2020
Dates:
DateEvent
4 June 2020Available
20 May 2020Accepted
Volume: 35
Number: 5
Page Range: pp. 641-658
DOI: 10.1080/02684527.2020.1774853
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Intelligence and National Security on 04/06/2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02684527.2020.1774853
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 29 May 2020
Date of first compliant Open Access: 4 December 2021
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