The CIA invites the public to read these two documents: ELEGANT WRITING IN THE CLANDESINE SERVICES ELEGANT WRITING-REPORT NUMBER TWO Both documents purport to be written by Richard T. Puderbaugh. Puderbaugh collects and savors boneheaded writing by spies. The CIA web site calls this kind of writing “tortured prose“. Here’s a passage fromPuderbaugh’s first report: the […]
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Esther the Cold War Kitty
Today we look back at the apocryphal story of Esther the Cold War Kitty (from the Sept/Oct 2004 special Cats issue of the Annals of Improbable Research). First, a bit of introduction: The book Esther the Cold War Kitty is legendary. Written at the height of the Cold War, it was intended as propaganda for children in […]