ive heard the shop mentioned in loads of books and films, seems to be a shady branch of the us government responsible for assasinations and the like. Is it actually real though? and if so what do they do exactly?
2006-08-25 05:28:40 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I've found that if something is repeated enough in different sources of fiction, it's most likely true. Like Vanilla Coke, we never got it here for years, but it kept coming up in American movies!
There is probably grain of truth to "the 'shop" and I don't think its DARPA. I mean is the American government completely innocent? If they can get away with it, would they bend the rules, or break them?
In fact, the shop is probably a private company like the CIA who work for the American Government, this way if they get found out, the Gov has plausible deniability.
2006-08-25 05:51:19 · answer #1 · answered by xenobyte72 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know "The Shop" from the computer games "Soldier of Fortune 1&2". In the game it is a secret US counterterrorism organisation, deploying their mercenaries (like protagonist John Mullins) around the world to hunt down terrorist.
I don´t think that it exists in reality, there are certainly comparable organisations, but nobody execept the few working for them will ever know of them.
2006-08-25 13:30:25 · answer #2 · answered by chris 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's where the secret agents pick up their gadgets; smoke flares that look like pens, hair combs that turn into poisoned knives, disguises and vehicles with fictitious numberplates.
2006-08-29 10:09:12 · answer #3 · answered by Calamity Jane 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first time I heard that was in Stephen Kings Firestarter. I can't answer as to wether its true or not but I'm just as interested as you to find out the answer...
2006-08-25 12:37:04 · answer #4 · answered by Lyn I 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am waiting to find out too !
2006-08-28 05:15:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My god, man, that's classified information!
Reported!
2006-08-25 12:47:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
. . . it's the place to go to buy a blow up doll . . .
2006-08-29 10:14:13 · answer #7 · answered by Astra 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not sure
2006-08-28 03:12:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