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tags:
- MOC
- META
---
# Organizations Index
This Map of Content (MOC) auto-generates index tables for all organizations in The Info Web using Dataview queries. Pages are automatically included based on their `category` frontmatter field.
To recategorize an organization, edit its page's frontmatter `category` field.
---
## U.S. Government
Federal agencies, military branches, law enforcement, and government offices of the United States.
```dataview
TABLE WITHOUT ID
file.link AS Name,
summary AS Description
FROM "20 - ORGANIZATIONS"
WHERE category = "U.S. Government"
SORT file.name ASC
```
## Foreign Government
Intelligence agencies, political parties, military forces, and government bodies of other nations.
```dataview
TABLE WITHOUT ID
file.link AS Name,
summary AS Description
FROM "20 - ORGANIZATIONS"
WHERE category = "Foreign Government"
SORT file.name ASC
```
## International Bodies
Multinational organizations and intergovernmental agencies.
```dataview
TABLE WITHOUT ID
file.link AS Name,
summary AS Description
FROM "20 - ORGANIZATIONS"
WHERE category = "International Body"
SORT file.name ASC
```
## Paramilitary
Guerrilla groups, rebel armies, militias, and military factions.
```dataview
TABLE WITHOUT ID
file.link AS Name,
summary AS Description
FROM "20 - ORGANIZATIONS"
WHERE category = "Paramilitary"
SORT file.name ASC
```
## Private Organizations
Corporations, banks, media outlets, research institutes, crime syndicates, and other non-governmental entities.
```dataview
TABLE WITHOUT ID
file.link AS Name,
summary AS Description
FROM "20 - ORGANIZATIONS"
WHERE category = "Private Organization"
SORT file.name ASC
```
---
## Stats
```dataview
TABLE length(rows) AS Count
FROM "20 - ORGANIZATIONS"
WHERE category
GROUP BY category
SORT length(rows) DESC
```

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- Organization
- Government
- Israel
category: "Foreign Government"
summary: "The Agranat Commission was a commission appointed by the Israel prime minister in 1974 to investigate the intelligence failures of the 1973 war, where Israel was surprised by the Syria-Egypt attack on Yom Kippur.[^1]"
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The [[Agranat Commission]] was a commission appointed by the [[Israel|Israeli]] prime minister in 1974 to investigate the intelligence failures of the 1973 war, where [[Israel]] was surprised by the [[Syria|Syrian]]-[[Egypt|Egyptian]] attack on [[Yom Kippur]].[^1]
Several important recommendations from the commission's secret report were implemented immediately. One key recommendation converted [[Israeli Military Intelligence]] into the senior intelligence agency, granting it more powers than [[Mossad]]. As a result, the National Assessment of the immediate security situation became solely the responsibility of the director of [[Israeli Military Intelligence]].[^1]
Several important recommendations from the commission's secret report were implemented immediately. One key recommendation converted [[Mossad]] into the senior intelligence agency, granting it more powers than [[Mossad]]. As a result, the National Assessment of the immediate security situation became solely the responsibility of the director of [[Mossad]].[^1]
A further effect of the recommendations was the creation of the External Relations Department of [[Israeli Military Intelligence]] (IDF/MI/ERD), built around an existing unit called Foreign Liaison.[^1]
A further effect of the recommendations was the creation of the External Relations Department of [[Mossad]] (IDF/MI/ERD), built around an existing unit called Foreign Liaison.[^1]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992. (Hereafter, "Profits of War")
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.

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- Germany
description: The Ahnenerbe was a Nazi German think tank that promoted itself as a research institute for the archaeological and cultural history of the Aryan race.
category: "Foreign Government"
summary: "The Ahnenerbe was a Nazi Germany think tank that operated as a research institute for the archaeological and cultural history of the Aryan race. It was founded by Heinrich Himmler, who served as its president and overlord.[^1]"
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The [[Ahnenerbe]] was a [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] think tank that operated as a research institute for the archaeological and cultural history of the Aryan race. It was founded by [[Heinrich Himmler]], who served as its president and overlord.[^1]

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- Government
- Australia
- Intelligence
category: "Foreign Government"
summary: "The Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO) is Australia internal intelligence service. It was informed by *The Sydney Morning Herald* about Oscar Guerrero attempt to sell photographs of Israel nuclear facility, provided by Mordecai..."
---
The [[Australian Security Intelligence Organization]] (ASIO) is [[Australia|Australia's]] internal intelligence service. It was informed by *The [[Sydney Morning Herald]]* about [[Oscar Guerrero|Oscar Guerrero's]] attempt to sell photographs of [[Israel|Israel's]] nuclear facility, provided by [[Mordecai Vanunu]]. [[Australian Security Intelligence Organization|ASIO]] then passed this information to the [[Australian Security Intelligence Service|Australian Security Intelligence Service]] (ASIS), who informed [[Israel]].[^1]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992. (Hereafter, "Profits of War")
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.

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- Government
- Australia
- Intelligence
category: "Foreign Government"
summary: "The Australian Security Intelligence Service (ASIS) is Australia external intelligence service. It was informed by the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO) about Oscar Guerrero attempt to sell photographs of Israel nuclear facility,..."
---
The [[Australian Security Intelligence Service]] (ASIS) is [[Australia|Australia's]] external intelligence service. It was informed by the [[Australian Security Intelligence Organization|Australian Security Intelligence Organization]] (ASIO) about [[Oscar Guerrero|Oscar Guerrero's]] attempt to sell photographs of [[Israel|Israel's]] nuclear facility, provided by [[Mordecai Vanunu]]. [[Australian Security Intelligence Service|ASIS]] then informed [[Israel]].[^1]
[[Australian Security Intelligence Service|ASIS]] was aware of and gave permission for aircraft loaded with arms to land in Western [[Australia]], en route to [[Tehran]], as part of a smokescreen operation by the [[Iran-Israel Joint Committee]].[^1]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992. (Hereafter, "Profits of War")
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.

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- Government
- United Kingdom
description: British Intelligence refers to the various intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom, including MI6.
category: "Foreign Government"
summary: "British Intelligence refers to the various intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom, including the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)."
---
[[British Intelligence]] refers to the various intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom, including the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). During World War II, British Intelligence engaged in a variety of unconventional warfare tactics, including the use of black propaganda and psychological operations.[^1]

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---
created: 2025-07-22
updated: 2025-07-22
title: China
tags:
- Organization
- Government
- Country
- Asia
- Cold War
- Nuclear
description: China is a country in East Asia, a major global power, and a significant player in Cold War geopolitics, including nuclear and intelligence activities.
---
[[China]] is a country in East Asia. During the Cold War, it was a significant player in global geopolitics, often viewed as a rival or potential ally by both the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]].[^1]
## Nuclear Program
China's nuclear program was a subject of intense interest for U.S. intelligence. In the late summer of 1979, [[Mel Riley]] and [[Joe McMoneagle]], remote viewers from the [[STARGATE PROJECT|Grill Flame]] program, successfully remote-viewed a new Chinese nuclear device at Lop Nor. Their descriptions, including an unusual hourglass-shaped design element, were later confirmed by U.S. weapons analysts, demonstrating the efficacy of remote viewing in intelligence gathering.[^1]
## Diplomatic Relations
President [[Richard Nixon]]'s historic visit to China in 1972 marked a significant shift in U.S. foreign policy, opening relations between the two countries. However, intelligence concerns persisted. For example, the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] investigated the Chinese Embassy in a foreign capital, suspecting its basement communications office, and later tasked [[Pat Price]] to remote-view a Chinese consular building in Rome.[^1]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Schnabel, Jim. *Remote Viewers*. Dell, 1997.

