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Reading that instantly reminded me of the Great Seal bug the Soviets gifted to US Ambassador W. Averell Harriman in 1945 [0] I'm not an engineer, but as I unde

Reading that instantly reminded me of the Great Seal bug the Soviets gifted to US Ambassador W. Averell Harriman in 1945 [0] I'm not an engineer, but as I understand it the principles at work here are very similar? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(listening_device)

Relys 9y ago
My first thought too. :)
vanderZwan 9y ago
Tangentially related to that: a Dutch radar company apparently was responsible for reverse engineering that for the CIA https://thecorrespondent.com/3789/operation-easy-chair-or-how-a-little-company-in-holland-helped-the-cia-bug-the-russians/116534484-2a3d7f11 https://thecorrespondent.com/3789/operation-easy-chair-or-ho...