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CIA Used Star Wars Fan Site To Communicate With Spies And The Internet Has Thoughts
Imagine a real-life spy thriller scenario: The CIA was purportedly running a Star Wars fan website, such that it would communicate secretly...
According to the report, the agency would communicate with agents through coded messages hidden in seemingly endless chit-chat about the finer technical details of lightsaber dueling or the division of whether midi-chlorians really exist or not. The federal agents were spread very wide in their discussions: debating whether or not Han shot first and simultaneously reporting classified information back to Washington—that sort of absurdity only real life could come up with. Another user elaborated, “Super smart, easy for an agent to explain the site in their search history.” The worldwide phenomenon status of Star Wars made it a steel curtain and cover, behind which operatives would meet undetected.
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