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“Codebreaking and Codemaking Down Under” – with John Blaxland and Clare Birgin

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Summary

John Blaxland (X, LinkedIn) and Clare Birgin (Wikipedia, LinkedIn) join Andrew (X; LinkedIn) to discuss Australian codebreaking. John and Clare are coauthors of the new book Revealing Secrets.

What You’ll Learn

Intelligence

  • The importance of SIGINT
  • Codebreaking in Australian intelligence
  • Australia’s role in WWII and the Cold War
  • The advent and evolution of cyber

Reflections

  • Strategic defense and offense
  • The power, and danger, of communication

And much, much more …


Quotes of the Week

"What I've noticed with the Australians, and I think it's similar in the other the other Five Eyes countries, these people tend to be quite patriotic to do [Signals Intelligence]. They want to, they love their country, and it also seems to preserve very good qualities.” -Clare Birgin.

Resources

SURFACE SKIM

*Spotlight Resource*

  • Revealing Secrets: An unofficial history of Australian Signals intelligence and the advent of cyber, Clare Birgin and John Blaxland (University of New South Wales Press, 2023)

*SpyCasts*

*Beginner Resources*

DEEPER DIVE

Primary Sources

*Wildcard Resource*

  • Here’s a challenge – For their 75th Anniversary in 2022, the Australian Signals Directorate released a limited edition coin with multiple layers of code to crack on both sides.
  • Think you can solve it? Check out the link above and test your code-cracking skills.

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Summary

John Blaxland (X, LinkedIn) and Clare Birgin (Wikipedia, LinkedIn) join Andrew (X; LinkedIn) to discuss Australian codebreaking. John and Clare are coauthors of the new book Revealing Secrets.

What You’ll Learn

Intelligence

  • The importance of SIGINT
  • Codebreaking in Australian intelligence
  • Australia’s role in WWII and the Cold War
  • The advent and evolution of cyber

Reflections

  • Strategic defense and offense
  • The power, and danger, of communication

And much, much more …


Quotes of the Week

"What I've noticed with the Australians, and I think it's similar in the other the other Five Eyes countries, these people tend to be quite patriotic to do [Signals Intelligence]. They want to, they love their country, and it also seems to preserve very good qualities.” -Clare Birgin.

Resources

SURFACE SKIM

*Spotlight Resource*

  • Revealing Secrets: An unofficial history of Australian Signals intelligence and the advent of cyber, Clare Birgin and John Blaxland (University of New South Wales Press, 2023)

*SpyCasts*

*Beginner Resources*

DEEPER DIVE

Primary Sources

*Wildcard Resource*

  • Here’s a challenge – For their 75th Anniversary in 2022, the Australian Signals Directorate released a limited edition coin with multiple layers of code to crack on both sides.
  • Think you can solve it? Check out the link above and test your code-cracking skills.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  continue reading

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