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created: 2025-07-22
updated: 2025-07-22
title: France
tags:
- Organization
- Government
- Country
- Europe
- Intelligence
description: France is a country in Western Europe, known for its historical involvement in international affairs and its intelligence services.
---
[[France]] is a country in Western Europe. Its intelligence services have been implicated in various international affairs, including alleged involvement in disinformation campaigns related to psychic research during the Cold War. For instance, [[Jacques Bergier]], a French consulting editor with alleged ties to [[French Intelligence]], played a role in disseminating the fabricated "[[The Nautilus]]" story, which had significant repercussions for Soviet psi research.[^1]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Schnabel, Jim. *Remote Viewers*. Dell, 1997.

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- France
- Europe
description: French Intelligence refers to the various intelligence agencies of France, involved in national security and international espionage.
category: "Foreign Government"
summary: "French Intelligence refers to the various intelligence agencies of France. While not directly involved in the U.S."
---
[[French Intelligence]] refers to the various intelligence agencies of [[France]]. While not directly involved in the U.S. psychic research programs, French intelligence services were indirectly linked to the early Cold War "psi race" through figures like [[Jacques Bergier]]. Bergier, a consulting editor with alleged connections to French intelligence, is believed to have been the source of the fabricated "[[The Nautilus]]" story, which inadvertently spurred Soviet psi research.[^1]

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- Organization
- International
- Nuclear
category: "Foreign Government"
summary: "International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons."
---
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. The IAEA inspected the Iraqi nuclear reactor at [[Osirak]] in January 1981, under provisions of the 1968 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, to which [[Iraq]] was a party.[^1]
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. The IAEA inspected the Iraqi nuclear reactor at [[Osirak bombing]] in January 1981, under provisions of the 1968 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, to which [[Iraq]] was a party.[^1]
### Footnotes

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- Government
- Israel
- Iran
category: "Foreign Government"
summary: "The Iran-Israel Joint Committee was established in the fall of 1980 by Menachem Begin 1, who ordered Yehoshua Sagi and Nachum Admoni to appoint it."
---
The [[Iran-Israel Joint Committee]] was established in the fall of 1980 by [[Menachem Begin 1|Prime Minister Begin]], who ordered [[Yehoshua Sagi|Director of Israel Defense Forces/Military Intelligence Yehoshua Sagi]] and [[Nachum Admoni|acting Director of Mossad Nachum Admoni]] to appoint it. This committee coordinated the efforts of both [[Israel|Israeli]] intelligence services and was assigned the task of supplying [[Iran]] with arms in its war with [[Saddam Hussein|Saddam Hussein's]] [[Iraq]].[^1]
The [[Iran-Israel Joint Committee]] was established in the fall of 1980 by [[Menachem Begin|Prime Minister Begin]], who ordered [[Yehoshua Sagi|Director of Israel Defense Forces/Military Intelligence Yehoshua Sagi]] and [[Nachum Admoni|acting Director of Mossad Nachum Admoni]] to appoint it. This committee coordinated the efforts of both [[Israel|Israeli]] intelligence services and was assigned the task of supplying [[Iran]] with arms in its war with [[Saddam Hussein|Saddam Hussein's]] [[Iraq]].[^1]
The rationale for helping the [[Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini|Khomeini]] government was that if the [[Iran|Iranians]] fought the [[Iraq|Iraqis]], their soldiers would be killed instead of [[Israel|Israeli]] soldiers. Additionally, the war diverted [[Arab]] attention away from [[Israel]] and drained [[Arab countries]] of money. From the [[Likud Party|Likud's]] perspective, the rise of [[Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini|Khomeini]] was beneficial as he was radical, anti-[[USA|American]], and anti-[[Arab]], aligning with [[Israel|Israel's]] national security interest to support him.[^1]
The rationale for helping the [[Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini|Khomeini]] government was that if the [[Iran|Iranians]] fought the [[Iraq|Iraqis]], their soldiers would be killed instead of [[Israel|Israeli]] soldiers. Additionally, the war diverted [[Arab]] attention away from [[Israel]] and drained [[Arab countries]] of money. From the [[Likud Party|Likud's]] perspective, the rise of [[Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini|Khomeini]] was beneficial as he was radical, anti-[[United States|American]], and anti-[[Arab]], aligning with [[Israel|Israel's]] national security interest to support him.[^1]
The initial members of the [[Iran-Israel Joint Committee]] included [[David Kimche]], [[Shmuel Morieh]], [[Uri Simchoni]], [[Moshe Hebroni]], and [[Rafi Eitan]]. [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] was appointed to the committee on November 28, 1980, as the youngest member, responsible for carrying out the committee's initiatives due to his fluency in Farsi and personal contacts in [[Iran]].[^1]
The initial members of the [[Iran-Israel Joint Committee]] included [[David Kimche]], [[Shmuel Morieh]], [[Uri Simchoni]], [[Moshe Hebroni]], and [[Rafi]]. [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] was appointed to the committee on November 28, 1980, as the youngest member, responsible for carrying out the committee's initiatives due to his fluency in Farsi and personal contacts in [[Iran]].[^1]
By March 1981, the [[Iran-Israel Joint Committee]] had established mechanisms for handling secret arms sales to [[Iran]], as promised in the October [[Paris meeting]]. [[Israel]] operated under a general agreement of cooperation secretly reached in principle between [[Menachem Begin 1|Prime Minister Begin]] and [[William Casey]] in August 1980. [[David Kimche]] dealt directly with [[Robert Gates]] on the implementation of these sales. In early 1981, [[Robert Gates|Gates]] approved the sale of unsophisticated weapons to [[Iran]].[^1]
By March 1981, the [[Iran-Israel Joint Committee]] had established mechanisms for handling secret arms sales to [[Iran]], as promised in the October [[Paris Summit Meeting]]. [[Israel]] operated under a general agreement of cooperation secretly reached in principle between [[Menachem Begin|Prime Minister Begin]] and [[William J. Casey]] in August 1980. [[David Kimche]] dealt directly with [[Robert Gates]] on the implementation of these sales. In early 1981, [[Robert Gates|Gates]] approved the sale of unsophisticated weapons to [[Iran]].[^1]
The [[Iran-Israel Joint Committee]] became self-sufficient, with its operating budget derived from the profits of arms sales, overseen by the [[Mossad]] comptroller. Profits rapidly grew into a huge extra-budgetary slush fund. Disbursements were requested from the [[Mossad]] comptroller through either the heads of the intelligence community or directly from the [[Prime Minister's Office]].[^1]
The committee used various trading companies and a flagship holding company called [[Ora Group|Ora]] to manage the slush fund. It also employed smokescreen operations involving private arms brokers like [[John Hortrich]] (alias [[John de Laroque]]) and [[Nicholas Davies]] to obscure its activities. The committee's operations included the sale of [[TOW missile]]s, [[T-80 tank]]s, and other military equipment to [[Iran]].[^1]
From March 1981 to the end of 1987, [[Iran]] spent over $82 billion on equipment from the [[USA|United States]], [[Israel]], [[Europe]], [[South America]], and [[South Africa]], with the [[Iran-Israel Joint Committee]] making substantial profits. These profits were used to finance activities of [[Yitzhak Shamir|Yitzhak Shamir's]] faction of the [[Likud Party]], fund "black" operations (including those involving [[Mohammed Radi Abdullah]] and the [[Achille Lauro]] attack), and finance housing projects in the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]] for Jewish settlers.[^1]
From March 1981 to the end of 1987, [[Iran]] spent over $82 billion on equipment from the [[United States|United States]], [[Israel]], [[Europe]], [[South America]], and [[South Africa]], with the [[Iran-Israel Joint Committee]] making substantial profits. These profits were used to finance activities of [[Yitzhak Shamir|Yitzhak Shamir's]] faction of the [[Likud Party]], fund "black" operations (including those involving [[Mohammed Radi Abdullah]] and the [[Achille Lauro]] attack), and finance housing projects in the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]] for Jewish settlers.[^1]
In 1984, political chaos in [[Israel]] led to a coalition government between the [[Labor Party]] and [[Likud Party|Likud]]. [[Shimon Peres]], as prime minister, attempted to open a competing arms channel to [[Iran]] through [[Amiram Nir]], which led to the [[Iran-Contra Affair]] scandal. The [[Iran-Israel Joint Committee]] actively worked to thwart this second channel, including leaking information about [[Jonathan Pollard]] and the [[Oliver North|North]]-[[Amiram Nir|Nir]] operation.[^1]
In September 1987, [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] and three other members of the [[Iran-Israel Joint Committee]] were dismissed due to pressure on [[Yitzhak Shamir]] following the leaking of the [[Iran-Contra Affair]] story. Prior to this, some funds were set aside for their futures, and the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] money controlled by [[Israel]] was transferred to the [[East Bloc]].[^1]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992. (Hereafter, "Profits of War")
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.

