Who remembers the story of Leon Theremin and the Russian gift to the U.S. embassy? [1] Technical: [2]

Photo of "The Thing"

https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/greatseal-fr...

Could it be "a Thing?"

[1] https://hackaday.com/2015/12/08/theremins-bug/

[2]https://www.cryptomuseum.com/covert/bugs/thing/index.htm