[MirrorField]

I'd like to see our computers attempt to decipher the remaining Venona transcripts - if they're capable of doing it.

Unfortunately impossible. Most of the Venona transcripts were encrypted using a One-Time Pad and thus theoretically unbreakable. Those that NSA managed to break were purely a result of Soviets screwing up. Those that can be decrypted are most likely already decrypted by NSA...

[MplsSteve]

I stand corrected.

I had previously read a few articles about VENONA and incorrectly assumed the Russian codes could be broken with extensive use of a computer.

I read the Wikipedia link for one-time pad. You're right. It is virtually impossible to crack. The only stuff we know is because of a lucky break.

Nonetheless, it would be fascinating if we were able to translate the remaining VENONA intercepts. I think we'd be horrified at the depths of Soviet penetration of our government.