What would happen if every nation and person in the world, with a computer, could access every top secret file of the government? This is what Susan Fletcher and David Becker have to prevent in Digital Fortress by Dan Brown. Tokugen Numataka – Japanese Executive attempting to purchase Digital Fortress.ĭigital Fortress explores the theme of government surveillance of electronically stored information on the private lives of citizens, and the possible civil liberties and ethical implications of using such technology. Soshi Kuta – Jabba’s head technician and assistant “Jabba” – NSA’s senior System Security Officer

Midge Milken – Fontaine’s internal security analystĬhad Brinkerhoff – Fontaine’s personal assistant Hulohot – an assassin hired by North Dakota to locate the Passkey Susan Fletcher – The NSA’s Head Cryptographer, and the story’s lead characterĭavid Becker – A Professor of Modern Languages and the fiancé of Susan FletcherĮnsei Tankado -The author of Digital Fortress and a disgruntled former NSA employee.Ĭommander Trevor Strathmore – NSA Deputy Director of Operations Betrayed on all sides, she finds herself fighting not only for her country but for her life, and in the end, for the life of the man she loves. intelligence.Ĭaught in an accelerating tempest of secrecy and lies, Susan Fletcher battles to save the agency she believes in. The NSA is being held hostage… not by guns or bombs, but by a code so ingeniously complex that if released it would cripple U.S. What she uncovers sends shock waves through the corridors of power. When the National Security Agency’s invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant and beautiful mathematician.

Theme: National Security Vs Individual’s Right to Privacy Narrator: Multiple Third Person omniscient Narrator Main Characters: Susan Fletcher, David Becker, David Becker, Trevor Strathmore

The digital fortress