Yes folks, I find it hard to believe as well. No matter how worthless we may consider our dayjobs, it would appear there is someone at the CIA who obviously has far far less to do.
See the site in all its original splendour here
One might be tempted to think this is all a jolly jape on the part of the CIA, but I've had the misfortune to speak with various members of the US Intelligence and law enforcement community; from Whitehouse comms operatives through NYC Drug Enforcement Agency officials to a policeman from Pittsburgh (who incidently had no concept of irony), and I think otherwise.
That CIA employee probably came up with that terrorism buster logo in all seriousness.
Still this is from the government that hopes to win a war engaging the use of sealions and dead chickens.
Incidently, should one visit the mainpage of the cia website there are two things of particular interest. I'm sure you too will have a smile at the "George Bush Center for Intelligence". However, note the teeny tiny small text at the bottom of the page:
If you have difficulty accessing any material on this site because of a disability,
please contact us and we will work with you to make the information available.
PLEASE PLEASE let me know what kind of disabilty one could be afflicted with (other than stupidity) that would allow you to navigate as far as the cia.gov website, read a miniscule font on a website, but have trouble getting any further. Enquiring minds want to know.
Incidently, in a follow up to the earlier story about chickens being used in the Gulf, BBC News Online have clarified some information about their early demise. "In less than two weeks, all but one of the chickens died - although no foul play was suspected".
One suspects their writers are not taking this story very seriously...