sanford wanted rochefort to run a field station at pearl harbor. joe took the job and later game fame as station hypo. rochefort did not break imperial navy codes. -- by himself. he had a lot of help. he used leaders in cryptology to do most of that work. twooutfit consisted of dozen officers and enlisted men. these gentlemen were a motley crew, a salty mixture of crypto analysts, language officers, and cryptologic mavens. by rochefort's definition, they were odd characters. they were people who, in rochefort's words, would not generally conform to accepted ideas. if you desire to be a real crypto analyst, being a little nuts helps. charactersort's odd did their work in a dreary place, a drab windowless basement in the navy administration building in pearl harbor. this is what it looked like in 1942. this is what it looks like today. >> [laughter] oops, got ahead of myself there. that little space there is the worsthat led down to this -- to this basement work area. this is the staircase that led to it. it was usually full of burn bags from discarded i

the author of "joe rochefort's war." the author of "the shattered sword." and the co-author of "never call me a hero," a legendary american dive bomber pilot remembers the battle of midway. watch the battle of midway's 75th anniversary special, live from the macarthur memorial visitors center in norfolk, virginia, on friday, beginning at 9:30 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> c-span. where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >>> coming up next, a senate

elliott carlson with his book "joe rochefort's war." anthony kelly, co-author of "shattered sword: the untold story of the battle of midway." and the author of "never call me a hero: a legendary dive bomber pilot remembers the battle of midway." watch the anniversary special live from the macarthur memorial visitors center in norfolk, virginia. beginning at 9:30 eastern on c-span3. >> washington journal continues. this is eric lipton with the new york times. he serves as their washington correspondent and has a recent story taking a look at the pharmaceutical industry. i will show you the headlines and we will start from there. drug lobbyists cry over prices, blame the others. can you give us a setup? mr. lipton: there is a lot of debate aai