Dyslexic spies

‘Dyslexic spies: GCHQ’s secret strategy to tackle terrorism and espionage‘. An article in the Sunday Times this week focussed on how GCHQ is utilizing dyslexic strengths in their work against cybercriminals and terrorists. The case of Alan Turing, the dyslexic cryptanalyst and mathematician who succeeded in breaking the Nazi’s Enigma code during the Second World War, is now well known. GCHQ have recognised the aptitude that some people with dyslexia have for isolating facts from complex patterns and events, and apparently regularly recruit them as intelligence officers.