Leo Pedranski

Leo Jon Pedranski, more commonly referred to as just Leo, was a cryptographer with the NSA's Division department who invented the original MERCURY code alongside Dean Crandell in the late 1980's and early 1990's as mandated by the Reagan administration in 1986. Pedranski was murdered by Peter Burrell in he and Emily Lang's apartment in Washington, D.C. after he wrote his letters that revealed Kudrow's coverup and complicity in events surrounding Simon Lynch and the deaths of his parents Martin and Jenny, addressed to Art Jeffries and the Senate Oversight Committee (SOC), but never mailed them (though he did throw away the carbon paper used, giving vital evidence of their existence and authenticity). Pedranksi is credited in helping in the downfall of his boss, Nicholas Kudrow, and in keeping young Simon Lynch alive to this day.