The Telegraph: CIA recruited cat to bug Russians

CIA operatives watched too many spy movies in the sixties:

In one experiment during the Cold War a cat, dubbed Acoustic Kitty, was wired up for use as an eavesdropping platform. It was hoped that the animal - which was surgically altered to accommodate transmitting and control devices - could listen to secret conversations from window sills, park benches or dustbins.

And this is only what we’re allowed to see, I imagine many failed atrocities were committed in the name of national security (on both sides). Read the whole thing here. (via the null device)