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Inside the
National Security Agency: Are Psychic Spies Watching You?
September 20, 2007
Recently we learned from Gus Russo that the super-secretive National
Security Agency (NSA) may still be in the psychic spying business.
Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell, and other intelligence
officials, have stated for the record that foreign intelligence
collection efforts, notably from Russia and China, are approaching cold
war levels. Although many older Americans will recall the spy versus spy
antics of the Soviet dominated era, many will not be familiar with the
strangeness that penetrated American intelligence institutions in
response to tales of weird science coming from the other side.
The tale of American Intelligence Community involvement with all things
strange and wonderfully spooky goes back at least to the end of World
War II, and beyond, and now, thanks to the Freedom of Information Act,
it is possible to relive the glory days of psychic spies battling across
the oceans using only their minds. Should anyone question the veracity
of the historical record, they are free to obtain about 89,000 pages of
supporting documentation from the CIA, at a cost under $150. Private
companies have reproduced the document set, known as the STAR GATE
collection, for less. You can also view many pages from the STAR GATE
files at the STARpod.org website.
In 1995 STAR GATE was a program run under the U.S. Defense Intelligence
Agency (DIA) -- just one of the many previous paranormal projects run by
the CIA, the Navy, the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, and other
intelligence-oriented agencies. Much of what we know about foreign
efforts comes from the STAR GATE files. The DIA FOIA web page offers
several down-loadable reports with titles like "Controlled Offensive
Behavior" about Soviet offensive capabilities to use paranormal
phenomena for military purposes.
Congress ordered the transfer of STAR GATE from DIA to CIA that same
year, where the various paranormal programs were reviewed, then
summarily killed, presumably by opponents from the CIA's Directorate of
Science and Technology. And that was the end of America's foray into
psychic espionage, or so we were led to believe.
Recently we learned from Gus Russo that the super-secretive National
Security Agency (NSA) may still be in the psychic spying business. Russo
is best known for his investigation of the JFK assassination for PBS,
ABC, and his books "Live by the Sword," and "Supermob," and not for
telling fanciful tales of weird science. Earlier this year Russo
published an article about "The Real X-Files," concluding that
intelligence agencies had a genuine interest in persons involved with
the paranormal, not because they are in contact with otherworldly
beings, but for mundane reasons of national security. Apparently real
spies (Russo mentions KGB) have infiltrated UFO groups and the like in
the past, finding them useful covers for conducting collection
activities against U.S. persons.
Russo is not the first person to tell of NSA involvement in psychic
intelligence. We heard a similar story from several persons, including
our associate investigator Caryn Anscomb, who heard the tale from
someone known to have been involved in previous efforts.
We also know that government agencies routinely keep copies of articles
on file similar to one you are reading right now. STAR GATE files
document a history of interest in Jim Schnabel, who had been poking
around the classified psychic spy program and questioning personnel.
Schnabel later wrote an exposé of the psychic programs and a history of
American efforts to psych-out the enemy in his book "Remote Viewers."
When Schnabel began to research his story about the psychic spies, STAR
GATE was still a classified project. He published a story called
"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Psi" for the August 27, 1995, Independent of
London, subject of a CIA memo released to the public on August 8, 2000.
During the roughly five years in between, plans for taking STAR GATE to
the next level were seemingly crushed by CIA closure of all aspects of
the program. An interesting aspect of the five year plan for STAR GATE
was a focus on detecting the signal carrying mechanism for psychic
phenomena.
SIGINT (Signals Intelligence)is NSA's primary responsibility. According
to the NSA website, "NSA/CSS’s Signal Intelligence mission is to
intercept and analyze foreign adversaries' communications signals, many
of which are protected by codes and other complex countermeasures. We
collect, process, and disseminate intelligence reports on foreign
intelligence targets in response to intelligence requirements set at the
highest levels of government. Executive Order 12333 authorizes agencies
of the intelligence community to produce foreign intelligence and
foreign counterintelligence consistent with applicable U.S. law and with
full consideration of the rights of United States persons."
According to Gus Russo, he was told by his source that "the program
encountered problems when when foreign targets were being blocked by an
extraterrestrial source that has never been identified."
The CIA STAR GATE files prove military psychics -- known as "remote
viewers" -- had allegedly encountered extraterrestrial entities in the
1980's. Reports of interference in psychic viewing of "foreign targets"
adds a new dimension to the strange saga of psychic intelligence.
When asked about the veracity of his source, Russo stated ""His
speculations are sometimes further than I would go ... But his accuracy
re: facts has never been in question."
NSA has been in the public spotlight because of a controversial secret
order signed by President Bush allowing NSA to spy on U.S. citizens.
Russo tell us his source reported that the NSA psychic spy program "is
one of the most highly classified at NSA."
A Washington Post story from December 16, 2005, reported "For more than
four years, the NSA tasked other military intelligence agencies to
assist its broad-based surveillance effort directed at people inside the
country suspected of having terrorist connections, even before Bush
signed the 2002 order that authorized the NSA program, according to an
informed U.S. official."
If the existence of a new NSA psychic spy unit proves true, will we
someday learn that psychic spies have been monitoring individuals within
our own nation?
Additional documentation is available at www.starpod.org
STARstream Research -- STARpod
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