Word: venona
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...National Security Agency unwrapped one of its oldest secrets -- Project Venona, a World War II code-breaking effort that cracked Soviet cables and revealed the existence of an extensive spy network in the U.S. to steal classified nuclear information. Among the members of the Soviet ring apparently identified in the cables: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, whose execution for espionage in 1953 has been the subject of endless investigation and debate...