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Operation Acoustic Kitty: The CIA spent about $15 million surgically implanting a microphone in a cat's ear, a transmitter under its skin, and an antenna through its tail to spy on Soviet conversatio… (lemmy.nz)
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Full title: Operation Acoustic Kitty: The CIA spent about $15 million surgically implanting a microphone in a cat's ear, a transmitter under its skin, and an antenna through its tail to spy on Soviet conversations

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[-] summercatcouncil@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

They did. Project got canceled because of problems with the training and that cats was killed by environmental stuff like cars.

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