Operation Hat: The CIA 'Link' To The Himalayan Glacier Burst And Flash Floods KEY POINTS CIA lost a nuclear-powered listening device on Nanda Devi's snowy slopes A piece of a glacier broke off in the Himalayas Sunday causing flash floods The floods smashed through a hydroelectric power plant Amid the worries that the flash floods in India's Himalayan border regions with China could be the result of a sabotage operation, local villagers have raised concerns that a long-lost nuclear-powered spy device could be to blame. What many do not know is that the CIA had played a role in getting that device up in the snowy Himalayan heights.