Tankado left Japan and gave a copy of the passcode, that could unlock Digital Fortress, to an anonymous third party known only as North Dakota. This was publicized and his reputation was ruined. He quit his job and threatened to go public about this. The story behind the TRANSLTR, is that Tankado helped to build it, but was unhappy when he realised that the NSA would be able to use the computer to read the emails of private citizens and saw this as a violation of human rights. The action starts with the computer facing an issue with an unbreakable code called Digital Fortress, which was created by an ex NSA employee, Ensei Tankado.Ĭommander Trevor Strathmore reaches out to the NSA’s head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, for help. The book presents the TRANSLTR, a code breaker computer. By Dan Brown "Pure genius.Dan Brown has to be one of the best, smartest, and accomplished writers in the country."
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