Are there Cub Scout spies at the CIA????

[AlamanceScouter]

First, read this article:

 

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/the-other-side/central-intelligence-agency-declassifies-top-secret-recipe-for-invisible-ink/story-e6frfhk6-1226042005920

 

Now....remember in the Wolf Book how it teaches the Cub how to make invisible ink???

 

WOLF SCOUT ELECTIVES

 

1. IT'S A SECRET

1. Use a secret code.

2. Write to a friend in invisible "ink"

3. "Write" your name using American Sign Language. People who are deaf use this language.

4. Use 12 American Indian signs to tell a story.

 

 

Hmmmmmmm.

 

 

[Monkey Tamer]

Whew!

 

Thank Goodness they didn't release the PWD speed files!

 

You had me worried AS.

 

;-)

[OwntheNight]

You might be on to something! Remember it takes quite a few years for government and military inventions to reach public usage. WWI-1916, Cub Scouts fully integrated with BSA-1930. Hmmmm!

[packsaddle]

So....is anyone still wondering about the limited successes of our 'intelligence' services?

[Scoutfish]

Hmmmmmmm.....wait a minute! That Ray Stevens' song said that elves were EVERYWHERE and that Santa was the head of the CIA.

 

Elves or scouts with plastic surgery ?

 

Hmmmmm?

[CalicoPenn]

Calling Cody Banks

[clemlaw]

I'm not sure about Cub Scouts, but I remember working on Swimming Merit Badge in Boy Scouts. One of the requirements was the "silent swim". I asked the instructor what the practical application of this skill was. He confirmed my suspicions when he matter of factly said, "escaping from enemy prison camp during time of war".

 

I don't remember whether it was in Cub Scouts when I learned how to make invisible ink, but from the linked article, it looks like our recipe (lemon juice) was more advanced than what the CIA is using.

[qwazse]

Odd! My swim instructor (Women's Air Corps veteran) told me it was for "advancing on the enemy position!"

 

Look boys, there's a reason why we call it "scouting" and not "just yer average youth group."