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posted by Jason Kottke  ·  gift link

The CIA magic book

The Boston Globe has a slideshow with a few examples from the now-declassified Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception.

CIA shoelaces

Here’s the associated article. One could imagine a Mad Men/Bond-style spy show set in the 1960s that would utilize these techniques.