opponent was an avid proponent ofers -- codebreakers. he deeply recognized the importance of the intelligence the allies were getting from the anomie messages -- enemy messages. host: electra calling from new york. caller: i remember this period very well. it further conforms the horror the femalesod that ized every bit mccarth as the males. all genders have the same aggression. patriotism, my foot. what about internationalism? host: one of the things i noticed in your article was this was during the mccarthyism era. these women knew things the general public didn't know and couldn't say. in findingnvolved some of the people that mccarthy was talking about? guest: they knew. they were involved in reading the messages. as american society was finger-pointing, innocent people were targeted, some guilty people got away because these messages couldn't be produced in court. it was a very toxic time. what was in the messages and they couldn't talk about it. host: let's go to patricia calling from syracuse, new york. good morning. caller: good

host: did the army tell them they would be codebreakers? guest: they had no idea what they were getting into. they came to washington thinking they would do patriotic work for the war effort. they had to sign a loyalty oath to the u.s. government and a secrecy of. to talk about their highly classified work would be an act of treason during wartime. whatever they were going to be doing, they knew what the penalty was for talking about it. host: what were the successes? we wereuring the war, breaking japanese and german int systems -- code systems extraordinary effective weight. were the war, these women working the soviet messages, stayed on and achieved remarkable success breaking the soviet system that revealed soviets spying during the war. this was one of the most successful crypto analytics excesses in u.s. history -- crypto analytic successes in u.s. history. host: we are talking to liza mundy. if you want to join this conversation, if you are in the eastern and central time zones, call 202-748-8000. mountain and pacific time zone, 202

in the smithsonian magazine contributor talks about her article looking at female codebreakers and theirmpact on world war ii and the cold war. watch washington journal live at seven eastern saturday morning. bob woodward will join us on washington journal monday, september 17 at 7 a.m. to talk about his new book, fear, trump and the white house. can start will be with us tuesday, september 18 at 8:30 a.m. to discuss his book contents, a memoir of the clinton investigation. ♪ our guest on newsmakers is the 31st secretary of agriculture, sonny perdue, armer georgia governor is farmer and veterinarian. he oversees 140 billion dollars budget, 29 agencies and 4500 locations.

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i wonder if we could have hidden figures women today or code talkers or codebreakers today. the education system is so weak. i want to give a shout out to my niece. she's going to study latin as a language in high school. congratulations to ion of pressley. ayanna i'm much more conservative than sley, but massachusetts is the most locked up and come and see in the country -- incumbency in the country. there are people who hold office for 30-40 years. it is such a closed political process, pressley's victory really encouraged me. host: tom calling from hollywood, florida. good morning. caller: my comment is twofold regarding the 25th movement. i was in high school during watergate. i watched it. many people forgot when richard nixon became an uninvited co-conspirator, both sides, republicans and democrats, they did what was right and went down and told mr. nixon it was time to go. is already an uninvited co-conspirator, he's been indicted for breaking federal laws. we know and forgot that after he was elected, there were over 1000 health care professionals so concerned of the

in the smithsonian magazine contributor talks about her article looking at female codebreakers and their impact on world war ii and the cold war. watch washington journal live at seven eastern saturday morning. bob woodward will join us on washington journal monday, september 17 at 7 a.m. to talk about his new book, fear, trump and the white house. can start will be with us tuesday, september 18 at 8:30 a.m. to discuss his book contents, a memoir of the clinton investigation. ♪ our guest on newsmakers is the 31st secretary of agriculture, sonny perdue, armer georgia governor is farmer and veterinarian. he oversees 140 billion dollars budget, 29 agencies and 4500 locations. thank you for being our guest. let me introduce the two reporters who cover agriculture beats for the publications. we have one with bloomberg news and one who is with politico. thank you to both of you. secretary perdue, we have questions on trade and terrorists -- tariffs. the big news of the week. like inside the trump administration this week with both the op-ed in the new york times and the woodward book? what can

