CIA… Central Intelligence Agency? Culinary Institute of
America? Cleveland Institute of Art? Certified Internal Auditor?
Take your pick. It could even mean Cache In Area.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, involves the
recovery of a micro cache in a predefined location in Cary, North
Carolina. This is a very public place near Wake Tech; so, stealth
is a must. As it is for any good spy.
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What is a dead drop?
Spies have been known to use dead drops, using various
techniques to hide items (such as money, secrets or instructions)
and to signal that the drop has been made.
The system involves using signals and locations which have been
agreed in advance. (In this case, a GPS coordinate) These signals
and locations must be common everyday things to which most people
would not give a second glance. The signal may or may not be
located close to the dead drop itself.
The location of the dead drop could be a loose brick in a wall,
a library book, a hole in a tree, or under a boulder etc. It should
be something common and from which the items can be picked up
without the operatives being seen by a member of the public or the
security forces who may be watching.
The dead drop is often used as a cut-out device. In this use the
operatives who use the device to communicate or exchange materials
or information do not know one another and should never see one
another. While this type of device is useful in preventing the roll
up of an entire espionage network it is not foolproof. If the lower
level operative is compromised he or she may reveal the location of
and signal for the use of the dead drop. Then the counter espionage
agents simply use the signal to indicate that the dead drop is
ready for pickup. They then keep the spot under continuous
surveillance until it is picked up. They can then capture the
operative who picked up the material from the dead drop.
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There have been several times where I have felt like a spy
making a dead drop. Enjoy playing the spy!
Congratulations TinyCop for being ***FTF***