Saturday, May 11, 2013

The CIA Plot To Train Cats To Be Spies

Operation Acoustic Kitty: A surgeon implanted a microchip in the ear canal of a cat and a small radio transmitter at the base of the animal's skull, hiding a wire antenna into his long grey-and-white hair

Operation Acoustic Kitty: How The CIA's Attempt To Turn CATS Into Cyborg Spies Ended Abruptly After The Cat Was Run Over By A Cab -- Daily Mail

Next time your cat sidles up to you for an afternoon nap, it may actually be trying to steal your secrets - that is at least what the CIA in the 1960s was hoping felines would do after being turned into four-legged spies.

As part of a clandestine experiment appropriately dubbed Operation Acoustic Kitty, a veterinary surgeon implanted a microchip in the ear canal of a cat and a small radio transmitter at the base of the animal's skull, hiding a wire antenna in his long grey-and-white hair.

The plan was to use the furry feline as a four-legged secret agent who would be able to discreetly eavesdrop on Soviet officials and record their private conversations simply by sitting nearby.

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More News On The CIA Plan To Train Cats To Be Spies

Operation Acoustic Kitty: The CIA's Would-Be Cat Spy -- The Atlantic
CIA tried (and failed) to turn cats into spies -- Daily Caller
How The CIA Tried To Turn A Cat Into A Cyborg Spy -- Popular Science
The Cat Who Couldn't Spy: A CIA Fail -- Discovery

My Comment: LOL

1 comment:

Orion said...

I can haz secrets?

Meow.