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The Hoover Institution hosted "Code Warriors: NSA's Codebreakers And The Secret Intelligence War Against The Soviet Union" on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 from 5:00pm - 7:00pm.

Hoover working group member and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, Benjamin Wittes interviewed author Stephen Budiansky on his new book, Code Warriors: NSA's Codebreakers and the Secret Intelligence War Against the Soviet Union. The interview took a look at the NSA's origins, its war against the Soviet Union and how the war relates to the Edward Snowden revelations. A limited quantity of complimentary copies were provided.

Security by the Book is a series of interviews of key national security authors conducted in partnership with Lawfare. Visit Security by the Book's website for past podcasts.

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