The CIA’s Flickr Page Is Awesomely Bad  This is Charlie, a
remote controlled fish built by the CIA long ago "to study
aquatic robot technology." While once a seaborne spying device,
he spends his twilight years in the CIA museum. Except now his
visage graces the CIA's brand new Flickr page, a tentative step
into social media from one of the most secretive arms of
government. Think of Charlie as the closest thing Flickr will
get to a FAIL Whale.  The CIA relaunched its website yesterday
to include a Flickr stream and a YouTube channel. If you were
expecting full motion video captured by a Predator before it
fires a missile at a member of the Pakistani Taliban, prepare to
be disappointed by clips of Director Leon Panetta's speeches. At
least until you take the guided tour of CIA headquarters
narrated by a bomb-sniffing Labrador.  But oh, the Flickr page.
The most interesting stuff by far is Charlie's fellow
Animatronic drones, like this 70s era dragonfly robot. And
that's faint praise. For some reason, the agen