QUINCE - Cryptonym for Switzerland in relation to Crypto AG * OLYMPIA - Cryptonym for the German company Siemens in relation to Crypto AG * NAVAHO - Cryptonym for Motorola in relation to Crypto AG * MINERVA - Cryptonym for the Swiss manufacturer of encryption devices Crypto AG, which was purchased by CIA and BND in 1970 under operation THESAURUS * METAL - Cryptonym for a BND officer involved in the Crypto AG operation * HYDRA - Cryptonym for Hans Buehler, a salesman for Crypto AG * HOCKEY - Cryptonym for the NSA in relation to the Crypto AG operation * GOLF - Cryptonym for AEH, the holding company that owned Crypto AG * GAMMA - Cryptonym for the German intelligence service BND in relation to Crypto AG *

(Between 19, the CIA secretly owned the Swiss manufacturer of encryption equipment Crypto AG, until 1994 in a 50/50 partnership with German BND)ĪLTER - Cryptonym for the chief of Research & Development at Crypto AG (1981) *ĪTHENA - Cryptonym for Kjell-Ove 'Henry' Widman, the principal crypto-mathematician of Crypto AG (1980-1995) *ĪURORA - Cryptonym for InfoGuard, a Swiss company that became a joint venture between Crypto AG and Ascom in 1989 *īALL - Cryptonym for Sture Nyberg, CEO of Crypto AG (1970-1975) *īLOCK - Cryptonym for Heinz Wagner, CEO of Crypto AG (1976-1989) *īUTCHER - Cryptonym for Gerrit Brussaard, who in 1978 was briefly head of R&D of Crypto AG *ĬLAPPER - Cryptonym for Kurt Kirchhofer, in 1978 head of R&D, later sales manager at Crypto AG *ĮOS - Cryptonym for the CIA in relation to Crypto AG *įIDELIO - Cryptonym for Deutsche Treuhand Gesellschaft (DTG), the accounting firm involved in the purchase of Crypto AG *

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