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Rat Concealment

2016, France

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During the Cold War, the CIA used gutted rats as dead drops-places to hide messages, money, and film to be passed to agents. The rats were doused with pepper sauce to deter scavenging cats. 

 

Rat concealment (reproduction), France, 2016

 

Tools of the Trade
Concealment Devices