24 JUNE 2013

DOCID: 4126051(U) History Today - 24 June 2013(U) In earlier days of cryptology, handwriting was without question paramount tosuccess - a person had to be able to read what was written, which meant the person onthe other end also had to write legibly.(U) This would have applied to Commodore Isaac Chauncey and his staff, we suspect.Chauncey, one of the great U.S. naval commanders of the early 1800s, was battled-hardened after fighting the Barbary Pirates in the Mediterranean Sea for many years.(U...