12.19.2024

Sometimes a law just works

The Top Secret Gift Shop Where You Need Clearance to Get In


There's a law that gives visualy impaired people preference in operating vending facilities on federal property, according to this Wall Street Journal article. Which makes a perfect fit for managing the CIA gift shop, where one can buy bags of coffee labeled "Don't Spill the Beans" or a set of shot glasses that read “Admit Nothing. Deny Everything."

The gifts themselves are no secret, but getting to the shop to buy them requires an imposing level of security clearance. There are easier places to do your last-minute holiday shopping, such as the FBI store, where you can buy everyone left on your list a personalized Most Wanted poster. (You have to furnish the pictures.)

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