Cryptography's Importance in Government

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…showed importance (the ability to decipher a pre-empting attack on the United States) in the Pearl Harbor attack, in 1941. Cryptography will prove to be important in the present and future by ensuring that credit card numbers stay secure over the internet, fraud does not occur (over the internet), military actions are not compromised through shoddy radio security, and information exchanged among the White House, Pentagon, and other governmental agencies are not compromised by hostile nations.