The 2013 Venona ACTIVITIES have recently concluded. Well, almost; there's still that pesky PROTOCOL left to resolve. Venona and his minions set up some real mind-benders again this year. Thanks to them for another year of SOCIALIST LEARNINGS and fun group hikes.
The final event activity was a headline cipher. The GBA needed to recover the cipher keywords in order to rescue the OoV medals. I solved it after the fact to get a true appreciation for how challenging it was.
To pay tribute to Venona, THE LINE ENDS HERE WE ARE HOPING and I decided to provide you with some headlines of our own from this year's ACTIVITIES. Figure them out and find the cache. Note that this puzzle is not an actual ACA Headlines cipher. There is no setting or hat to find.
In your log, please make mention of your favorite memory from this year's ACTIVITIES.
BNMEN ILDKIJ XPTUIBNT KXJUDUXEN, VMEN KMLGNHT TUDJJ PMJDTCDLB UXRE
LDYDQKNJZ LHRM JNZ UTIDY TF CDCHBWKTR, ZNWKZFKDZ NRV YDXHDZW
AIO RKCNNR MORTE, REER RUK SQOSFEQ, SOKT JORTEQ GEZCSLK TL OSSERR ALLAGE VQCXE
RHHFJFJ GFP GILFUS RZVW SWXMLPL, YWZULCS VCHL SQFULSHLFIL
JBUBMGVFX JZPK BORQXBA AGUYI UVY CVNB LBVABU K YFUBB DVPD
PX IMJ HSI OJJO OICHO GSHPXL HJFYXCPOCXFJ, DYTGTA LYJO EMJHJ XY YYV MCO LYXJ DJKYHJ
SGUXUB BDOMSMOMGH GEYRBMUGF, UGBUFGWOLBR CWBMU WGSGBRH BRR, TMUFVXWTH XW TMUMXU
TJBIKPJ LKQV IKSV PVHF RXBQRVP, GBJSXKPGQ NVR SKXJ KJ BR
SLXETEV QEV JOQF OYOQVEV JSVCQT DEQEJCOBR DUKF, RNLVLA BOR JLQE
SJ KSAW WBKWGKUSBAWBK, VSA ESGE CB JDWWZ KWNNJ ASNZNR HLBBR VCEW
EHW ONJJPSP NSDAJP HSJURDV, PRHPSMTASGQ WDEJMAQNF PSQ VMSS, GSU UJMDI JMISM
KJP LJXL RQ YTCCB YRMHCY PRBWMWY EZ OEXT QJQC, XCPEJQBCX FNE ORQBCXY
IFTUTAW XZUHUCUQ, CAT LH BF WUQIFD? HFAR URFQFH WHLQQ WCZARBQFD
VXLRBSI PSIBNSHA ORLB AVLPR AVLOA UML, VNSUYISAWRA ARRA NRQ
TRYZJQF TWXTMC YR TEYYC, QCIZ SCEX ZWXUWRJYC YESY PRXC FXCCQ
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