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created: 2025-07-22
updated: 2025-07-22
title: Israel
tags:
- Organization
- Government
- Country
- Middle East
- Intelligence
description: The State of Israel, a country in the Middle East. It has been connected to various intelligence and psychic research activities.
---
The State of [[Israel]] is a country in the Middle East. It has been connected to various intelligence and psychic research activities, notably through figures like [[Uri Geller]] and its intelligence agency, [[Mossad]].

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- intelligence
- SovietUnion
description: The KGB was the main security agency for the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, serving as its intelligence agency, secret police, and border guard.
category: "Foreign Government"
summary: "The KGB was the main security agency for the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, serving as its intelligence agency, secret police, and border guard."
---
The [[KGB]] was the main security agency for the [[Soviet Union]] from 1954 until 1991, serving as its intelligence agency, secret police, and border guard. In the context of the *Remote Viewers* narrative, the KGB was deeply interested in [[Parapsychology|psi]] phenomena and was reported to have funded and directed psi research laboratories, such as that of [[I. M. Kogan]].[^1]

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- Organization
- Government
- Israel
category: "Foreign Government"
summary: "LAKAM (Hebrew acronym for Science Liaison Bureau) was an Israeli Ministry of Defense intelligence agency, previously known as the Office of Special Tasks."
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[[LAKAM]] (Hebrew acronym for Science Liaison Bureau) was an Israeli Ministry of Defense intelligence agency, previously known as the Office of Special Tasks. It was set up to gather and exchange technology and intelligence with foreign military industries.[^1][^2]
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### U.S. Spy Network Operations
[[Rafi Eitan]]'s operation to build a spy network in the [[USA|United States]] to obtain information about Palestinian terrorists was funded from [[LAKAM|LAKAM's]] budget. [[Iris]], a [[LAKAM]] representative in [[Washington D.C.]], served as a conduit for intelligence reports between [[Robert McFarlane]], [[Jonathan Pollard]], and [[Rafi Eitan]].[^1]
[[Rafi]]'s operation to build a spy network in the [[United States|United States]] to obtain information about Palestinian terrorists was funded from [[LAKAM|LAKAM's]] budget. [[Iris]], a [[LAKAM]] representative in [[Washington, D.C.]], served as a conduit for intelligence reports between [[Robert McFarlane]], [[Jonathan Pollard]], and [[Rafi]].[^1]
### Political Control and Funding
[[LAKAM]] was later controlled by [[Rafi Eitan]] after [[Shimon Peres]] became prime minister in 1984, and its huge slush fund, which had once financed [[Labor Party|Labor]] projects, was then controlled by [[Rafi Eitan|Eitan]].[^1]
[[LAKAM]] was later controlled by [[Rafi]] after [[Shimon Peres]] became prime minister in 1984, and its huge slush fund, which had once financed [[Labor Party|Labor]] projects, was then controlled by [[Rafi|Eitan]].[^1]
### PROMIS Software Operation
According to Gordon Thomas's account in *Gideon's Spies* (1999), drawing on Israeli intelligence sources, LAKAM's director [[Rafael Eitan]] personally arranged to obtain a copy of the [[PROMIS]] software from the [[Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice]] through back-channel contacts in the early 1980s. Eitan reportedly met with [[INSLAW]] founder [[Bill Hamilton]] while posing as a representative of the Israeli Ministry of Justice interested in PROMIS as a case management tool. After obtaining the software, Eitan assembled a team of former LAKAM programmers who reconstructed PROMIS and embedded a surveillance trapdoor — described as a $5,000 microchip — that allowed covert remote monitoring of database queries made by any user of the modified software. Eitan's reported statement on receiving PROMIS was: "We can use that program...it could be the most important intelligence tool that Israel has ever had."[^3]
The modified software was then distributed internationally for use by foreign law enforcement and intelligence agencies, channeled through [[Robert Maxwell]] and his Israeli computer company [[Degem]]. Total sales through this network were alleged to exceed $500 million. The [[Nicholas J. Bua|Bua Report]] (1993) found no credible evidence to support any of these allegations, concluding that only public-domain versions of PROMIS had ever been distributed to foreign entities.[^4]
LAKAM was formally dissolved following the 1985 exposure of the [[Jonathan Pollard]] espionage case, after which its functions were redistributed to other Israeli intelligence services. Eitan, who had also run Pollard as an asset, left Israeli government service.[^2]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. _Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network_. TrineDay, 1992. (Hereafter, "Profits of War")
[^2]: Hersh, Seymour M. _The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy_. Random House, 1991. Chapter 21.
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network.* TrineDay, 1992.
[^2]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy.* Random House, 1991.
[^3]: Thomas, Gordon. *Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad.* St. Martin's Press, 1999.
[^4]: U.S. Department of Justice. *Report of Special Counsel Nicholas J. Bua to the Attorney General of the United States Regarding the Allegations of Inslaw, Inc.* March 1993.

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- Organization
- Political Party
- Israel
category: "Foreign Government"
summary: "The Labor Party is a major political party in Israel. It was formed through the merger of Mapai Party and Achdut Avodah in 1968, and later joined by Rafi. Pinhas Sapir was renowned as the economic boss of the newly formed Labor Party.[^1]"
---
The Labor Party is a major political party in [[Israel]]. It was formed through the merger of [[Mapai Party]] and Achdut Avodah in 1968, and later joined by [[Rafi]]. [[Pinhas Sapir]] was renowned as the economic boss of the newly formed Labor Party.[^1]

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- Organization
- Political Party
- Israel
category: "Foreign Government"
summary: "The Likud Party is a major right-wing political party in Israel. Its surprising victory in the May 1977 national elections ended twenty-nine years of Mapai Party and Labor Party domination of the political process in Israel."
---
The Likud Party is a major right-wing political party in [[Israel]]. Its surprising victory in the May 1977 national elections ended twenty-nine years of [[Mapai Party|Mapai]] and [[Labor Party]] domination of the political process in [[Israel]]. This brought to power a government that was even more committed than Labor to the [[Samson Option]] and the necessity of an Israeli nuclear arsenal. The Likud Party, led by [[Menachem Begin]], represented a populist-nationalist view of a greater [[Israel]] with a right to permanent control of the [[West Bank]].[^1]

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- Organization
- Political Party
- Israel
category: "Foreign Government"
summary: "Mapai (Israel Workers') Party was the dominant political party in Israel for many years. Its political control under David Ben-Gurion was total, akin to that of a Mafia don."
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Mapai (Israel Workers') Party was the dominant political party in [[Israel]] for many years. Its political control under [[David Ben-Gurion]] was total, akin to that of a Mafia don. Ben-Gurion's influence ensured that the government left behind after his retirement in late 1953 was of his own creation, with his jointly held positions of prime minister and defense minister being separated and filled by his chosen successors, [[Moshe Sharett]] and [[Pinhas Lavon]].[^1]

