The CIA's $20 Million Spy CatHow the agency forgot one crucial detail about felines.

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During the Cold War, the CIA launched Project 'Acoustic Kitty', an audacious plan to turn cats into sophisticated spying devices. After implanting one with a microphone, a transmitter, and an antenna, agents released it for its first mission. The project was a technological marvel, yet it failed spectacularly due to a fundamental, and hilarious, oversight about the very nature of cats.