CONDOR secure cell phone

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Qualcomm built several prototype secure CDMA phones for NSA under a contract project called "Condor". The NSA insisted on hardware encryption, which Qualcomm originally implemented using Fortezza PC cards, but later it became apparent that what the NSA really wanted was developed as the STU-III.

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