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- London
- Elm_Guest_House
- Sidney_Cooke
category: "Foreign Government"
summary: "The Metropolitan Police (Met), also known as Scotland Yard, was the police force for London and the primary investigative body in multiple child abuse and trafficking cases documented across the network."
---
The Metropolitan Police (Met), also known as Scotland Yard, was the police force for London and the primary investigative body in multiple child abuse and trafficking cases documented across the network. The Metropolitan Police raided the [[Elm Guest House]] in June 1982 after the suburban terrace townhouse was suspected of operating an illegal brothel. After the premises were raided, 23 men were detained among bedroom suites containing whips, chains, and ropes, and communal areas including a lounge bar, spa, sauna facility, and screening room for pornography. According to police sources, three of the guests were parliamentary ministers and a fourth was a member of the Queen's royal staff. Scotland Yard was expected to reopen files on the murder of one boy and the disappearance of another in connection with the investigation, but a Scotland Yard official described it as a routine investigation into a brothel. A source close to the investigation stated that top brass had ordered everything to be played down and that every attempt was being made to ensure the names of VIPs did not leak out.[^1]

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- international
description: Mossad is the national intelligence agency of Israel.
category: "Foreign Government"
summary: "Mossad is the national intelligence agency of Israel. Its relationship with the Central Intelligence Agency was extensive, involving 28 formal cooperative ventures in strategic intelligence since the 1950s."
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[[Mossad]] is the national intelligence agency of [[Israel]]. Its relationship with the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] was extensive, involving 28 formal cooperative ventures in strategic intelligence since the 1950s. Many of these arrangements were financed off-the-books through a special contingency fund maintained by the Director of Central Intelligence. One such operation, code-named KK MOUNTAIN, provided millions in annual cash payments to Mossad, in return for which Mossad agents acted as American surrogates in North Africa and other regions. Other agreements financed Israeli operations in [[Syria]] and the [[Soviet Union]], where the CIA found it difficult to operate.[^2]
In 1977, [[Stansfield Turner]], then Director of Central Intelligence, abruptly cut back intelligence liaison with [[Israel]], leading to a sharp reduction in the flow of intelligence from [[Israel]] to [[Washington D.C.]]. However, the CIA's "embarrassingly inept reporting on [[Iran]]", particularly their failure to anticipate the overthrow of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, forced the American leadership to turn back to Israeli help in anticipating world events. This contributed to the March 1979 [[KH-11]] agreement, which granted [[Israel]] access to high-tech satellite imagery.[^2]
In 1977, [[Stansfield Turner]], then Director of Central Intelligence, abruptly cut back intelligence liaison with [[Israel]], leading to a sharp reduction in the flow of intelligence from [[Israel]] to [[Washington, D.C.]]. However, the CIA's "embarrassingly inept reporting on [[Iran]]", particularly their failure to anticipate the overthrow of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, forced the American leadership to turn back to Israeli help in anticipating world events. This contributed to the March 1979 [[KH-11]] agreement, which granted [[Israel]] access to high-tech satellite imagery.[^2]
[[Yitzhak Hofi]], the director of Mossad, opposed the Israeli bombing of the Iraqi nuclear reactor at [[Osirak]] in June 1981, primarily because there was no evidence that [[Iraq]] was yet capable of building a bomb.[^2]
[[Yitzhak Hofi]], the director of Mossad, opposed the Israeli bombing of the Iraqi nuclear reactor at [[Osirak bombing]] in June 1981, primarily because there was no evidence that [[Iraq]] was yet capable of building a bomb.[^2]
In the context of the *Remote Viewers* narrative, [[Uri Geller]] claimed to have worked with Mossad officials, along with Israeli military intelligence and Shin Bet. He stated that he was tested by these agencies and began to work for them, performing tasks such as clairvoyantly viewing intelligence targets and predicting troop deployments.[^1]

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created: 2025-07-23
updated: 2025-07-23
title: Nazi Germany
tags:
- Organization
- Government
- Country
- Historical
- Germany
- Nazi
description: Nazi Germany is the common English name for Germany between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country.
---
[[Nazi Germany]] is the common English name for [[Germany]] between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country. During this period, the Nazi regime was responsible for the Holocaust and was a major belligerent in World War II.[^1]
In the context of psychic research, Nazi Germany had a complex and often contradictory relationship with the paranormal. While the regime officially banned occult practices, figures like [[Heinrich Himmler]] were deeply interested in the supernatural and established organizations like the [[Ahnenerbe]] to research and exploit such phenomena for political and military purposes. The capture of Ahnenerbe documents by the Allies after the war is believed to have influenced the development of psychic research programs in both the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]].[^1]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Jacobsen, Annie. *Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis*. Little, Brown and Company, 2017.

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- Government
- Israel
category: "Foreign Government"
summary: "Rafael is a top-secret Israeli research and manufacturing agency responsible for Israel's most sensitive weaponry. The final stage of warhead production for Israel's nuclear arsenal takes place at a defense plant north of Haifa operated by Rafael."
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Rafael is a top-secret Israeli research and manufacturing agency responsible for [[Israel]]'s most sensitive weaponry. The final stage of warhead production for [[Israel]]'s nuclear arsenal takes place at a defense plant north of [[Haifa]] operated by Rafael.[^1]

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- Political Party
- Israel
category: "Foreign Government"
summary: "Rafi (an acronym for the Israel Workers' List) was a new political party created by David Ben-Gurion in June 1965, after he dramatically resigned from the Mapai Party. He was joined by Shimon Peres, who became Rafi's power broker, and Moshe Dayan."
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Rafi (an acronym for the Israel Workers' List) was a new political party created by [[David Ben-Gurion]] in June 1965, after he dramatically resigned from the [[Mapai Party]]. He was joined by [[Shimon Peres]], who became Rafi's power broker, and [[Moshe Dayan]]. Ben-Gurion's hope was that Rafi could capture a significant number of seats in the Knesset and emerge as a major power broker in Israeli politics.[^1]

