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U.S. Cryptographers: 'FrpX-K5jE-Oc4n-e5Dn'

WASHINGTON, DC—In a carefully phrased, 128-bit encoded announcement that has challenged U.S. security agency procedures, top officials of the National Cryptography and Information Security Council warned that “FrpX-K5jE-Oc4n-e5Dn” if “Ha4d-87gH-uiH3-gB5r-g8Bh” late Monday.

“It may be true, as these codemakers have stated here, that our nation faces ’m7Hk-sJkd-jJk73-4osd-m6Kh,’” Department of Homeland Security head Michael Chertoff told reporters in his plaintext response Tuesday. “But in our defense, I would hardly call our situation ’K5jE-Oc4n.’”

The NCISC declined further comment, saying only that its remarks were meant as constructive criticism, and the CIA, NSA, and FBI may have misinterpreted the message.




Sample front page of The Onion's DNC paper