rdale said:
"I think ONE of the reasons they didnt encrypt everthing at that time is, it can be deciphered."
Back then they used voice inversion, which wasn't really "encryption" and could be undone fairly easily.
Nowaday encryption cannot be broken.
They had these green boxes, like convertetd ammo boxes, with dials, wheels..etc on them.
They were changed on intervals, and were treated VERY importantly. The room that housed them, and racks of other equipment, was guarded heavily anytime a worker was in the area. Their dispatch counsel looked like any other at the time, I believe motorola.
The guys working on their radio equipment were current military, but even they just changed out these boxes.. someone else, somewhere else, made the settings.
I will say, my whole view of government security changed somewhat once I got involved in the projects I was involved in. I mean, if I was there...