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tags:
- Organization
- Government
- Law Enforcement
- Canada
- Intelligence
category: "Foreign Government"
summary: "The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is Canada's national police force, which became significantly involved in the investigation of the PROMIS Software Scandal."
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The [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police|RCMP]] is [[Canada]]'s national police force, which became significantly involved in the investigation of the [[PROMIS Software Scandal]]. In February 2000, [[Sean McDade]], an [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police|RCMP]] national security investigator, secretly entered the [[United States]] to investigate evidence that the [[Canadian Government]] was using a modified version of the [[PROMIS]] computer software, which purportedly allowed the [[United States Government|U.S.]] to eavesdrop on [[Canada|Canadian]] intelligence secrets through a "back-door." His investigation was code-named Project Abbreviation, and his email handle, "simorp," was [[PROMIS]] spelled backward.[1]
The [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police|RCMP]] is [[Canada]]'s national police force, which became significantly involved in the investigation of the [[PROMIS Software Scandal]]. In February 2000, [[Sean McDade]], an [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police|RCMP]] national security investigator, secretly entered the [[United States]] to investigate evidence that the [[Canadian Government]] was using a modified version of the [[PROMIS]] computer software, which purportedly allowed the [[United States|U.S.]] to eavesdrop on [[Canada|Canadian]] intelligence secrets through a "back-door." His investigation was code-named Project Abbreviation, and his email handle, "simorp," was [[PROMIS]] spelled backward.[1]
The [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police|RCMP]] probe, code-named Project Abbreviation, was authorized at the highest levels of the organization and was well-funded. The investigation was prompted by the discovery of an invoice for the purchase of [[PROMIS]] from Strategic Software Planning in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which contradicted earlier denials by [[Canada|Canadian]] authorities regarding the Hamiltons' claims about the pirated software. [[Sean McDade]]'s investigation reportedly traced banking transactions that supported the claim that high-ranking [[Canadian Government|Canadian]] officials might have unlawfully purchased the software from officials in the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]]-[[George Bush|Bush]] administration.[1]
The [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police|RCMP]] probe, code-named Project Abbreviation, was authorized at the highest levels of the organization and was well-funded. The investigation was prompted by the discovery of an invoice for the purchase of [[PROMIS]] from Strategic Software Planning in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which contradicted earlier denials by [[Canada|Canadian]] authorities regarding the Hamiltons' claims about the pirated software. [[Sean McDade]]'s investigation reportedly traced banking transactions that supported the claim that high-ranking [[Canadian Government|Canadian]] officials might have unlawfully purchased the software from officials in the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]]-[[George H.W. Bush|Bush]] administration.[1]
During his investigation, [[Sean McDade]] learned that a meeting had taken place in December 1999 at the [[Los Alamos National Laboratory|Los Alamos facility]] in [[New Mexico]], attended by intelligence heads from the [[United States|U.S.]] ([[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]), [[United Kingdom|Britain]] ([[MI6]]), [[Israel]] ([[Mossad]]), and [[Canadian Security Intelligence Service|CSIS]]. The discussion, labeled "Unique Elements," touched upon questions related to Y2K computer problems and a glitch in the British computer system. A source suggested that all four allied countries shared the same computer system, possibly [[PROMIS]], due to its mutual integration capabilities. Furthermore, [[Sean McDade]] was informed that the [[Mossad]] might have modified the [[PROMIS]] software to create a "two-way" backdoor, potentially granting [[Israel]] access to top [[United States|U.S.]] weapons secrets at [[Los Alamos National Laboratory|Los Alamos]] and other installations.[1]
During his investigation, [[Sean McDade]] learned that a meeting had taken place in December 1999 at the [[Los Alamos National Laboratory|Los Alamos facility]] in [[New Mexico]], attended by intelligence heads from the [[United States|U.S.]] ([[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]), [[United Kingdom|Britain]] ([[British Intelligence]]), [[Israel]] ([[Mossad]]), and [[Canadian Security Intelligence Service|CSIS]]. The discussion, labeled "Unique Elements," touched upon questions related to Y2K computer problems and a glitch in the British computer system. A source suggested that all four allied countries shared the same computer system, possibly [[PROMIS]], due to its mutual integration capabilities. Furthermore, [[Sean McDade]] was informed that the [[Mossad]] might have modified the [[PROMIS]] software to create a "two-way" backdoor, potentially granting [[Israel]] access to top [[United States|U.S.]] weapons secrets at [[Los Alamos National Laboratory|Los Alamos]] and other installations.[1]
The [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police|RCMP]] investigation, with assistance from Detective [[Sue Todd]] of Hercules, California, revealed that [[United States|U.S.]] investigators who had previously probed the [[PROMIS]] affair faced significant obstruction from the [[United States Department of Justice|Justice Department]]. Many were fired, suspended, or resigned when their inquiries into drugs and money laundering reached high-level connections. The text highlights that [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police|RCMP]] investigators, among others, still feared punitive action for coming forward, even if they were no longer in the public sector.[1]
The [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police|RCMP]] investigation, with assistance from Detective [[Sue Todd]] of Hercules, California, revealed that [[United States|U.S.]] investigators who had previously probed the [[PROMIS]] affair faced significant obstruction from the [[Department of Justice|Justice Department]]. Many were fired, suspended, or resigned when their inquiries into drugs and money laundering reached high-level connections. The text highlights that [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police|RCMP]] investigators, among others, still feared punitive action for coming forward, even if they were no longer in the public sector.[1]
The [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police|RCMP]]'s involvement in the [[PROMIS]] investigation also brought to light the use of [[ECHELON]] technology. [[Sean McDade]] himself became a target of [[ECHELON]] during his investigation in the [[United States]], forcing him to take extraordinary measures to communicate securely. He noted that the [[National Security Agency|NSA]] was spying on [[Canada|Canadian]] citizens while [[Canada]] spied on [[United States|American]] citizens, both utilizing [[ECHELON]] and exchanging data.[1]
The [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police|RCMP]]'s involvement in the [[PROMIS]] investigation also brought to light the use of [[ECHELON]] technology. [[Sean McDade]] himself became a target of [[ECHELON]] during his investigation in the [[United States]], forcing him to take extraordinary measures to communicate securely. He noted that the [[NSA|NSA]] was spying on [[Canada|Canadian]] citizens while [[Canada]] spied on [[United States|American]] citizens, both utilizing [[ECHELON]] and exchanging data.[1]
Despite the exposure of [[Sean McDade]]'s investigation in the *Toronto Star* in August 2000, he reportedly returned to police work in his hometown.[1]

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- Religion
- Russia
category: "Foreign Government"
summary: "The Russian Orthodox Church's Nuncio in Jerusalem served as the quasi-official representative of the KGB in Israel. The KGB's contacts with Israel intelligence went through him ever since Israel and the Soviet Union cut diplomatic ties in 1967.[^1]"
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The [[Russian Orthodox Church]]'s Nuncio in [[Jerusalem]] served as the quasi-official representative of the [[KGB]] in [[Israel]]. The [[KGB]]'s contacts with [[Israel|Israeli]] intelligence went through him ever since [[Israel]] and the [[Soviet Union]] cut diplomatic ties in 1967.[^1]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992. (Hereafter, "Profits of War")
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.

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- Intelligence
- Israel
category: "Foreign Government"
summary: "The Science Liaison Bureau, also known as LAKAM, was an Israeli intelligence agency. It was previously known as the Office of Special Tasks and was led by Binyamin Blumberg."
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The Science Liaison Bureau, also known as LAKAM, was an Israeli intelligence agency. It was previously known as the Office of Special Tasks and was led by [[Binyamin Blumberg]]. LAKAM's agents operated worldwide, collecting technical information and setting up front companies in [[Europe]] and [[Latin America]] to purchase high-tech equipment from the [[United States]] that would otherwise not be permitted for export to [[Israel]].[^1]

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- PoliticalParty
- Israel
category: "Foreign Government"
summary: "The Shas Party is an orthodox political party in Israel, which emerged as a significant force in Israeli politics."
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The [[Shas Party]] is an orthodox political party in [[Israel]], which emerged as a significant force in Israeli politics. It was at odds with [[Menachem Schneerson]], the Lubavitcher Rebbe, and gained influence within the [[Likud Party]]-controlled Israeli government.
In 1987, the [[Iran-Israel Joint Committee]] redirected funds from the Lubavitcher yeshivahs to the Shas yeshivahs, as the committee and [[Menachem Schneerson|Schneerson]] parted ways. The [[Likud Party]] considered the support of [[Ovadia Yousef]], an Iraqi-Jewish rabbi who controlled Shas, essential due to his large following in [[Israel]]'s Middle Eastern Jewish communities.[^1]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992. (Hereafter, "Profits of War")
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.

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- Security
description: Shin Bet is Israel's internal security service.
category: "Foreign Government"
summary: "Shin Bet is Israel's internal security service. In the context of the *Remote Viewers* narrative, Uri Geller claimed to have worked with Shin Bet officials, along with Israeli military intelligence and Mossad."
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[[Shin Bet]] is [[Israel]]'s internal security service. In the context of the *Remote Viewers* narrative, [[Uri Geller]] claimed to have worked with Shin Bet officials, along with Israeli military intelligence and [[Mossad]]. He stated that he was tested by these agencies and began to work for them, performing tasks such as clairvoyantly viewing intelligence targets and predicting troop deployments.[^1]

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- Military
- SouthAfrica
category: "Foreign Government"
summary: "The South African Defense Force (SADF) was the military of South Africa. It entered into a military cooperation agreement with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) known as SIMWA (SADF-IDF Mutual Wartime Agreement).[^1]"
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The [[South African Defense Force]] (SADF) was the military of [[South Africa]]. It entered into a military cooperation agreement with the [[Israel Defense Forces]] (IDF) known as [[SIMWA]] (SADF-IDF Mutual Wartime Agreement).[^1]
The [[South African Defense Force]] (SADF) was the military of [[South Africa]]. It entered into a military cooperation agreement with the [[Israel]] (IDF) known as [[SIMWA]] (SADF-IDF Mutual Wartime Agreement).[^1]
Under [[SIMWA]], if either country faced a shortage of matériel during war or military operations, the other country would provide supplies from its own stockpiles. The [[South African Defense Force|SADF]] also agreed to invest in [[Israel|Israel's]] nuclear program and provide testing grounds in the [[Indian Ocean]] for [[Israel|Israeli]] nuclear tests.[^1]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992. (Hereafter, "Profits of War")
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.