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i apologize for the grainy photo of this, but this shows some of the work of the venona codebreakers including meredith gardner. they broke into this soviet code which appeared to reveal the existence of soviet espionage in washington dc as well as the manhattan product -- project that developed the atomic bomb. some believe the term ales was code for alger hess. atchison found himself also a target. atchison had known alger hess and his brother donald for years. donald had been a law partner of his since 1947. atchison was truman's secretary of state and he refused to condemn alger hess publicly saying that they remained friends. harry truman allowed himself to get dragged into the case controversy bike calling the case a red herring. which contributed to attacks upon himself and his administration. atchison will remain on the job as long as truman was in the white house. that shows the loyalty in the truman administration. in 1950, just days after his conviction for perjury, a british scientist named clouse fuchs was arrested for passing atomic secrets to the soviets while working

photo,gize for the rainy but this shows some of the work of codebreakers including young meredith gardner. they broke into the soviet code which revealed espionage in washington dc and the manhattan project. containscripts references to codenames and some believed the codename ales was ales was code for alger hiss. atchison found himself a target himself. atchison had known outer hiss and his brother donald four years. donald hiss was a law partner. actress and was truman's secretary of state. atchisond refused -- -- truman called his case a red herring which contributed to attacks on himself and his administration. an interesting, fun cartoon here. i do not intend to turn my back on alger hiss or dean actress acheson. that shows the loyalty in the truman administration. in 1950, days after hiss's conviction for perjury, a british scientist named clouse was arrested for passing atomic secrets to the soviets while working in the theater will -- theoretical area. hiss past top-secret material to the soviets. the atomic bomb project was likely indeed aided by phuc's information. the soviets

i apologize for the rainy photo, shows some ofit the work of codebreakers including young meredith gardner. she is featured in the center. they broke into the soviet code which appear to reveal the existence of soviet as manoj in tiananmen had an project -- soviet espionage in washington dc. the transcripts contain references to codenames and some believed the codename ales was code for alger hiss. atchison found himself a target himself. this after rallying to his defense. his and had known alger his brother, donald, for years. donald hiss was a law partner. friend.47, and a close atchison was truman's secretary of state and he refused to condemn alger hiss, publicly saying that they had remained friends. drafted into the controversy by calling the case a "red herring" which contributed to a tax upon himself and his administration, kind of and interesting, fun cartoon here. turn my backend to on alger hiss, i did not intend m to turn my back on dean asked to sign. dean -- dean acheson. his950, just days after hissction for perjury -- 'conviction, a british scientist named clouse was arres

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then, smithsonian magazine contributor talks about her article looking at the women codebreakers. be sure to watch c-span washington journal. and, bob woodward will be joining us monday, september 17 to talk about his new book, fear, trump in the white house. also, ken starr will be with us to discuss his book, contempt, a memoir of the clinton investigation. >>> sunday night on q&a, zachary would talks about his book uncensored and growing up in a troubled home. >> my phone starts ringing. i pick it up and it is my mom. i had a sense that this is not going to be good. i didn't know what it was. this is not going to be good. i answered the phone. she was very calm. curt, but very calm. zachary, child protective services is here. please come home as soon as you can. i knew, that tone in her voice. child protective services is here. i was asking myself, will i live to see the next day? really, that is going through my mind. because she, if it any point she has a moment alone with me and i make it through whatever happens and i get home and talk to them, lord knows what she is going

magazine contributor and author of life the monday talks about her article looking at the women codebreakers their impact on world war ii. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern this morning. then bob woodward will be joining us monday, september 17 at 7:00 a.m. eastern to talk about his new book "fear: trump in the white house." also, can star will be with us to discuss his book "contempt: a memoir of the clinton investigation." announcer: british prime minister theresa may named to suspect this week in the nerve agent attack against a former russian spy living in england. the prime minister sai

smithsonian magazine contributor and author liza monday thoughts about her article looking at the women codebreakers and their effect on world war ii and the cold war. watch washington journal live at seven eastern saturday morning and bob woodward will join us on washington journal september 17 that senate eight 7 am to talk about his new book fear, trump in the white house. also can star will be with us tuesday, september 18 at 8:30 to discuss his book contempt, a memoir of the clinton investigation. >> kids are kids everywhere, they want your attention, they want to feel important and they want to understand what's going on. >> my worry is they are intimidated so they become the little mouse and in the classroom and they don't have those conversations. they feel they can't throw their ideas out. >> that's the rage, they love it. a karaoke contest that they know the song to, they will go on singing and let's just have a contest and talk about the issues in the song. when we make it relevant, they enjoy it, they engage and they learn. >> saturday 10 am eastern on c-span, the middle and high school