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Great Seal of the United States
Replica, showing cut away and hidden listening device
Originally issued by NKVD, 1946
The bug, nicknamed "the Thing," is a passive cavity resonator that required no internal power. When it was not activated, it was almost impossible to detect -- no wired to be discovered, no batteries to wear out. It did, however, require air to fill the surrounding cavity. The air was supplied through a tiny hole int he eagles' beak. |