[Spooks] Need help identifying something weird

[Jeff Wilson]

I got your message John.

Hey, you're the one that found this link in Craigslist. A friend
passed it on to you...any more details about that? does your friend go
to Missed Connections in NYC often?

On 5/12/06, J. Random Entity <jrandomentity at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Grr...  Looks like this didn't get through to the list earlier for
> some reason.  Resending in hopes that it makes it this time; I'm
> guessing that my last message was effectively blank except for the
> header and footer the list attaches to each message.
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> > Why broadcast it to the world if it's something serious (or even
> > semi-serious)? Putting it on a message board is bound to get a lot of
> > attention!
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> True...  But by the same token, people scan shortwave looking for
> stuff like this.  Six of one, half-dozen of the other :)
>
> Another idea we were kicking around was that with Internet access
> being as ubiquitous as it is, a person being observed by a third party
> using a laptop or going into an internet cafe wouldn't be as unusual
> as a SW receiver.  Also, there's the possibilty that the person the
> message is intended for isn't necessarily in the US - so if you don't
> have access to or the ability to operate a transmitter, the message
> can still be picked up (and reception conditions would be less of a
> concern).
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> > I suspect either a prank or someone is trying to observe something about
> > people or groups.
> >
> > Maybe when it's decoded it is going to say "Al Fansome check tire
> > pressure".  :-)
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> I don't get the reference - is it related to
> http://www.spynumbers.com/WBNY.html ?  Definitely a possibility, I
> guess.
>
> John.
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Jeff Wilson