Spy accepts job in disguise
From: Agence France-Presse
From correspondents in Prague
May 07, 2006
THE Czech Republic's spy chief was set to appear on Monday at a public ceremony disguised beneath long hair and a beard in order to conceal his true
appearance so that he can continue to work in undercover operations.
The newspaper Dnes said Colonel Karel Randak had decided to let his hair grow out so that he would remain unrecognisable even during a televised
ceremony at Prague Castle, when the head of state, President Vaclav Klaus, will promote him to general.
"I would have preferred to have remained a colonel," Colonel Randak was quoted as saying...continueswww.news.com.au...
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I'm sorry i don't have a logical answer, apart from i think it's a lame attempt at a "red herring".