SECRET CIA PROJECT IN COLD WAR

During the Cold War, the CIA hatched a plan called "Project Acoustic Kitty" in the 1960s. They surgically implanted listening devices into a live cat, intending to use it as a covert listening device to eavesdrop on conversations in Soviet embassies. After spending $20 million and five years on the project, the first test mission failed when the cat was hit by a taxi moments after being released. The project was deemed a failure and abandoned, but it remains a bizarre footnote in the history of espionage.

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During the Cold War, the CIA hatched a plan called "Project Acoustic Kitty" in the 1960s. They surgically implanted listening devices into a live cat, intending to use it as a covert listening device to eavesdrop on conversations in Soviet embassies. After spending $20 million and five years on the project, the first test mission failed when the cat was hit by a taxi moments after being released. The project was deemed a failure and abandoned, but it remains a bizarre footnote in the history of espionage.