Most weapons do what you tell them. Most weapons you can control. But what if the most dangerous weapon in the world isn?t a smart missile or a stealth submarine or even an AI computer program? What if it?s a 17-year-old boy with a blisteringly brilliant mind, who can run rings around the most sophisticated security services across the globe, who can manipulate that weaponry and turn it against the superpowers themselves? How valuable would he be?...

Posthumous account of the secret code-breaking process in Bletchley Park's Fusion Room in World Wqar.

It was here that the air photography, obtained by reconnaissance aircraft flying over the whole of enemy and occupied Europe, was analysed by Photographic Interpreters: the Intelligence produced from their reports influenced virtually every Allied operation planned and carried out during the war. An analytical mind, curiosity, the ability search for clues and recognise the unusual were essential qualities for the Interpreters and found in men and...