06/27/05

Where on – no, I mean IN – a living body can information be stored? Consider bytes and chips of information obsolete. That risks setting off metal detectors. But good, old-fashioned paper documentation. A human courier pigeon. Non-detectable by x-ray or metal detectors, and even a cavity search. Perhaps the perfect candidate is someone missing an organ (spleen, kidney, or gall bladder). They already have an empty space. You can attempt to create a small cavity in an arm, thigh, buttocks, or abdomen, but the major risk is cutting through nerve masses. Wouldn’t want to render the courier helpless, now would we? So, we should be agreed that candidates either already have certain organs removed, or we do it for them. Gentleman of the Board, our medical and scientific staff are in the process of engineering the biological canister that will house the documentation. There appears to be a minor setback of the host body rejected the capsule as an invasive foreign body; however, we may be able to harness the advances in stem cell research and cloning to create the capsule using the host’s own tissue; therefore eliminating the foreign body dilemma. With your continued support, within the course of a year, we could change the face of espionage, sway wars, and secure alliances – to the highest bidder, of course. Thank you for your time, gentleman, and we look forward to the Board’s approval.