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The incredible true story of Operation Ivy Bells

Jan 22, 2021
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Operation Ivy Bells | Military.com

Note: I originally wrote this story in 2017 for an online magazine called “Shifted,” but since that publication didn’t last very long, I wanted to make it available to my Substack readers. The updated version is presented here with permission.

In 1980, a disgruntled National Security Agency analyst named Robert Pelton, having just filed for personal bank…

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