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created: 2025-07-22
updated: 2025-08-04
title: Soviet Union
tags:
- Organization
- Government
- Country
- Cold War
- USSR
- Intelligence
description: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991. It was a key player in the Cold War and was perceived by the U.S. as a leader in psi research.
---
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991. During the Cold War, the [[Soviet Union]] was a primary geopolitical rival of the United States, leading to an arms race that extended into unconventional areas, including psychic research.[^1]
### Psi Research and the "Psi Gap"
Reports and rumors of extensive Soviet psi research, particularly after the fabricated "[[The Nautilus]]" story in 1960, spurred significant concern within the U.S. intelligence community. Figures like [[Leonid Vasiliev]] and Eduard Naumov were prominent in Soviet parapsychology, conducting experiments in telepathy and remote influencing.[^1]
U.S. intelligence agencies, including the [[Defense Intelligence Agency|DIA]], expressed concerns about a potential "psi gap," fearing that Soviet advancements in this field could enable them to access top-secret U.S. documents, influence leaders, or disable military military equipment remotely.[^1]
#### Targets of U.S. Remote Viewing
The Soviet Union and its military installations were frequent targets for U.S. remote viewing programs, including the [[STARGATE PROJECT|Grill Flame]] unit. Notable successes included [[Joe McMoneagle]]'s remote viewing of a Soviet Typhoon-class submarine under construction and a Soviet surveillance bug in a U.S. embassy.[^1]
### Historical Events
In December 1979, the Soviet Union invaded [[Afghanistan]], making [[Pakistan]] a key strategic priority for the [[United States]].[^2]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Schnabel, Jim. *Remote Viewers*. Dell, 1997.
[^2]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 12.

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tags:
- Organization
- Government
- International
- Syria
- UK
---
The [[Syrian Embassy in London]] was implicated in a 1986 plot to bomb an [[El Al]] plane, orchestrated by [[Rafi Eitan]] to discredit [[Syria]]. [[Nezar Hindawi]] was instructed to meet with a Syrian intelligence officer at the embassy, leading him to believe his actions were for the Arab cause. Following the foiled plot, [[Margaret Thatcher|Margaret Thatcher's]] government closed down the embassy in London.[^1]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992. (Hereafter, "Profits of War")

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- Government
- Israel
category: "Foreign Government"
summary: "Tahal is the government-owned water planning corporation in Israel. It was responsible for building the expertly concealed shelters for Israel's first nuclear missile field at Hirbat Zachariah."
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Tahal is the government-owned water planning corporation in [[Israel]]. It was responsible for building the expertly concealed shelters for [[Israel]]'s first nuclear missile field at Hirbat Zachariah. The smooth barrels through which the missiles would be launched were imported into the country marked as lengths of pipeline.[^1]

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created: 2025-07-23
updated: 2025-07-23
title: U.S. Embassy in Moscow
tags:
- Organization
- Government
- Diplomatic
- Cold War
- Intelligence
- USA
- Moscow
description: The U.S. Embassy in Moscow was the target of the Moscow Signal, a microwave beam directed by the Soviet Union, suspected of being an electromagnetic weapon.
---
The [[U.S. Embassy in Moscow]] was the diplomatic mission of the [[United States]] to the [[Soviet Union]] (and later [[Russia]]). It became a focal point of Cold War espionage and a significant location in the history of U.S. government investigations into psychic phenomena and electromagnetic warfare.[^1]
From 1956 to 1976, the embassy was subjected to the [[Moscow Signal]], a microwave beam directed at its upper floors by the Soviets. U.S. intelligence suspected this was an electromagnetic weapon designed to influence or degrade the health and behavior of embassy personnel. This led to classified U.S. research programs like [[Project Pandora]] to study and counter its effects. Embassy employees experienced various non-specific symptoms, including headaches, inability to concentrate, and fatigue, and later, some died of cancer, raising concerns about the long-term health impacts of the signal.[^1]
In the early 1980s, the construction of a new U.S. Embassy building in Moscow became another intelligence concern. The [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] received intelligence that the new embassy had been bugged at its core, with sensors embedded deep inside the structural framing materials. [[Joe McMoneagle]], a remote viewer from the [[STARGATE PROJECT|Stargate Project]], accurately remote-viewed the building, perceiving it to be riddled with thousands of bugs and metallic decoys, including girders welded into antennas. This was later confirmed by a CIA/[[NSA]] investigation, revealing a massive Soviet eavesdropping and surveillance program.[^1]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Jacobsen, Annie. *Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis*. Little, Brown and Company, 2017.

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description: The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) was a U.S. government agency responsible for funding and overseeing advanced technological research, including early investigations into psychic phenomena. It is now known as DARPA.
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) was a U.S. government agency responsible for funding and overseeing advanced technological research. It is now known as DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency).[^1]"
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The [[Advanced Research Projects Agency]] (ARPA) was a U.S. government agency responsible for funding and overseeing advanced technological research. It is now known as [[DARPA]] (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency).[^1]

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- Military
- USA
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) is a unit of the United States Air Force responsible for operating and maintaining a global network of sensors to detect nuclear explosions."
---
The Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) is a unit of the [[United States]] Air Force responsible for operating and maintaining a global network of sensors to detect nuclear explosions. On September 22, 1979, a [[VELA Satellite]] digitally relayed its sighting of two distinctive bright flashes of light over the South Indian Ocean to AFTAC headquarters at Patrick Air Force Base in [[Cape Canaveral]], [[Florida]]. This event was probable evidence of a nuclear explosion.[^1]

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category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) is the official office within the United States Department of Defense tasked with investigating Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP)."
---
The [[All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office]] (AARO) is the official office within the United States [[Department of Defense]] tasked with investigating [[Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena]] (UAP). It was established by Congress in the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and is the successor to the [[UAP Task Force]].[^1]
### Establishment and Mandate

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- Government
- USA
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) was a U.S. government agency responsible for arms control and disarmament policy. Charles N. Van Doren served as its deputy general counsel during the Richard M. Nixon administration."
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The Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) was a U.S. government agency responsible for arms control and disarmament policy. [[Charles N. Van Doren]] served as its deputy general counsel during the [[Richard M. Nixon|Nixon]] administration. The ACDA was involved in discussions and reports regarding nuclear proliferation, including the Gilpatric report which warned about the spread of nuclear weapons.[^1]
The Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) was a U.S. government agency responsible for arms control and disarmament policy. [[Charles N. Van Doren]] served as its deputy general counsel during the [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]] administration. The ACDA was involved in discussions and reports regarding nuclear proliferation, including the Gilpatric report which warned about the spread of nuclear weapons.[^1]
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- USA
description: The U.S. Army Intelligence Agency (USAINTA) was a component of the United States Army's intelligence apparatus.
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Army Intelligence Agency (USAINTA) was a component of the U.S. Army's intelligence apparatus. In the context of the *Remote Viewers* narrative, it is mentioned as merging with the Army Security Agency (ASA) to form the all-in-one United States..."
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The [[Army Intelligence Agency]] (USAINTA) was a component of the [[U.S. Army]]'s intelligence apparatus. In the context of the *Remote Viewers* narrative, it is mentioned as merging with the Army Security Agency (ASA) to form the all-in-one [[United States Army Intelligence and Security Command|INSCOM]].[^1]

