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The CIA's $20 million Cat Experiment

The CIA's $20 million Cat Experiment

Update: 2025-04-11
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What happens when the CIA tries to turn a cat into a Cold War spy? You get one of the strangest and most expensive espionage failures in history. In this episode, we explore the true story of Project Acoustic Kitty—a real CIA operation where millions were spent surgically transforming a house cat into a mobile surveillance device. From implanted microphones to tail antennas, the plan was ambitious, absurd, and doomed from the start.

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The CIA's $20 million Cat Experiment

The CIA's $20 million Cat Experiment

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