this, my friends, is the mix.

Team C.I.A. didn't win the grand prize but we did win a ton of admiration, envy, friends, a homophobe, a few drink tickets and a shitload of baked zitti. First off, The Mole, Special Agent Buffalo Bill, 00 Homing Pigeon and Field Agent Grey Squirrel would like to thank Mr. Ferrin for the amazing name and logo - people wanted to buy our shirts - of course we couldn't sell them because they were state issued uniforms. But even more importantly we would like to thank Field Agent Grey Squirrel for organizing the mission, cutting out the iron on transfers, fronting the capital for the operation and being the fearless leader she is. Below are some of the highlights from the hunt - more explicit classified photos will be emailed to the individual team members


Special Agent Buffalo Bill walking three dogs at the same time - it also looks like he made a love connection between a couple of them. Side note: the spotted dutch hound is actually our man from the Holland branch, Van Basten. The other two were decoys.


Special Agent Buffalo Bill and The Mole simulating hard labor in front of 50 Park Place. Little did the inspectors know that we were also installing sensitive Soviet spy pinhole cameras (the 1960's Chertovka models to be exact) - we have footage of them not noticing if anyone is interested.


Field Agent Grey Squirrel and a stranger drawing inspiration from 'Lady and the Tramp' and sharing an intimate bite of a pretzel. What the 'stranger' did not know was that Field Agent Grey Squirrel was actually extracting a fake tooth with a mini micro microphone in it from the subject's mouth. We saw the evidence later that day - gross!


Special Agent Buffalo Bill and The Mole had to locate a civilian in a beret and be in a picture with him - without the subject knowing! Not a problem since Field Agent Grey Squirrel had packed the EF 100-400mm zoom lens. Nice work Field Agent Grey Squirrel and cute ass Special Agent Buffalo Bill!


00 Homing Pigeon, a stranger, Special Agent Buffalo Bill and Field Agent Grey Squirrel walking the tightrope. As a team we have been practicing balance precision techniques for years, but adding the stranger into the mix almost cut us down to a team of one. It would have been a strong team of one, but still a team of one.


Special Agent Buffalo Bill likes to point a lot. I warned him about it. No matter what disguise he employs as soon as that finger extends his cover is blown. This NYC cop wasn't having any of it and placed that pointer in a chinese finger cuff. Luckily Special Agent Buffalo Bill had the key stashed in his beard.


Team C.I.A. had to take a break on the beachy area under the Manhattan Bridge. Special Agent Buffalo Bill, really a Water Buffalo, can't see water without wanting to jump in right away. 00 Homing Pigeon was looking for change while Field Agent Grey Squirrel was building a relief map in the sand for our next mission. What was I doing? I'm an insectivore, not a rodent so I was looking for earthworms... or was I?


And lastly the money shot: The Mole, Special Agent Buffalo Bill, 00 Homing Pigeon and Field Agent Grey Squirrel simultaneously suspended off the ground in unison - we learnt that one during basic training in Morocco, you can't get that sort of knowledge in America.


And here we are at the after party - one of the first to arrive and one of the last to leave... (we all just crashed in our surveillance van afterwards, although a couple of us did stay up late playing with the quads & multiplexors).