Due to an overwhelming number of people and teams that reached out in regards to my work, as well as not getting bib numbers in a lot of shots, I will be sending y'all a link for the dropbox folder of edits. Please go through and forward the email to any riders you know! Thank you for the kind words and support! I had an absolute blast, and hope to capture more cycling events in the future!
Agent 711 was our nations original spymaster. He was the head of the Culper ring, a network of spies, that was tasked with monitoring British troop movements, as well as incredible disinformation campaigns against the british. The Culper ring would essentially lay down the footwork for espionage moving forward.
Agent 711 pushed the envelope with the use of innovative military intelligence practices. The tools and tactics his spies employed were, in many cases, downright revolutionary. They utilized a variety of methods to maintain secrecy and gather intelligence, including code names, ciphers, book codes, locations of “dead drops” (such as Abraham Woodhull’s farm), clothesline codes (such as the one used by Anna Strong), and propaganda. If used individually, these techniques could easily be discovered. When used together, however, they helped American troops wage a war and eventually win under advanced intelligence gathering
The Culper ring consisted of military officials, as well as civilians. They mastered tradecraft techniques such as a new form of invisible ink (sympathetic ink) that could only be revealed via chemical reaction. Another technique that was utilized in communications, was the implementation of ciphers. While the inks and papers used for drafting secret messages were important, perhaps more critical were the codes and ciphers used to conceal message. Because correspondence was regularly intercepted by both parties during the war, codes and ciphers needed to be constantly invented and reinvented. In an era in which messages were delivered by post or by word of mouth, however, the very act of communicating a top secret code wasn’t so easy. To change a code, the author would have to set a spy network into motion to send a letter describing the new code. As a security measure, the codes were generally only given to the few people who actually needed to decode the information.
You know agent 711, as the 1st president of the United States, George Washington.
