The CIA is younger than John McCain.
Want to have hours – or days – of fun? Read the “Family Jewels”, a 702 page collection of CIA misdeeds that was released last June (as a result of a Freedom of Information Act request filed 15 years earlier).
Some highlights include a document discussing tracking John Lennon on allegations of funding anti-war activists, a request by Watergate burglar and former CIA operative E. Howard Hunt for a lock picker, and the plan to poison the leader of the Congo. (The country. The dance is spelled with an “a”.)
Not just that, but McCain is also older than the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) which was the forerunner to the CIA.
Comment by MDK — July 24, 2008 @ 7:17 pm
oh lordy. older than the OSS?
Comment by pansypoo — July 24, 2008 @ 10:03 pm
Yeah, the OSS was established in 1942.
Hey, I suggested the CIA! I DEMAND credit, or I’ll sue you!
Comment by Aqquila — July 25, 2008 @ 10:17 am
3,
yes you did, along with about 800 other people.
sorry for the slight…
Comment by admin — July 25, 2008 @ 10:35 am
I don’t know if you’ve posted about the Microwave…but the patent for microwave cooking was obtained by Raytheon in 1945 (according to Wikipaedia).
That could be an amusing post.
Comment by Z — July 25, 2008 @ 2:48 pm
“along with about 800 other people” Yeah, I kind of thought so.
I’ve also suggested the microwave by the way.
Comment by Aqquila — July 25, 2008 @ 6:27 pm