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- Signals Intelligence
description: The Army Security Agency (ASA) was a United States Army organization responsible for signals intelligence and communications security.
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Army Security Agency (ASA) was a U.S. Army organization responsible for signals intelligence and communications security."
---
The [[Army Security Agency]] (ASA) was a [[U.S. Army]] organization responsible for signals intelligence and communications security. In the context of the *Remote Viewers* narrative, ASA was often treated as a "low-wage workforce" by the [[National Security Agency|NSA]], which used ASA and other service personnel to staff its global listening posts.[^1]
The [[Army Security Agency]] (ASA) was a [[U.S. Army]] organization responsible for signals intelligence and communications security. In the context of the *Remote Viewers* narrative, ASA was often treated as a "low-wage workforce" by the [[NSA|NSA]], which used ASA and other service personnel to staff its global listening posts.[^1]
In the summer of 1977, ASA merged with the [[Army Intelligence Agency|USAINTA]] to form the all-in-one [[United States Army Intelligence and Security Command|INSCOM]]. This amalgamation was, among other things, an effort by the Army to regain some control over its personnel who were often utilized by the NSA.[^1]

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- Government
- Nuclear
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "An Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) is a governmental body responsible for the oversight and regulation of nuclear energy and related activities within a country."
---
An Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) is a governmental body responsible for the oversight and regulation of nuclear energy and related activities within a country. These commissions typically manage nuclear research, development, and the production of nuclear materials, often with both civilian and military applications.
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The United States Atomic Energy Commission (USAEC) was an independent federal agency established after World War II, responsible for the custody of America's nuclear materials, operating nuclear reactors, and developing atomic bombs. Under the [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|Eisenhower]] administration's Atoms for Peace program, the USAEC facilitated cooperation in the civilian uses of atomic energy, including financing and fueling a small nuclear research reactor at Nahal Soreq in [[Israel]]. This agreement included inspection rights for the [[United States]] to ensure nuclear materials were not diverted to weapons research.[^1]
[[Lewis Strauss]] served as chairman of the USAEC, followed by [[John McCone]]. Both were briefed on the Israeli nuclear program, though their responses and actions varied.[^1]
[[Lewis L. Strauss]] served as chairman of the USAEC, followed by [[John McCone]]. Both were briefed on the Israeli nuclear program, though their responses and actions varied.[^1]
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category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The California Attorney General's Office is the chief law enforcement agency for the state of California."
---
The [[California Attorney General's Office]] is the chief law enforcement agency for the state of [[California]]. It is mentioned in the context of [[Ron Van Meter]] reporting drug dealing and other forms of corruption within the Mariposa Sheriff's Department to this office in Sacramento. Upon his return, Van Meter was confronted by Sheriff [[Paul Paige]], who had been informed by the Attorney General of Van Meter's visit and its contents.[^1]
Three consecutive grand jury foremen sought help from the [[California Attorney General's Office]], but to no avail. [[Ben Wagner]], an attorney representing [[Dave Beavers]] and other deputies, learned that everything pertaining to Mariposa was automatically "trashed" when it crossed the Attorney General's desk. Wagner later filed a Writ of Mandamus against [[John Van de Kamp]], the State Attorney General, for refusing to investigate corruption in Mariposa County.[^1]
---
## Footnotes
### Footnotes
[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.

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category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The California Highway Patrol is the state police agency of California. It was involved in the investigation of the 'Queen's accident' on March 5, 1983, a head-on collision involving a Mariposa County Sheriff's vehicle and a Secret Service car."
---
The [[California Highway Patrol|CHP]] is the state police agency of [[California]]. It was involved in the investigation of the "Queen's accident" on March 5, 1983, a head-on collision involving a Mariposa County Sheriff's vehicle and a Secret Service car. [[California Highway Patrol|CHP]] Assistant Chief [[Richard Hanna]] reported on the collision, and [[California Highway Patrol|CHP]] Sergeant [[Bob Schilly]] provided details about the accident.[^1]
The original [[California Highway Patrol|CHP]] report on the "Queen's accident" was sent to the [[California Attorney General's Office|State Attorney General's office]] ([[John Van de Kamp]]) in Sacramento. However, [[John Van de Kamp]] reportedly told his assistant to "discard" or "trash" the report. All of the "crack M.A.I.T.S. team" [[California Highway Patrol|CHP]] officers involved in the original investigation either resigned or were transferred or fired afterward. The [[California Highway Patrol|CHP]] Commander and the Deputy Commander who supervised the M.A.I.T.S. investigation also resigned.[^1]
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## Footnotes
### Footnotes
[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.

