[jimtorr]

I think it was President Wilson who said that Gentlemen don’t spy on Gentlemen.

Russia and China are no Gentlemen. Or, in keeping with Wokeness, they are no Gentlebeings.

[Signalman]

I think it was President Wilson who said that Gentlemen don’t spy on Gentlemen.

Actually, it was the Secretary of State, Henry Stimson, who made this comment in 1929 when he found out that the U.S. was engaging in cryptanalysis (breaking codes) of other nations' secret radio transmissions.

As a result, the signal intelligence unit(s)of the US govt. was closed down. But around the time World War II started, it was brought back. That's how, for example, the USN broke the Japanese diplomatic code. Stimson was clearly misguided.

[GreyFriar]

“Gentlemen do not read each other’s mail.” was said by Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson when he ordered the closure of the US cryptanalytic service, later known as the “Black Chamber.” in 1929. This was during the Calvin Coolidge administration. Stimson later served as Secretary of War during WW2 in Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration.