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"The Man Who Filled His Guinea Pig With Helium" is a CIA code name for Mr. Norman Guppy, a notorious criminal from Pennsylvania. It is perhaps one of the longest code names that the CIA has ever come up with. In general, the agency prefers short names that are easy to remember. Codename "Bob", for example, refers to the complex fiscal dynamics of the South American drug running financial system. While codename "Huh?" refers to the collapse of the roof tiling industry in Ukraine during the nineteen eighties.

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rdfs:label	The man who filled his guinea pig with Helium
rdfs:comment	"The Man Who Filled His Guinea Pig With Helium" is a CIA code name for Mr. Norman Guppy, a notorious criminal from Pennsylvania. It is perhaps one of the longest code names that the CIA has ever come up with. In general, the agency prefers short names that are easy to remember. Codename "Bob", for example, refers to the complex fiscal dynamics of the South American drug running financial system. While codename "Huh?" refers to the collapse of the roof tiling industry in Ukraine during the nineteen eighties.
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abstract	"The Man Who Filled His Guinea Pig With Helium" is a CIA code name for Mr. Norman Guppy, a notorious criminal from Pennsylvania. It is perhaps one of the longest code names that the CIA has ever come up with. In general, the agency prefers short names that are easy to remember. Codename "Bob", for example, refers to the complex fiscal dynamics of the South American drug running financial system. While codename "Huh?" refers to the collapse of the roof tiling industry in Ukraine during the nineteen eighties. "The Man Who Filled His Guinea Pig With Helium" is unlike most other CIA code names, in another respect. Far from being any kind of "code" for what it describes, it is in fact an accurate description of Mr. Guppy's most celebrated crime. For his crime was indeed the actual, real and frightening filling of his pet guinea pig, Monty, with Helium: by means of a garden hose. The idea behind the codename was that it should form an elaborate "double bluff" for the unwary. It was based on the principle was that no one would think of the CIA using a code name to actually describe the very thing it was supposed to code. They assumed that most people would probably think that "The Man Who Filled His Guinea Pig With Helium" merely referred to some otherwise innocent entity, probably called "Bob." The codename quickly became redundant in any case, as in this case, the case, that is, the Guppy case, by which is not meant his suitcase or valise, just in case you're not on the case, became a case of being a famous case. It became famous after Mr Guppy was featured in an hour long special program on Animal Planet. He claimed that he was just "having a laugh" with his consenting pig at the time and swore that he was not affiliated with any terrorist organization. His actions remain controversial to this day. Some people think he should be locked away for life with no parole, which is precisely what has happened to him. Others think he should be released and given a big cake.

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