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==Problems== Communication leaks undermined the effectiveness of the campaign. According to Stephen Budiansky, "Despite [[NSA]]'s occasional success in tightening up particularly leaky communication practices, the problems continued throughout the war. On Andersen the Vietcong were given as much as eight hours' warning and often revealing exact launch times and likely targets, because of a [[Spy ship|Soviet trawler]] stationed off the island listening to conversations and seeing actual B-52 launches."<ref>{{cite book|last1=Budiansky|first1=Stephen|title=Code Warriors|date=2016|publisher=Alfred A. Knopf|location=New York|isbn=9780385352666|pages=262β264}}</ref>
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