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 ### The Disclosure
 
-Narut's disclosure did not occur during his formal presentation but in a private conversation during a break, primarily with Watson and a New Jersey psychologist, Dr. Alfred Zitani, who was present throughout and later corroborated the account. Watson described the conversation as lasting approximately ninety minutes without interruption while Narut prepared for dinner. A third line of corroboration came from conference co-organizer Sarason himself, who confirmed to Watson after publication that the Navy had previously solicited his participation in related research, independently establishing that the Navy had approached the conference's own organizers for work in the same methodological area Narut described. Narut's official paper subject, the use of filmed stimuli and verbal intervention to reduce stress responses measured through heart rate and skin conductance, was the published research version of the techniques he then described in operational terms.[^1]
+Narut's disclosure did not occur during his formal presentation but in a private conversation during a break, primarily with Watson and a [[New Jersey]] psychologist, Dr. Alfred Zitani, who was present throughout and later corroborated the account. Watson described the conversation as lasting approximately ninety minutes without interruption while Narut prepared for dinner. A third line of corroboration came from conference co-organizer Sarason himself, who confirmed to Watson after publication that the Navy had previously solicited his participation in related research, independently establishing that the Navy had approached the conference's own organizers for work in the same methodological area Narut described. Narut's official paper subject, the use of filmed stimuli and verbal intervention to reduce stress responses measured through heart rate and skin conductance, was the published research version of the techniques he then described in operational terms.[^1]
 
 ### The Conditioning Program
 
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 ### Absence of Congressional Investigation
 
-No congressional investigation specifically addressed Narut's claims. The [[Church Committee]] was active in 1975 and in November of that year issued its interim report on CIA assassination plots, documenting programs targeting Fidel Castro, Patrice Lumumba, Rafael Trujillo, Ngo Dinh Diem, and René Schneider, but the committee's focus was on CIA operations rather than Navy psychological conditioning programs. In January 1976 the committee did examine a CIA assassination unit designated PB/7, a parallel to Narut's claims involving a different agency. President Ford issued Executive Order 11905 in February 1976 banning US government-sanctioned assassinations of foreign leaders. The absence of specific congressional pursuit of Narut's disclosures, despite their timing during the Church Committee investigation, remains one of the unresolved gaps in the record.[^1]
+No congressional investigation specifically addressed Narut's claims. The [[Church Committee]] was active in 1975 and in November of that year issued its interim report on CIA assassination plots, documenting programs targeting Fidel Castro, Patrice Lumumba, Rafael Trujillo, Ngo Dinh Diem, and [[Rene Schneider|René Schneider]], but the committee's focus was on CIA operations rather than Navy psychological conditioning programs. In January 1976 the committee did examine a CIA assassination unit designated PB/7, a parallel to Narut's claims involving a different agency. President Ford issued Executive Order 11905 in February 1976 banning US government-sanctioned assassinations of foreign leaders. The absence of specific congressional pursuit of Narut's disclosures, despite their timing during the Church Committee investigation, remains one of the unresolved gaps in the record.[^1]
 
 ### Footnotes