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ForumBook Discussion : Simple Genius by David Baldacci

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1Andrew-theQM
Okt. 7, 2016, 6:23 pm

Did you have any initial thoughts about Babbage Town?

2EadieB
Okt. 7, 2016, 6:56 pm

Never heard of Babbage Town. I think it's called that because of Charlie Babbage who was an early code breaker.

3Olivermagnus
Bearbeitet: Okt. 7, 2016, 9:06 pm

Not until they mentioned Charles Babbage and his mathematical history.

4Andrew-theQM
Okt. 8, 2016, 5:42 am

Never connected this with Charles Babbage until it was mentioned. There certainly seem to be some mysterious and murky things happening there! Watch this space.

5Carol420
Okt. 8, 2016, 8:26 am

I had heard of it. Like any government "think tank" it has questionable practices I'm sure.

6sushicat
Okt. 8, 2016, 9:14 am

Does it really exist? I could not find any evidence.

7Carol420
Bearbeitet: Okt. 8, 2016, 10:21 am

>6 sushicat: Camp Peary does.

"Camp Peary is an approximately 9,000 acre military reservation in York County near Williamsburg, Virginia. Officially referred to as an Armed Forces Experimental Training Activity (AFETA) under the auspices of the Department of Defense, Camp Peary hosts a covert CIA training facility known as "The Farm," which is used to train officers of CIA's Directorate of Operations, as well as those of the DIA's Defense Clandestine Service,1 among other intelligence entities. Camp Peary has a sister facility, "The Point," located in Hertford, North Carolina."

8Sergeirocks
Okt. 8, 2016, 10:34 am

Must admit, I thought it was a fictional place.

9Andrew-theQM
Okt. 8, 2016, 1:30 pm

10bhabeck
Okt. 8, 2016, 2:17 pm

I assumed the place was a fictional think tank those Camp Peary is real. I hadn't heard of Charles Babbage before so will have to check him out later