At the height of the Cold War, the leaders of the Stasi, CIA, and KGB argued about which organization was the best at intelligence gathering.
To settle the matter, they proposed a challenge: they would release a rabbit into a forest, and each agency would take turns finding it.
The Stasi went first and found the rabbit after just 48 hours.
"Wow!" the others exclaimed. "How did you do it?"
"It was simple," the Stasi head explained. "After entering the forest, we seized the first animal we saw- a bird. After some torture, the bird easily gave up everything he knew about rabbits in the forest. Next, we found a deer and repeated the process. After a few more times, it was simple enough to narrow down these reports and find the rabbit."
The CIA went next, and they took only 36 hours to find their rabbit.
The others were impressed and asked how it was done.
"Simplicity itself! After some reconnaissance, we saw that there was a preexisting rivalry between two groups of animals in the forest. We approached one group and provided weapons, funding, and training, allowing them to easily defeat the rival group. Once they were in power and in our debt, it was easy to use them to find the rabbit."
Finally, it was the KGB's turn.
After just 6 hours, KGB agents came out of the forest leading a large black bear. The bear sat down and loudly proclaimed: "I am a rabbit, I've always been a rabbit, I've never been anything but a rabbit, all of my friends are rabbits, my coworkers are rabbits..."
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