TO CATCH A QUEEN

DOC ID 1f;,pb1-~v~~~ease by NSA on 12-01-2011 , Transparency Case# 63853UNCLASSIFIEDTo Catch a Queen: Cryptology's Role in the Execution of Mary, Queen ofScofsOver 400 years ago, on 8 February 1587, Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland, Queen Mother of France,and romantic martyr-symbol of the Counter-Reformation, died under the executioner's axe for involve-ment in a scheme to kill Queen Elizabeth I of England, a scheme otherwise known as the Babingtonplot.What is remarkable is that the entire plot un...