THE CIA SPY CAT: In lieu of the amazing YouTube tale of a cat saving a toddler from a crazed mutt (not a pit bull, as was erroneously reported), I got emailed an equally astounding saga of an American spy cat, circa the Cold War. The feline was part of something dubbed the “acoustic cat project.” It was a CIA brainchild that some say is the key reason the CIA was, shortly thereafter, strongly urged to leave the country, and never, ever come back.