The method of hiding in plain sight was used in the literature of the west by Edgar Allen Poe in his short story The Purloined Letter. The MacGuffin of the story is in plain view of all those who were looking for it. One would usually imagine that modern methods of covert surveillance would be exotic, sleek and camouflaged (ie Smart Phones) but the cutting edge of snooping is more like something you might find in your own back yard.

Trees are everywhere, in plain sight, for all to see, and be seen, ideal for surveillance because few would glace twice at the Cedar Tree outside of your local bank or shopping center. Tall, strong, sturdy, they are the perfect transmitter or receiver of electromagnetic radiation (ie Smart Phones) As part of a top secret operation, the OSI partnered with local City Parks Dept. and placed thousands of surveillance hubs in the form of common trees, indigenous the area.

The concept is believed to have originated during the Koren War. Leader of the DPRK at the time was Kim Il Sung and information given by defectors indicated that Sung had a fondness for Silver Tip Pines. He believed them to be imbued with a spiritual essence and had many of the trees in and around his personal compound in North Korea. Engineers and Spy Crafters worked for 15 months until they were able to conceal sensitive listening and monitoring equipment into the structure of a living tree. The sugary liquid produced by photosynthesis that feeds the tree, is also an efficient enough conductor, that the fibers and food and water delivery tubes (Phloem and Xylem) of the tree were used as a crude circuit board.

Early designs of the Quantum Computer were inspired by this research. Quantum non-locality and Einstein's spooky action at a distance were central theories at the time that drove the research forward. Non-locality also makes it possible for the tree to network with other trees and create a planet wide spy grid.