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The Why Files: Operation Podcast

18: Numbers Stations | Listen to Spy Broadcasts, Audio & Coded Messages

Jun 26, 2022 · 16m
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  • Numbers stations transmit coded messages via shortwave radio to spies and intelligence assets in the field, active since World War One and still operating today
  • These transmissions sound cryptic to casual listeners but contain information only understood by intended recipients with proper decryption keys
  • Intelligence agencies operate numbers stations illegally without government acknowledgment, yet authorities do not shut them down

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