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.
