The CIA Tried to Bug a Cat

In 1966 the CIA lowered a cat onto a Washington sidewalk near the Soviet embassy. The animal had cost about $20 million. This is Acoustic Kitty from the public record: the van, the park bench, the disputed taxi, and the 1967 memo that killed the program. 0:00 A $20 Million Cat 0:38 A Park Near The Embassy 1:55 Why A Cat At All 3:05 What The File Showed 4:30 The Hunger Problem 5:40 Five Years, Twenty Million 6:45 The Two Stories 7:55 The 1967 Memo 9:05 What Did Not Happen 10:15 The File In 2001 Public record only. Cost figures are estimates from former CIA officer Victor Marchetti and later summaries, about $15 million to $20 million in 1960s dollars. The taxi story is disputed by Robert Wallace, a former director of the Office of Technical Service. Not a how-to. #CIA #AcousticKitty #ColdWar #TrueCrime #Espionage #Declassified #SpyCat #History Visuals are original AI-generated stills. Audio may be synthetic. Not medical, legal, or financial advice.