Mystery AtlasEd Scheidt
Retired chairman of the CIA's Cryptographic Center who privately taught Jim Sanborn historical and unconventional encryption techniques between 1988 and 1990, several of which became the basis for Kryptos's coded passages.
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Ed Scheidt influenced Jim Sanborn — Privately taught Sanborn a range of historical and unconventional encryption techniques over roughly a year of meetings beginning in late 1988, deliberately giving him more systems than the sculpture ultimately used.
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Ed Scheidt was a member of Central Intelligence Agency — Served as chairman of the CIA's Cryptographic Center before retiring shortly before advising Sanborn.