Years After the CIA Spent the Equivalent of $60M on Spy Cats, We Now Have Spy Pigeons
The world of animal espionage has taken a remarkable leap forward, though its origins trace back to one of the Cold War’s most peculiar intelligence failures. In the 1960s, the CIA’s Office of Special Activities confronted a persistent problem: Soviet operatives in Washington, D.C. had grown savvy to traditional surveillance methods. Knowing their phones were … Read more