Acoustic Kitty

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Acoustic Kitty was a CIA project launched by the Directorate of Science & Technology in the 1960s attempting to use cats in spy missions. A battery and a microphone were implanted into a cat and an antenna into its tail. Due to problems with distraction, the cat's sense of hunger had to be removed in another operation[citation needed]. Surgical and training expenses are thought to have amounted to over $20 million.

The first cat mission was eavesdropping on two men in a park outside the Soviet compound on Wisconsin Avenue in Washington, D.C.. The cat was released nearby, but was hit and killed by a taxi almost immediately. Shortly thereafter the project was considered a failure and declared to be a total loss.

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[edit] In music

The cat has been featured in several songs.

  • John Mann produced an album in 2002 entitled Acoustic Kitty.
  • My Acoustic Kitty Is an Alternative/Rock/Punk band formed in San Diego, California in 2007.
  • "Acoustic Kitty", by Brooklyn's The Larch was featured on 2003's Only Pop Music Can Save Us Now! (Dent Resistant Records)
  • Acoustic Kitty Project is a Folk-Rock / Americana band based in Bucks County, Pa. Featuring Carter Lansing on guitar and vocals and Rebecca Altmann on vocals.

[edit] In print

It is featured in a novel and in a children's book.

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