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X-WR-CALDESC:6 March 1924: William Friedman testified before a Senate commi
 ttee investigating the Teapot Dome scandal. \n\nIn 1924 William Friedman t
 estified before a congressional committee regarding coded telegrams exchan
 ged during the Teapot Dome scandal (Herzog 2000)\, which involved the secr
 et leasing of U.S. government-owned lands to private developers in exchang
 e for bribes. The oil-rich land was meant to provide U.S. naval ships with
  fuel in a national emergency. Then-Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall 
 first got jurisdiction over the land transferred from the Department of th
 e Navy to the Department of the Interior\, then secretly leased the land t
 o two oil companies. The scandal was also known as the Oil Reserves and El
 k Hills scandal. Though Friedman's testimony about coded telegrams added a
 n air of intrigue to the proceedings\, there was little cryptanalytic heav
 y-lifting involved as the incriminating messages were encoded with readily
  available codebooks\, including one used by the Department of Justice. Fr
 iedman’s decryption of the coded telegrams led to a prison sentence for Fa
 ll and the resignation of other top government officials\, including the S
 ecretary of the Navy and the Attorney General (Bennett 1999\; Herzog 2000)
 .\n\nBennett\, Leslie E. One lesson from history: Appointment of special c
 ounsel in the investigation of the Teapot Dome scandal\, A Summary of the 
 Teapot Dome Scandal from the Brookings Institution [Online]. (1999). \n\nH
 erzog\, Brad. The best code cracker of them all\, Cornell Alumni Magazine 
 [Online]. (January–February 2000). \n\nWilliam Friedman Photo Credit: NCM
 \n
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DESCRIPTION:6 March 1924: William Friedman testified before a Senate commit
 tee investigating the Teapot Dome scandal. \n\nIn 1924 William Friedman te
 stified before a congressional committee regarding coded telegrams exchang
 ed during the Teapot Dome scandal (Herzog 2000)\, which involved the secre
 t leasing of U.S. government-owned lands to private developers in exchange
  for bribes. The oil-rich land was meant to provide U.S. naval ships with 
 fuel in a national emergency. Then-Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall f
 irst got jurisdiction over the land transferred from the Department of the
  Navy to the Department of the Interior\, then secretly leased the land to
  two oil companies. The scandal was also known as the Oil Reserves and Elk
  Hills scandal. Though Friedman's testimony about coded telegrams added an
  air of intrigue to the proceedings\, there was little cryptanalytic heavy
 -lifting involved as the incriminating messages were encoded with readily 
 available codebooks\, including one used by the Department of Justice. Fri
 edman’s decryption of the coded telegrams led to a prison sentence for Fal
 l and the resignation of other top government officials\, including the Se
 cretary of the Navy and the Attorney General (Bennett 1999\; Herzog 2000).
 \n\nBennett\, Leslie E. One lesson from history: Appointment of special co
 unsel in the investigation of the Teapot Dome scandal\, A Summary of the T
 eapot Dome Scandal from the Brookings Institution [Online]. (1999). \n\nHe
 rzog\, Brad. The best code cracker of them all\, Cornell Alumni Magazine [
 Online]. (January–February 2000). \n\nWilliam Friedman Photo Credit: NCM\n
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SUMMARY:1924: William Friedman testifies re: Teapot Dome scandal.
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