Back when Clinton mandated all U.S. federal agencies to develop kid-friendly Web sites, I’m not sure he visualized this. Or maybe he did; he’s a cynic with a sense of humour.
The Agency’s offering: Ginger’s CIA Adventure, the heart-warming tale of a friendly bear at, um, Langley. Check it out: it’s heart-warming in a disturbing sort of way, or maybe the other way around. The thing is premised on guilt and fear of discovery, kind of like Peter Rabbit’s encounter with Mr. McGregor in the vegetable patch.
I’m hoping for further episodes: Ginger Helps Her Guatemalan Friends, Ginger, Fairly Sure Who to Bomb, Ginger Speaks Truth to Power, anybody?
added, 9pm: At Wired, Noah Shachtman collects the full set. Money quote:
The National Reconnaissance Office used to be so hush-hush that officials wouldn't admit it existed. Now the spy-satellite agency has gone cute. The site has songs ("Whoosh Goes Satellite," to the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"), stories of cats in space, and "simple-to-make, paper-plate satellite puppets."Posted by Patrick at November 25, 2004 05:07 PM