but a lightning bolt, when she decided on a lark to take this mystery to a world of strangers, posting the letter strings before the online community at metafilter.com. they were on it immediately. did she ever sing songs to your dad, one person asked? another came up with, was she a religious woman? religious, wait a minute. those letters, aaa, one person posted, maybe that s amen, amen, amen. then the breakthrough, recognize that? someone out there did. it s a prayer. our father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name reporter: dorothy holme was settling with god. the other letters unsolved. the code-breakers are still at it. but they do mean something. for her granddaughter, that means something. that s so fascinating. you wonder if those other letters are parts of prayers brave woman. what if you found out those
at night they would patrol the streets, reporting back any signs that the british were preparing raids against america s early patriots. throughout american history intelligencehas helped secure our country and our freedoms. in the civil war union balloons reconnaissance tracked the size of confederate armies by counting the number of campfires. in world war ii, code breakers gave us insights into japanese war plans. when patton marched across europe, intercepted communications helped save the lives of his troops. after the war the rise of the iron curtain and nuclear weapons only increased the need for sustained intelligence-gathering and so in the early days of the cold war president truman created the national security agency ore the nsa, to give us insights into the soviet bloc and provide our leaders with
past, and he specifically cited the code breakers of world war ii, et cetera. in other words, he embraced the nsa far more warmly and more forth rightly than he had done before, that was, to me, the most important atmospheric symbol in this whole thing. after all, he is the commander in chief of this organization. they work for him, and he left a lot of ambiguity, especially by pointing review committee that called for eviscerating them. now, here s the thing. everybody in america here s the downside of this speech to me, everybody in america seems to have a firm opinion about what ought to be done with this metadata, except for the president of the united states, who wants to kick the decision off to somebody else. that s the hole that he left in this otherwise pretty forthright speech. pretty big hole, though, on that particular point, jason. he s saying he wants the attorney general to come up with some recommendation before march 28th when the program has to be
boston. the group s members included paul revere. at night, they would patrol the streets, reporting back any signs that the british were preparing raids against america s early patriots. throughout american history, intelligence has helped secure our country and our freedoms. in the civil war, union balloons, reconnaissance tracked the size of confederate armies by counting the number of campfires. in world war ii, code breakers gave us insight into japanese war planes and when patton mauf marched across europe, they helped the troops. nuclear weapons only increased the need for sustained intelligence gathering. in the early days of the cold war, president truman created the national security agency through nsa to give us insights
our national security. within two hours of the president s departure, a suicide bomber rocked kabul. at least seven people were killed. the taliban is claiming responsibility for the attack. the nfl suspended four players from the new orleans saints today. anthony hargrove, scott fujita, will smith, and jonathan vilma were all named in the so-called bountygate scandal. players were allegedly offered bonuses for hurting players. the league has already suspended sean payton for the 2012 season. hillary clinton is in china there to talk economic strategy, but the name on everyone s lips is chen. that s chen guangcheng who is now we are told at a hospital in beijing. chen is the blind human rights activist who was convicted and thrown in jail for leading protests against the government. he spent six days under american embassy protection after escaping house arrest. it s not clear if he left the embassy by choice. a friend of the activist said chinese authorities threatened