The Chicago Tribune says it has compiled a list of 2,653 CIA employees, just by searching the Internet. The newspaper said it gathered the information from online services that compile public data, that any fee-paying subscriber can access. It did not publish the names, at the CIA’s request. Many of the agents are believed to be covert. The paper also located two dozen “secret” facilities.

It’s scary how much info is available on the net. Whenever I meet someone new I tend to ‘Google’ their name first to see what I can learn. This backfired on me a few years ago though when I agreed to take a friend of a friend from the US I’d never met before to a party. When I googled her I found a picture of her - let’s just say she was very hot.

Anyway, when I turned up at her hotel in my best clobber I totally blanked her until she walked right up to me and tapped my arm. I didn’t recognise her as I’d picked the wrong girl out of the picture! I tried to play it cool and I really hope she didn’t see the disappointment in my face!

Have you got any funny Google stories?

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