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“Two Russian satellites launched in 2022 and 2024 have been monitoring two big American electro-optical reconnaissance satellites orbiting several dozen kilometers above them. Their missions are reminiscent of two others launched in 2017 and 2019.” thespacereview.com/article/4979/1

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“Two Russian satellites launched in 2022 and 2024 have been monitoring two big American electro-optical reconnaissance satellites orbiting several dozen kilometers above them. Their missions are reminiscent of two others launched in 2017 and 2019.” thespacereview.com/article/4979/1

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A new open access article. doi.org/10.1080/0885...

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“…Bendler also abused his access to CIA resources and personnel by, among other things, searching classified CIA systems for any information related to his private lobbying clients…” www.justice.gov/opa/pr/forme...

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“In a cover story, kill off any loose thread before it gets out of hand.” – John le Carré (“A Legacy of Spies”)

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“The objective of this study is to check whether these choices [different pairs of the rotation constant parameters (α, β)] compromise the security of SPECK-like ciphers, namely SPECK 32/64 and SPECK 64/128.” doi.org/10.1080/0161...

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The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the West www.amazon.com/Illegals-Rus...

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For those who don’t have access to Cryptologia, you may be interested to know that this article is now free access.

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It’s not just Kryptos. How many were aware CIA also has a coded ceiling in its museum at HQS? youtu.be/BpsGKnmqy5Q?...

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“The success of introducing mathematical thinking into activities previously dominated by linguists is well studied, but the reciprocal question of how cryptography affected the field of mathematics has not been investigated as thoroughly.” doi.org/10.1080/0161...

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“Did OGC green light this?”

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“Key to their [NOCs and illegals] success is the application of adaptive strategies such as mimicry, a timeless tradecraft technique that helps operatives blend into their environment and evade detection.” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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An interesting vignette from the Cold War, which exposes a CIA-Mossad collection operation. Typcially, like much of the archives, It has absolutely nothing to do with the JFK assassination. www.spytalk.co/p/our-mossad...

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The unclassified version of the latest issue of CIA’s Studies in Intelligence (Vol. 69, No. 1, March 2025) is now available at www.cia.gov/resources/cs...

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A new open access article. doi.org/10.1080/0885...

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The fourth passage of Kryptos has been solved: THEDROPISLOCATEDTWOMETERSNORTHEASTOFTAXISTAND@BUDAPESTERSTRASSEBERLINCLOCKSIGNALCHALKMARKENDMSGXX

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“If a traitor doesn’t surprise the shit out of us, he’s no bloody good at his job.” – John le Carré (“Agent Running in the Field”)

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A dog and pony show by the seventh floor. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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"In our line of work, security and privacy are a zero sum game." – Ed Giorgio, former chief cryptanalyst for the NSA

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RIS must disappointed that their assets on Trump’s natsec team are displaying such poor tradecraft. Somewhere at Yasenevo, some general is saying, “We trained them better than that!”

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And the hits keep coming. www.spiegel.de/internationa...

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