{"id":16207,"date":"2014-06-20T23:29:54","date_gmt":"2014-06-21T03:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=16207"},"modified":"2014-06-26T03:50:03","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T07:50:03","slug":"the-cia-used-gi-joe-to-fight-osama-bin-laden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2014\/06\/the-cia-used-gi-joe-to-fight-osama-bin-laden\/","title":{"rendered":"The CIA used GI Joe to fight Osama Bin Laden"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few weeks ago, Don Levine - the man who created GI Joe (and thus the concept of \"action figures\" as a whole) - died from cancer. Now an interesting piece of news has come to light via The Washington Post<\/i><\/a>: in 2005, Levine was asked by the CIA to create an Osama Bin Laden action figure for propaganda purposes.<\/p>\n

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The project, codenamed \"Devil Eyes,\" would have distributed thousands of OBL action figures with a special hidden feature: when the toys were exposed to heat, the face would dissolve and reveal a demonic visage beneath, with red and black skin and green eyes. At most, a few hundred of the figures were produced and sent to Karachi - the CIA says it only knows of three prototypes that were made before the project was discontinued.<\/p>\n

When Levine's family was contacted, they said \"Don Levine was a dedicated Patriot, and proud Korean War veteran. When called on, he was honored to assist our country.\"<\/p>\n

<i>And now, some more OAFEry:<\/i><\/H5>