After that weird Train derailment, an anon made a comment that it was weird that Comey had tweeted something about "Training" just before it happened. I was thinking about it and suddenly it clicked. I think I know how the code works. It's actually extremely simple, but very hard to crack in reverse.
It is known as a Fleissner grille.
Imagine a piece of stiff paper or card stock. On it is a template with holes cut out. They post a simple message on twitter that seems innocent (though sometimes weird). It means nothing unless you have that exact card code. You place that card on your phone and out pops the secret message.
So for example this infamous Comey Train Tweet: https://mobile.twitter.com/Comey/status/1245136483981328386
I believe says M is Go on Traine op. Dtes (Donald Trump's) move
Or it might possibly say "es" move. There are a few times when I tried this method that it seemed like they were referring to "e" as a person, possibly "Evergreen". So maybe this is saying "your move Donald", or its saying "HRC your call to sign off on this".
The tricky part is there are possibly several cards and a system to use them. In order to pick it apart precisely you have to use the same device, same font sizes, same kerning etc (though I'd bet they were on the default of whatever device they are using) I think I've figured out at least one part of the system.
In particular this tweet gives a big hint: "I learned portrait mode" https://mobile.twitter.com/Comey/status/1244778937831641089)
I'm a little fuzzy on this one because like I said without the device, the holes don't line up perfectly. But I believe it says "Prin (Prince) ill me n u port od"
Or fully decoded: Prince ill. Me and you port op
I've noticed the letters "od" ended up getting hit on many times, and I think its a clever way of saying "op" since the d is an upside down p.
Now what is really important about this tweet is the weird reference to portrait mode. Its just awkwardly worded, and not how a normal person would talk. That is until you realize it is a hint. I believe that when there is a picture along with the twitter post, the orientation of the picture is a hint at which code template to use to decipher. If its in landscape you use the landscape card. For portrait you use the portrait code template. Unfortunately, this particular pic he chose he realized it might be hard to tell the orientation since the pic might look correct in either. So he specified to the intended recipients so they knew this was a portrait coded tweet. As such, I used what I think is the portrait code to decode it to come up with the above potential message.
So as I went through many tweets, mostly from Comey and HRC, I tended to notice these patterns, but it was really rough. Being on the same device seems to be really important. So if any bored anons out there want to start hacking away at this to see if I'm right, make sure to try different devices. If you hit on one that seems to work, let me know.
I have a bunch of them that I tried to decode this way (and I tried as much as possible to see how often a particular template was correct). However, I believe there are at least three templates, but there are possibly many more that they use depending on the time stamp of the tweet or some other method of mixing it up.
Please take all of these with a grain of salt. I am just starting to crack away at this. I wanted to see if I could break it by myself, but it looks like too monumental of a task, so I decided to share to see if some other anons want to join in. So without further ado, lets get into some #Cabal Code
Comey cliff hanger tweet about training https://mobile.twitter.com/Comey/status/1244034328142757890
"don't no whr e is calle me am " – Don't know where E is, call me in the morning
HRC suggesting EMP as next move? https://mobile.twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1245735705499836416
This one is really rough and it seems parts of the cipher is a bit off. In one of my tests I pulled a cipher from another tweet and it said roughly "illi op st the emp to cause pan ic" – Illinios(?) op start the EMP to cause panic
HRC berates Chris, possibly over dem failure to out manuever trump on stimulus. https://mobile.twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1242150258014027781
This one is my favorite and I feel its pretty close, so it might be useful as a key to perfect the "No no picture" cipher.
"In the ce cris he new to help suffering rn don p y an urf ing deal" – In the CE Chris! He knew to help suffering right now. Don punked you and your f-ing deal