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A sagacious man. One of the figures I really respect. Lots of good words & teachings.
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I'm a little confused by the word "experiment" in the list title, particularly when it comes to this item. This was an exercise in propaganda, cointelpro and subversion aimed at discrediting Castro, or even killing him. As such, it is more properly termed an "operation" than an "experiment" and it was not significantly stranger than many similar operations that have been carried out by the CIA or other intelligence agencies.
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The U.S. should have quit while they were ahead. We've had some pretty embarrassing losses against Castro. I think we should have just sat back, feigned civility and let the cigars roll in.
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Anybody else think this was dreamed up by Elmer Fudd?
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Picture it: the 1960's, the Soviets and United States firmly entrenched in their Cold War rivalry, where paranoid War fantasies aside-it seems as if the two sides were just trying to see who could Out-weird one another.
So you're a CIA Operative in the 1960'. Kicking back smoking a cig, like you do, trying to think of a way to spy on Russia that is not only effective, but Bat-shit crazy. On what I can only assume happened in the afterthought of some Leftover LSD (See Project MK-ULTRA) They dreamed up 'Acoustic Kitty.' Operatives trained a cat, Surgically implanted a Microphone in his back, with the antenna running up the tail and let it loose near a park in D.C. Sadly, while the cat was crossing the street to his Mark, he was struck by a cab and died.
The whole Operation ran about $2o million, considered to be a failure and a loss. The CIA then figured out that the idea was Crazy and they would be better off seeking alternatives to using animals as spies. Reports that they sat near a Park bench with a tin can and a line of string remain uncomfirmed, but Awesome. Meanwhile, when in the D.C. area I'll be keeping an eye out for cats or dogs with Tape recorders duct-taped to their backs.
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