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For nearly fifty years, a secret hid in plain sight on a tombstone in Arlington National Cemetery. The grave belonged to William and Elizebeth Friedman. He was the founding cryptographer of the NSA; she was the woman who broke Nazi Enigma codes for the Coast Guard. In 2017, a visitor noticed the inscription \"Knowledge Is Power\" used two different fonts. Some letters had serifs. Others did not.

The widow had encoded her husband's initials using the Bacon cipher they'd studied together on their first day working side by side in 1918.

This volume explores hidden messages, buried truths, and the work of separating fact from fiction.

The Secret in Arlington traces Elizebeth Friedman's path from breaking rum runner codes during Prohibition to cracking Nazi Enigma, work that remained classified for decades because J. Edgar Hoover took credit for her accomplishments.

Return With Honor examines the military Code of Conduct born from Korean War POW experiences, then dissects a case study in Wikipedia disinformation. The author, drawing on personal SERE training, shows how subtle deflection works, and how specialized knowledge helps detect it.

The Salem Trials draws on the author's genealogical connections to both accused witches and their defenders, using original 1692 court documents to correct myths that persist three centuries later.

What happened matters. So does who controls the story.

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