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The Dead Drop Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

offline.cacher: The general rule reviewers use to archive a cache is that the cache owner has been notified (through a log entry) by the reviewer and that no response has been forthcoming. This is the case with this cache. As a result it has been archived.
If the owner would like to discuss this issue, please contact me through my geocaching.com profile. Include the GC code for the cache.

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offline.cacher
Virginia geocaching.com reviewer

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Hidden : 1/17/2003
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Located in Nottoway Park in Vienna, Virginia.

A dead-drop is terminology for the package of secrets that a spy leaves for his case officer. This cache is located in the same park that convicted FBI spy Robert Hanssen left and retrieved some packages for his handlers.

"After sending the Soviets a coded note, Bob Hanssen made good on his promise, dropping off his package of secrets in Nottoway Park, a recreational area, which happened to be across the street from the Hanssen’s first house in Northern Virginia. A few days later, the KGB responded by dropping off $50,000 in $100 bills at the same drop site." -- CrimeLibrary.com

While there is no cash in this cache (at this time anyway) there is an assortment of spy related merchandise.

Please be discreet retrieving and replacing this cache since this is a popular recreational area.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Guvf fubhyq or boivbhf, ohg vs abg ybbx haqre n zna-znqr fgehpgher.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)