NPR had a great story about spy squirrels 'captured' along the Iran-Iraq border. My hat's off to anyone that get a squirrel to do anything even vaguely useful. Chewing wiring they're good at, raiding bird feeders and invading attics. Too flighty for much else.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12131243
Next in the US spy arsenal? Kamikaze sparrows! ;-)
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