The SEC filed civil charges against the 14, describing two related schemes that featured kickbacks and extortion and methods used to disguise detection, including meetings at a storied New York City restaurant, disposable cellphones, secret codes and clandestine computer monitoring.

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"Each server does not know the source or final destination of the content, " Hill said, comparing it to a spy that delivers a secret message to a clandestine location, but who has no idea where the message ends up.

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The secret order, referred to as an intelligence "finding, " allows for clandestine support by the CIA and other agencies.

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