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Puzzle 227: Your inquiries are the mark of an independent,
searching mind.
Puzzle 228: Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Puzzle 229: History repeats itself; historians repeat one
another. Rupert Brooke
Puzzle 230: You may recall how a mere boy was hung as a spy
in your camp some time ago. The memory of Nathan Hale is
still bright among my men.
Puzzle 231: . . . a woman whose true name is Alice Carroll . . .
Puzzle 232: . . . on Chrystie Street too late to mount another
attempt on him, before he was brought into the British camp.
Puzzle 233: September 30, 1871
Puzzle 234: . . . redirect one or more of the KGH-15 satellites
under your control to do some quick scans of the areas
circled on the attached map. The gravitometric capabilities
of the KGH-15s should allow you to detect disturbances in the
Earth’s gravitational field that could be associated with large
amounts of a heavy metal, like refined gold. And yes, there
is that much. [The shift between the different encryptions
happens at detect.]
Puzzle 235: Lies are like children: They’re hard work, but it’s
worth it because the future depends on them. Pam Davis
Chapter 11
Puzzle 236: Major André is shocked. This is an offer of treason
from a major figure within the Army of the colonists, fighting
against the British crown!
Puzzle 237: . . . proposes to change sides . . .
Puzzle 238: My plans are too extensive to outline in a ciphered
message.
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Puzzle 239: Lesson to the modern executive: Always hang on
to your receipts!
Puzzle 240: Of the actual inner circle, he must know absolutely
nothing.
Puzzle 241: I agree with you: Watch Wilkinson. He is not
entirely to be trusted. However, his ongoing associations in
Madrid and Mexico City may be useful to us.
Puzzle 242: The Union naval blockade . . .
Puzzle 243: Wilkinson knows me, of course, but he must never
even suspect that you have a direct connection to me.
Puzzle 244: I strongly recommend that you apply for a
position within the Central Intelligence Agency, within the
Directorate of Operations. (That would be the spies.)
Puzzle 245: Sorry to be out of touch for so long. As I approach
retirement, the opportunity to share information with you has
been diminishing for some time.
Puzzle 246: If you think cryptography is the answer to your
problem, then you don’t know what your problem is. Peter
Neumann [quoted in The New York Times, February 20, 2001]
Puzzle 247: In cyberspace everyone will be anonymous for fif-
teen minutes. Graham Greenleaf
Puzzle 248: . . . outside that Quaker meetinghouse in
Philadelphia, one fine summer’s evening?
Puzzle 249: General Arnold decides to change sides for sure.
Puzzle 250: . . . the identity of the traitor.
Puzzle 251: The day darkens about us. Atlanta fell to the Union
forces yesterday.
Puzzle 252: That dream of mine, a golden circle of empire, is
simply not to be. It must be for another age, another group of
men with vision.
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Puzzle 253: Emerald: Police were waiting near the tree.
Retrieved Pike’s message but was nearly caught myself.
Lookslike plainclothes detectives are on the streets looking
for me. Suggest we fall back to Arlington now.
Puzzle 254: Recently, Mr. Mannheim went so far as to redirect
surveillance satellites and collect data over the United States
itself.
Puzzle 255: Few false ideas have more firmly gripped the
minds of so many intelligent men than the one that, if they
just tried, they could invent a cipher that no one could break.
David Kahn, The Codebreakers
Puzzle 256: It is always the best policy to tell the truth —
unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar. [Jerome
K. Jerome]
Puzzle 257: The Art of War [by Sun Tzu]
Puzzle 258: I wish to arrange another exchange for Major
André.
Puzzle 259: A true professional, she gave no sign of recogni-
tion to me at all.
Puzzle 260: I write this from aboard His Majesty’s Ship, the
Vulture.
Puzzle 261: . . . simply set out walking down the road to
Patriot lines with a basket of fruit, under which she carried
her ciphered message to you.
Puzzle 262: I must confess, I wondered then, and wonder
today, whether it was one of your people who put that loaded
pistol in his unknowing hand.
Puzzle 263: Relative to the larger picture, as we discussed:
Prepare to submerge.
Puzzle 264: In theory, yes, it would be possible for the Scottish
Rite, SJ, to safeguard the assets of the old Confederacy.
However, this will not happen, for two reasons.
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Puzzle 265: As a matter of fact, I represent an indepen-
dent organization altogether, with offices and interests
internationally.
Puzzle 266: He trusted neither of them as far as he could spit,
and he was a poor spitter, lacking both distance and control.
P. G. Wodehouse
Puzzle 267: Put all your eggs in one basket and WATCH THAT
BASKET. M Twain
Chapter 12
Puzzle 268: AN AGENT FOR THE BRITISH
Puzzle 269: OVERTHROW IT
Puzzle 270: FACE (anagram of CAFÉ)
Puzzle 271: THE CONSPIRACY BEGINS
Puzzle 272: THOSE WHO OWN ONE
Puzzle 273: DATE (double definition)
Puzzle 274: DISTORT THEM
Puzzle 275: SUPERIOR (double definition)
Puzzle 276: HAVING A BETTER TIME
Puzzle 277: ADVERSARIES
Puzzle 278: HENS (hidden word)
Puzzle 279: FALSE (anagram of FLEAS)
Puzzle 280: KEEPING YOUR MOUTH SHUT
Puzzle 281: GOLDEN CIRCLE
Puzzle 282: TRAIN (double definition)
Puzzle 283: YOU ARE SPIES; WEAKNESSES
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Puzzle 284: DECOY (hidden word)
Puzzle 285: EMERGE TRIUMPHANT
Puzzle 286: CRYPTOGRAPHY
Puzzle 287: THE GOLD
Puzzle 288: MAY (anagram of YAM)
Puzzle 289: TUNA (hidden word)
Puzzle 290: A HARD BATTLE
Puzzle 291: OUR OWN
Puzzle 292: BAGEL (anagram of GABLE)
Puzzle 293: ACCUMULATE
Puzzle 294: DOUBLE AGENT
Puzzle 295: BAT (double definition)
Puzzle 296: CROSS (double definition)
Puzzle 297: DEAR BELOVED WIFE
Puzzle 298: RITES (anagram of TIERS)
Puzzle 299: IS OUTLAWED
Puzzle 300: DENIED THE PRIVILEGE
Puzzle 301: FIND A FOE
Puzzle 302: FEAR NOT (anagram of OAT FERN)
Puzzle 303: IS TO TRUST HIM
Puzzle 304: CIDER (hidden word)
Puzzle 305: MUST NOT FAIL
Puzzle 306: PARIS (anagram of PAIRS)
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