CIA Manual Thought Lost In 1973 Available On Amazon 190
An anonymous reader writes "At the height of the Cold War, the Central Intelligence Agency paid renowned magician John Mulholland $3,000 to write a manual on misdirection, concealment, and stagecraft. All known copies of the document were believed to be destroyed in 1973. Turns out one survived — and is now available on Amazon."
Trickery and misdirection (Score:5, Funny)
'Turns out one survived -- and is now available on Amazon'
Or at least, that's what they want you to think...
Waves hand... (Score:3, Funny)
Oh, Look, the Kindle Version is Available! (Score:2, Funny)
I wonder how long until it gets globally deleted via the wireless updates.
Re:wow (Score:5, Funny)
This isn't the manual you're looking for.
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Re:The original article? (Score:5, Funny)
Genius idea: have the Slashdot summary link to the actual story. YES!!!
You must be new here.
Re:Some readers don't much of it. (Score:2, Funny)
I didn't much of it.
I almost a full of it though.
Re:Oh come on, everybody has that on his hard disk (Score:5, Funny)
Remind me not to get on your bad side. If I had any mod points, I'd give them to you, my friend. In fact, I'd give you all of them...really.
A few excerpts. (Score:5, Funny)
Let me preface this with a few words WHOA LOOK BEHIND YOU MAN! Did you look? I knew it! There you go. Misdirection.
Chapter 2: Concealment:
Watch Pulp Fiction. Captain Koons talking to Butch about his grandpa's wristwatch is all you need know.
Chapter 3: Stagecraft.
See Chapter One. Do something while they're not looking. If someone looks while you're doing whatever it is you're doing, kill them. Claim they were terrorists.
Mandatory (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The original article? (Score:5, Funny)
So the Slashdot summary links to an article in the Huffington Post. And the HuffPo article links to an article in Wired. And the Wired article links to the actual story in the Boston Globe [boston.com]
Slashdot: now a free treasure hunt with every story !
Re:Trickery and misdirection (Score:1, Funny)
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Re:Oh come on, everybody has that on his hard disk (Score:1, Funny)
You coward !