James Gannon (Internet Activist)
James Gannon may refer to: * James Gannon (author), writer and producer of documentaries * James Gannon (politician) (1859–1924) * Jim Gannon (born 1968), English footballer and football manager * Jim Gannon (rugby league) Jim Gannon (born 16 June 1977) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. Jim Gannon captained the New South Wales Under-18s to a series win. He was a Newcastle Knights junior p ...

James Gannon (author)
James Gannon is a freelance writer and producer of documentaries for NBC News. He has published many articles on a variety of subjects. Life James Gannon is the author of ''Stealing Secrets, Telling Lies: How Spies and Codebreakers Helped Shape the Twentieth century'' (2001). The book discusses key episodes of 20th-century espionage and cryptology involving the Zimmermann telegram; Enigma decryption and "Ultra"; the Battle of the Atlantic; Erwin Rommel; the Colossus computer; Frank Rowlett and Japan's Purple cipher; Allied Operation Overlord deceptions; World War II spies and spy organizations; Rudolf Roessler and the Lucy Spy Ring; Takeo Yoshikawa and Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor; Joseph J. Rochefort and the Battle of Midway; Richard Sorge; Donald Maclean; Klaus Fuchs; Venona; Oleg Penkovsky; and Ryszard Kukliński. A thread running through Gannon's book is the ubiquity of distortions in accounts of espionage and cryptology Cryptography, or cryptology (from g ...
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James Gannon (politician)
James Conley Gannon (11 October 1859 – 30 September 1924) was an Australian politician. He was born in Tempe to coach proprietor Robert Gannon and Agnes Conley. He received a public education before becoming a clerk, first in the library and then the Colonial Secretary's department. From 1885 he studied law, and on 12 March 1887 he was called to the bar and worked mostly in criminal law. On 18 January 1889 he married Florence Elsie May Jackson, with whom he had two children. As a barrister he worked mostly in criminal and divorce law. In 1904 he was appointed Attorney General in the Waddell government and appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council. He served in this post from June to August, when the Waddell government was defeated. Gannon remained in the Council until his death. He returned to practice as a barrister and was appointed King's Counsel on 2 March 1910. Gannon died from pneumonia Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung prim ...
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Jim Gannon
James Paul Gannon (born 7 September 1968) is a professional football manager and former player who most recently was manager of Hyde United. He started and finished his career as a player in Ireland, but made most of his professional appearances in the English Football League at Stockport County, where supporters elected him as a member of the Hall of Fame. Gannon began his playing career at Dundalk, but moved to English club Sheffield United in 1989. The next year he transferred to Stockport County, following a short loan spell with Halifax Town. He spent the next ten years at Stockport, becoming one of the club's most loyal servants, and helped the club to second-place finishes in both the Second Division and Fourth Division, as well as two League Trophy finals. After leaving the club in 2000, he spent a season with Crewe Alexandra, before returning to Ireland with Shelbourne, winning two League of Ireland Premier Division titles in his three years there. Starting a caree ...
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