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The CIA's Special Breed: 35 Dogs Serve as K-9 Agents

July 30, 2008 04:11 PM ET | Paul Bedard | Permanent Link | Print

It takes a special breed to serve at the CIA. Actually several. K-9s, to be exact, that sniff out drugs and explosives both at the CIA and overseas in hot spots like Iraq and Afghanistan. There are 35 dogs in the K-9 corps, part of the Special Services Branch. But it's not all boring work. These dogs get to travel, sniffing around the Super Bowl and even the Olympics. And they star at local fairs, where playing cards of the pups are gobbled up like baseball trading cards at the All-Star Game. At one recent fair, over 2,000 cards of K-9 Agents Boris and Ringo were pawed out.

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my dogs better

three year old german blood line black i think shes the smartest dog i ever saw i have to spell stuff out loud so she dont know what i am talking about but shes learning the spellin too????

CIA-DOGS

I bet those CIA Dogs get better dental care than many American citizens!

k-9 agents

hooray for man's best friend. What a way to show that dogs ARE mans best friend.

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