The CIA and BND cracked everyone's codes for 23 years—and nobody knew.
From 1970 to 1993, the Federal Intelligence Service and the CIA jointly eavesdropped on encrypted communications from more than 100 countries. This is proven by previously unpublished documents written by leading BND and CIA employees.
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Tight 60 minutes—no filler, all chills.
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Declassified docs that read like spy fiction.
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The compromised company was Crypto AG, a Swiss firm everyone trusted—'neutral' Switzerland was unknowingly hosting the ultimate backdoor.
This only became public in 2020; for decades, Operation Rubicon was considered wild conspiracy theory. Truth really is stranger than Reddit threads.
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