Lecture - Espionage by the Numbers: Introduction to Number Stations - Delft University 2011

Espionage by the NumbersAn introduction to Spy Numbers Stationsby Peter Staal

How they workWho’s behind it / casesQ&A Peter Staal - february 2011

How they workAnatomy of a messageOTPTables Peter Staal - february 2011

Anatomy of a messageInterval/callsignHeader - Agent-ID - Message size5/4 Figure groupsRedundancy Peter Staal - february 2011

Anatomy of a messageInterval/callsignHeader - Agent-ID 328 912 - Message size 11 665/4 Figure groupsRedundancy Peter Staal - february 2011

One-Time-Pad

One-Time-Pad Peter Staal - february 2011

One-Time-Pad74265 34925 23426 cyphertext18593 47499 45877 OTP------------------------------ +82758 71314 68293 cleartext Peter Staal - february 2011

One-Time-Pad74265 34925 23426 cyphertext18593 47499 45877 OTP------------------------------ +82758 71314 68293 cleartextAdd (or substract) without carry Peter Staal - february 2011

Tables Peter Staal - february 2011

How they workWho’s behind it / casesQ&A Peter Staal - february 2011

Andy TowerSpokesman British Department of Trade and Industry- 1997 “These are what you suppose they are. People shouldn’t be mystified by them. They are not for, shall we say, public consumption” Telegraph, January 14, 1997 Peter Staal - february 2011

Who’s behind it / cases Law Enforcement cases Peter Staal - february 2011

Who’s behind it / cases - Erwin van Haarlem / Vaclav Jelinek – arrested 1988 by British Special Branch - WASP-network - arrested 1998 by the FBI - FBI copied decoding software in 1995 - Cuban Five (arrested 2001) Peter Staal - february 2011

Who’s behind it / cases - Ana Belen Montes (arrested/charged September 21, 2001) - a Senior US Defence Intelligence Agency analyst Affidavit: “… and received her instructions through encrypted shortwave transmissions from Cuba” Peter Staal - february 2011

Who’s behind it / cases Kendall & Gwendolyn Myers - arrested and indicted June 4, 2009 Kendall Myers (agent 202): top intelligence analyst at the State Department. Gwendolyn Myers (agent 123 / E-634). Spied for about 30 years for Cuba. Peter Staal - february 2011

Who’s behind it / cases Meet the Myers Peter Staal - february 2011

Who’s behind it / cases Russian Spy Ring (2010) Peter Staal - february 2011

Who’s behind it / cases References in literature Peter Staal - february 2011

Who’s behind it / cases References in literature - Defector / whistleblower - Declassified documents - Let the other guy do the talking - Former employees - End of the Cold War - End of Soviet Union - End of East-Germany Peter Staal - february 2011

References in literatureSpycraft: Robert Wallace & H. Keith Melton “The one-way voice link (OWVL) described a covert communications system that transmitted messages to an agents unmodified shortwave radio using the high- frequency shortwave bands between 3 and 30 MHz at a predetermined time, date, and frequency contained in their communications plan.” Peter Staal - february 2011

References in literatureCIA, Inc.: Espionage and the Craft of Business IntelligenceF. W. Rustmann, Jr. Peter Staal - february 2011

Who’s behind it / cases References in literature - Defector / whistleblower - Declassified documents - Former employees - End of the Cold War - End of Soviet Union - End of East-Germany Peter Staal - february 2011

Declassified documentsPolish Ministry of Interior (MSW) II Department (Counterintelligence) Peter Staal - february 2011

Declassified documents Peter Staal - february 2011

Declassified documentsSpeech / Morse generator Peter Staal - february 2011

Questions & Answers Peter Staal - february 2011

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