The landing on the moon. Roswell. Area 51. What truly happened with Ted Kaczynski, aka, the Unabomber. These are just some of the government conspiracies that seem to have a lot of people squinting their eyes in disbelief. We all know that the U.S. government is there to protect its citizens. But is the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) hiding things from us? And if so, are they doing it to protect us or is the government trying to trick us?
Operation Acoustic Kitty
The CIA has obviously never heard the adage, “never work with animals or children.” At one point, they attempted to use hearing-augmented cats to eavesdrop on the Soviets. You probably guessed how that played out. It was a total disaster, to say the least. Turns out that cats are easily distracted and the program was soon thrown out.
Operation Eggplant, aka, The Little Blue Pill Project
Need to get vital information out of an older, impotent gentleman? Well, you can always resort to bribery! It will truly get them talking. At one point, the CIA offered an Afghani chieftain thousands of little blue Viagra pills to help him with his *ahem* performance issues. Once they fixed his performance issues, the man didn’t hesitate to spill the tea.
Humiliating Psychological Experiments Performed on Ted Kaczynski May Have Pushed Him to The Limit
Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, claimed he was subjected to participating in a humiliating experiment in a Harvard study back when he was only 16 years old. His future looked very promising. But psychologist Henry A. Murray wanted Kaczynski to be a part of a study that wanted to explore the effects of stress on the human psyche. The experiment ended up messing with his psyche really bad, and eventually, he took 3 lives and injured 23 people.
Operation Emasculate
Want to discourage your opponent in the hope that they’ll back down? Well, you can always resort to playing dirty tricks! One rather offbeat plan from the CIA was to strategically place extra large American branded condoms that were labeled as “Medium” and scatter them all over Russia in an attempt to demoralize their opponent.
Operation Pepper
Unorthodox methods of torture are commonplace in many places around the world, and that includes the CIA. One particularly musical form involves repeatedly playing the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Supposedly the bass heavy music can make you go mad if you listened to them endlessly. Ouch!
Paper Trail Fail
CIA agents have been around the block for a while now. And although they’re masters at covering their tracks, even the best can get a bit careless sometimes. Once in 2003, two undercover agents made the mistake of swiping their frequent flyers cards on every restaurant, cafe, and hotel they stayed whilst pretending to be business executives. It didn’t take long for the Italian authorities to figure out where they were and catch up with them.
Coffee on Demand
Like all corners in America, even the CIA headquarters has their very own Starbucks! The staff here are trained to recognize the faces of all the agents they serve, but that’s not all! They have to remember their orders so that the agents never have to even reveal their first names.
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Inside the Langley headquarters, there’s an impressive museum that has been nicknamed “the best museum you’ll ever get to see”. And we have no trouble believing so! This is the home to some of the agencies most incredible and controversial inventions. Sadly though, this uber secret museum is not included on any tours. Only CIA agents are allowed inside. Bummer!
New Commercial Airplane is a Hoax
Air America might sound like the newest commercial airline to get you from L.A. to Boston. But in reality, Air America was nothing but a front. It was used to cover the CIA’s covert operations in Indochina, smuggling soldiers, weapons and even drugs during the war in Vietnam.
Too Well Hidden
During the Cold War, the CIA decided to build a missile testing device deep in a mountain range in India called Nanda Devi. It was used to keep an eye on the Chinese, but then the unthinkable happened. Believe it or not, the agency claims they lost it! In true CIA.fashion, they proceeded to close the mountain for nine years in order to search for it. But it has never been found.
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