The CIA Finds Some Things More Absorbing Than Others

Interest in leaks cause only pique, but this will peak their interest:

The Defense Department is warning its American contractor employees about a new espionage threat seemingly straight from Hollywood: It discovered Canadian coins with tiny radio frequency transmitters hidden inside.

In a U.S. government report, the department said the mysterious coins were found planted on U.S. contractors with classified security clearances on at least three separate occasions between October 2005 and January 2006 as the contractors traveled through Canada.

The U.S. report does not suggest who might be tracking American defense contractors or why. It also doesn't describe how the Pentagon discovered the ruse, how the transmitters might function or even which Canadian currency contained them.

Coins with transmitters, how charming. Will cockroaches with cameras be far behind? Rest assured the CIA is using all available resources to investigate The Case of the Crappy Quarters.

(Via Consonant Dude in e-mail.)