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X-WR-CALDESC:10 May 1927: Elizebeth S. Friedman was appointed as a cryptana
lyst for the Bureau of Prohibition. \n\nThe national headquarters of the B
ureau of Alcohol\, Tobacco\, Firearms\, and Explosives (ATF) named its aud
itorium for Elizebeth Smith Friedman on June 17\, 2014. ATF honored Mrs. F
riedman as America’s first federal law enforcement cryptologist and a pion
eer in intelligence-led policing. Elizebeth Friedman was employed at vario
us times by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Bureau of Prohibition and Burea
u of Customs\, the U.S. Army\, the U.S. Navy\, and the International Monet
ary Fund. She served the nation as a cryptologist in both World Wars\, and
in the period between she won distinction for her work on international d
rug and liquor smuggling cases. \n\nExcerpt below is from\, 'Cracking t
he Code\,' Published in March 2014 by 'The Hillsdale Collegian.' \n\nD
uring the interwar period and the Prohibition era\, Elizebeth cracked rum
runners’ codes and served as a government witness across the country\, mak
ing her the most famous cryptographer in the United States.\n\nThe United
States Coast Guard credits her with deciphering over 12\,000 encoded radio
missions and calls her “one of the most remarkable women to ever work for
the U.S. Government.”\n\n“Her testimony won these cases for the governmen
t\,” said Barbara Osteika\, a historian at the Bureau of Alcohol\, Tobacco
\, Firearms and Explosives. “Once she talks through the codes\, they’re li
ke confessions.”\n\nWhile reading through case files\, Osteika often found
comments from prosecutors that read something like\, “If it was not for h
er testimony\, this case would be lost\,” she said.\n\nElizebeth was pivot
al in the case against Consolidated Export Company (CONEXCO)\, “million do
llar liquor ring” connected to Al Capone\, as well as the famous “I’m Alon
e” case\, in which the U.S. Coast Guard scuttled a ship sailing under a Ca
nadian flag and launched an international incident. She was even loaned ou
t to the Canadian government in the late 30s to help break a ring of opium
smugglers.
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DESCRIPTION:10 May 1927: Elizebeth S. Friedman was appointed as a cryptanal
yst for the Bureau of Prohibition. \n\nThe national headquarters of the Bu
reau of Alcohol\, Tobacco\, Firearms\, and Explosives (ATF) named its audi
torium for Elizebeth Smith Friedman on June 17\, 2014. ATF honored Mrs. Fr
iedman as America’s first federal law enforcement cryptologist and a pione
er in intelligence-led policing. Elizebeth Friedman was employed at variou
s times by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Bureau of Prohibition and Bureau
of Customs\, the U.S. Army\, the U.S. Navy\, and the International Moneta
ry Fund. She served the nation as a cryptologist in both World Wars\, and
in the period between she won distinction for her work on international dr
ug and liquor smuggling cases. \n\nExcerpt below is from\, 'Cracking th
e Code\,' Published in March 2014 by 'The Hillsdale Collegian.' \n\nDu
ring the interwar period and the Prohibition era\, Elizebeth cracked rum r
unners’ codes and served as a government witness across the country\, maki
ng her the most famous cryptographer in the United States.\n\nThe United S
tates Coast Guard credits her with deciphering over 12\,000 encoded radio
missions and calls her “one of the most remarkable women to ever work for
the U.S. Government.”\n\n“Her testimony won these cases for the government
\,” said Barbara Osteika\, a historian at the Bureau of Alcohol\, Tobacco\
, Firearms and Explosives. “Once she talks through the codes\, they’re lik
e confessions.”\n\nWhile reading through case files\, Osteika often found
comments from prosecutors that read something like\, “If it was not for he
r testimony\, this case would be lost\,” she said.\n\nElizebeth was pivota
l in the case against Consolidated Export Company (CONEXCO)\, “million dol
lar liquor ring” connected to Al Capone\, as well as the famous “I’m Alone
” case\, in which the U.S. Coast Guard scuttled a ship sailing under a Can
adian flag and launched an international incident. She was even loaned out
to the Canadian government in the late 30s to help break a ring of opium
smugglers.
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SUMMARY:1927: Elizebeth Friedman - cryptanalyst with Bureau of Prohibition
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