華盛頓郵報：北約密碼洩露

北約密碼洩露
NATO code compromise
By Bill Gertz
INSIDE THE RING
Thursday, May 13, 2010

The recent crash of a Polish military transport that killed most of Warsaw's senior civilian and military leaders was not only a human catastrophe for a key U.S. ally. NATO sources said that, in addition to the loss of nearly 100 pro-U.S. Polish leaders, the crash provided Moscow with a windfall of secrets.
最近的波蘭軍用運輸機墜毀，殺害大部份華沙高級的文職和軍事領導人，不僅僅是美國重要盟友的人類災難。北約的消息來源說，除了損失近100名親美的波蘭領導人，墜機向莫斯科提供意料之外的秘密。
The crash killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski in western Russia on April 10 and decapitated Poland's military, killing two service chiefs, key military aides and several national security officials, many of whom were carrying computers and pocket memory sticks that contained sensitive NATO data.
墜毀在4月10日於俄羅斯西部殺死波蘭總統萊赫卡欽斯基，和替波蘭軍隊斬首，殺害兩名服務主管，主要的軍事助手和幾名國家安全官員，其中許多人攜有電腦和袖珍記憶棒，內裡載有敏感的北約數據。
Perhaps the most significant compromise, according to a NATO intelligence source, is that the Russians are suspected of obtaining ultrasecret codes used by NATO militaries for secure satellite communications.
也許最重要的洩露，根據北約的情報來源，是俄羅斯人被懷疑取得極秘密的密碼，北約軍事使用於安全衛星通信。
The compromise of the codes is considered what electronic spies call a "break" for Moscow code-breakers. New NATO codes almost certainly were issued to allied militaries immediately after the crash.
密碼的洩漏被認為是電子間諜所稱的“突破”對於莫斯科密碼破解者，新的北約代碼在墜機後幾乎可以肯定是立即發給盟友軍隊。
But if the Russian electronic intelligence service, known as the Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information, was able to recover and use the communication key code from the wreckage, electronic spies will be able to decode months' or perhaps years' worth of scrambled communications that are routinely gathered electronically for just such an occasion.
但是如果俄羅斯的電子情報組，被稱為政府通訊與信息聯邦機構，能夠從飛機殘骸恢復和使用通信關鍵代碼，電子間諜將能夠把數個月或者數年的通訊解碼，那些都是電子地例行收集僅為這種機會。。

The coded communications, if decrypted, would reveal some of NATO's most intimate secrets, such as plans for defenses and even the identities of agents or allied eavesdropping sources.

Other Polish and NATO secrets also were believed to be aboard the jet, and so far Russia's government is refusing to cooperate fully with Poland's government in providing details on the cause of the crash, or even to turn over the Polish jet's black boxes.

Additionally, Poland's interim government has not pressed the Russians for answers to questions about the crash, such as why Russian aviation authorities, without any investigation, ruled that pilot error caused the crash minutes after the jet crashed short of the runway in fog at Russia's Smolensk airport. Polish security and aviation authorities also were denied access to the crash site.

Public pressure is mounting on Warsaw to call for an international commission to investigate the crash. Tens of thousands of Poles already have signed a petition calling for the international probe.

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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/may/13/inside-the-ring-86422687/