Whoa! Chef Julia Child was a WWII spy!

What’s this tiny camera doing in the French puff pastry???

Reported by the Associated Press, via popbytes:

Famed chef Julia Child shared a secret with Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg and Chicago White Sox catcher Moe Berg at a time when the Nazis threatened the world. They served in an international spy ring managed by the Office of Strategic Services, an early version of the CIA created in World War II by President Franklin Roosevelt.

The secret comes out Thursday, all of the names and previously classified files identifying nearly 24,000 spies who formed the first centralized intelligence effort by the United States. The National Archives, which this week released a list of the names found in the records, will make available for the first time all 750,000 pages identifying the vast spy network of military and civilian operatives.

They were soldiers, actors, historians, lawyers, athletes, professors, reporters. But for several years during World War II, they were known simply as the OSS. They studied military plans, created propaganda, infiltrated enemy ranks and stirred resistance among foreign troops.

I always knew something was up with that lady. She was just a little too nice, and overly skilled with “utensils” (i.e. spy devices).

Given my blog moniker & thorough understanding of the world, I find it best to assume everybody’s a spy upfront— eliminating suspects from your “Definitely A Spy” list once they spend at least 5-8 years working hard to earn your trust (easier said than done, since that’s the same thing a spy would do).

This can make friendship & dating tricky, but honestly, what’s worse— never having an intimate relationship ever, or having the president know what your favorite ice cream flavors are????