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- Government
- USA
- CIA
- Dark_Alliance_Investigation
description: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the U.S. federal government, tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world.
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is a primary intelligence-gathering organization of the United States government."
---
The [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA) is a primary intelligence-gathering organization of the United States government. In the context of psychic research, the CIA played a significant, albeit often covert, role in funding and overseeing programs aimed at exploring and utilizing psychic phenomena for intelligence purposes.[^1]
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The CIA's interest in psi research dates back to the early 1970s, partly in response to rumors of extensive Soviet psi research. Following a number of scandals in the mid-1970s, including revelations of domestic spying, the CIA came under unprecedented scrutiny from Congress. This led to a preference for "clean" spying methods, making psychic intelligence an appealing, low-profile alternative to traditional human intelligence (HUMINT).[^1]
In 1972, the CIA, through officials like [[Ken Kress]] from the Technical Services Division (TSD) (later the Office of Technical Service, OTS), provided the initial funding for [[Hal Puthoff]]'s psi research program at [[Stanford Research Institute]] (SRI). This funding, initially $50,000 for eight months, was contingent on the researchers demonstrating a repeatable psi phenomenon. The Office of Research and Development (ORD) also jointly managed the funding and contract.[^1] In the late 1960s, the CIA had approached [[Harold "Hal" Puthoff]] and Russell Targ at Stanford University to develop a program to counter a similar effort in the Soviet Union, which led to the creation of the [[Stargate Project]], a program that trained individuals in [[Remote Viewing]] to spy on foreign targets. The program was reportedly highly successful, and Puthoff reported directly to the Director of the CIA and the White House.[^11]
In 1972, the CIA, through officials like [[Ken Kress]] from the Technical Services Division (TSD) (later the Office of Technical Service, OTS), provided the initial funding for [[Hal Puthoff]]'s psi research program at [[Stanford Research Institute]] (SRI). This funding, initially $50,000 for eight months, was contingent on the researchers demonstrating a repeatable psi phenomenon. The Office of Research and Development (ORD) also jointly managed the funding and contract.[^1] In the late 1960s, the CIA had approached [[Hal Puthoff]] and Russell Targ at Stanford University to develop a program to counter a similar effort in the Soviet Union, which led to the creation of the [[Stargate Project]], a program that trained individuals in [[Remote Viewing]] to spy on foreign targets. The program was reportedly highly successful, and Puthoff reported directly to the Director of the CIA and the White House.[^11]
#### Notable Operations and Impact
* **Semipalatinsk:** CIA officials tasked [[Pat Price]] with remote viewing a mysterious Soviet military research facility at Semipalatinsk. Price's detailed descriptions of a gantry crane and large metal spheres were later confirmed by satellite photography, significantly impressing the Agency and securing further funding for SRI's psi research.[^1]
* **Soviet Diplomat and Fishing Pole:** [[Norm Everheart]] utilized remote viewers to investigate a Soviet diplomat suspected of using a fishing pole for dead-drop operations, leading to the successful identification of a dead-drop site.[^1]
* **KGB Agent Interrogation:** Remote viewers, particularly [[Ken Bell]], were used by the CIA to telepathically interrogate a captured KGB agent in South Africa, extracting information about a hidden pocket calculator used for coding messages. This operation, facilitated by [[Norm Everheart]] and Jim Morris, was considered a success despite its unconventional nature.[^1]
* **Tehran Hostage Crisis:** During the [[Iran Hostage Crisis]] in 1979-1980, the CIA and [[United States Department of Defense|Pentagon]] tasked remote viewers hundreds of times to gather information on the hostages' whereabouts and conditions. While the remote viewers experienced burnout due to the relentless tasking, the data was considered "no worse" than that collected by more conventional methods.[^1]
* **Tehran Hostage Crisis:** During the [[Iran Hostage Crisis]] in 1979-1980, the CIA and [[Department of Defense|Pentagon]] tasked remote viewers hundreds of times to gather information on the hostages' whereabouts and conditions. While the remote viewers experienced burnout due to the relentless tasking, the data was considered "no worse" than that collected by more conventional methods.[^1]
* **Moscow Embassy:** The CIA tasked remote viewers to assess the new U.S. Embassy building in [[Moscow]] for Soviet bugs, even before its construction was complete. Remote viewers like [[Joe McMoneagle]] accurately described the building being riddled with thousands of bugs and metallic decoys, including girders welded into antennas, which was later confirmed by a CIA/NSA investigation. This prescient remote viewing highlighted a major security fiasco for the U.S. diplomatic efforts.[^1]
### Intelligence Liaison with Israel
The CIA's relationship with [[Israel]]i intelligence, particularly [[Mossad]], was extensive, involving 28 formal cooperative ventures in strategic intelligence since the 1950s. These arrangements were often financed off-the-books through a special contingency fund maintained by the Director of Central Intelligence. One such operation, code-named KK MOUNTAIN, involved millions in annual cash payments to [[Mossad]] in exchange for their agents acting as American surrogates in North Africa and other regions. Other agreements financed Israeli operations in [[Syria]] and the [[Soviet Union]], where the CIA found it difficult to operate.[^2]
In 1977, [[Stansfield Turner]], then Director of Central Intelligence, abruptly cut back intelligence liaison with [[Israel]] as part of a CIA restructuring. This led to a sharp reduction in the flow of intelligence from [[Israel]] to [[Washington D.C.]]. However, the CIA's "embarrassingly inept reporting on [[Iran]]", particularly their failure to anticipate the overthrow of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, forced the American leadership to turn back to Israeli help in anticipating world events. This contributed to the March 1979 KH-11 agreement, which granted [[Israel]] access to high-tech satellite imagery.[^2]
In 1977, [[Stansfield Turner]], then Director of Central Intelligence, abruptly cut back intelligence liaison with [[Israel]] as part of a CIA restructuring. This led to a sharp reduction in the flow of intelligence from [[Israel]] to [[Washington, D.C.]]. However, the CIA's "embarrassingly inept reporting on [[Iran]]", particularly their failure to anticipate the overthrow of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, forced the American leadership to turn back to Israeli help in anticipating world events. This contributed to the March 1979 KH-11 agreement, which granted [[Israel]] access to high-tech satellite imagery.[^2]
Initially, the KH-11 satellite's images were tightly restricted, even to close allies like [[Great Britain]]. However, [[Jimmy Carter]]'s decision to provide [[Israel]] with direct access to the KH-11 in March 1979 disrupted the satellite's careful scheduling and meant less access for some American intelligence agencies. This decision was suspected by some American intelligence officials as a reward for the [[Camp David Accords|Camp David summit]].[^2]
Following the Israeli bombing of the Iraqi nuclear reactor at [[Osirak]] in June 1981, [[William J. Casey]], [[Ronald Reagan]]'s Director of Central Intelligence, ordered a review of [[Israel]]'s use of the KH-11 intelligence-sharing agreement. The review found that [[Israel]] had expanded the agreement to extract virtually any photograph desired, including extensive coverage of western [[Russia]] and [[Moscow]]. This led to anger within the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] and [[Defense Intelligence Agency|DIA]] over the "very lax" management of the liaison agreement. Despite this, it was agreed that photographs would continue to flow to [[Israel]], but with the initial 1979 restrictions re-enforced.[^2]
Following the Israeli bombing of the Iraqi nuclear reactor at [[Osirak bombing]] in June 1981, [[William J. Casey]], [[Ronald Reagan]]'s Director of Central Intelligence, ordered a review of [[Israel]]'s use of the KH-11 intelligence-sharing agreement. The review found that [[Israel]] had expanded the agreement to extract virtually any photograph desired, including extensive coverage of western [[Russia]] and [[Moscow]]. This led to anger within the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] and [[Defense Intelligence Agency|DIA]] over the "very lax" management of the liaison agreement. Despite this, it was agreed that photographs would continue to flow to [[Israel]], but with the initial 1979 restrictions re-enforced.[^2]
### Involvement with BCCI
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In 1986, the CIA issued a report stating that BCCI had owned [[First American Bank]] since 1982.[^5] In 1991, Acting CIA Director [[Richard J. Kerr]] confirmed that the agency had used BCCI to move money around the world.[^6] The CIA also maintained slush funds at BCCI branches, which were used for payoffs of Pakistani military officers and Afghan rebel leaders.[^7]
[[William Casey]], former CIA Director, met secretly with [[Agha Hasan Abedi]] over a three-year period, discussing U.S. arms deals with [[Iran]] and the arming of Afghan resistance forces.[^8] The CIA began using BCCI in the bank's earliest days, as it was establishing itself in countries where American intelligence had few assets.[^8]
[[William J. Casey]], former CIA Director, met secretly with [[Agha Hasan Abedi]] over a three-year period, discussing U.S. arms deals with [[Iran]] and the arming of Afghan resistance forces.[^8] The CIA began using BCCI in the bank's earliest days, as it was establishing itself in countries where American intelligence had few assets.[^8]
### Operations and Activities
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In recent years, the CIA has been more involved in the official UAP investigation. The agency was a participant in the [[UAP Task Force]] and is a member of the current [[All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office]] (AARO). However, the agency's long history of secrecy and obfuscation on the UAP topic has led to a great deal of skepticism about its willingness to be fully transparent.[^11]
### Dark Alliance Investigation
The CIA's covert action division, the Directorate of Operations, created and managed the Contra project during the 1980s, with its Latin American Division headed by [[Dewey Clarridge]] from 1981 to 1984. The agency recruited Contra leaders including [[Enrique Bermudez|Enrique Bermúdez]] in 1980 and [[Eden Pastora]] in 1981. The CIA maintained station chiefs in [[Costa Rica]], notably [[Joseph Fernandez|Joseph Fernández]] from 1984 to 1986, who were integral to [[Oliver North]]'s illegal Contra resupply operation.[^12]
#### Contra Drug Trafficking and the Frogman Case
Federal law enforcement records and congressional testimony established that the CIA had reports of [[cocaine]] being transshipped through Contra-linked facilities, including [[Ilopango Airbase]] in [[El Salvador]]. When defense attorneys in the [[Frogman Case]] obtained letters from CIA assets claiming seized drug money belonged to the Contras, the CIA's Costa Rican station cabled Langley that both men were assets of an organization that had "unwittingly received CIA support." CIA lawyer Lee Strickland flew to [[San Francisco]] and asked the prosecutor to ensure depositions did not go forward. The government returned $36,020 in seized drug money and a CIA cable declared: "CIA equities are fully protected."[^13]
The pseudonymous agent [[Ivan Gomez|Iván Gómez]], assigned to Costa Rica in 1982 as the CIA's liaison to the Contra armies, admitted during polygraph tests that he had laundered drug money. He was fired in 1989 for repeated polygraph failures concerning drug dealing.[^13]
#### The Secret 1982 Agreement with the Justice Department
In early 1982, CIA director [[William J. Casey]] and Attorney General [[William French Smith]] signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding that exempted the CIA from reporting drug crimes committed by its non-employees — a category including agents, assets, and non-staff employees. Drug offenses were specifically removed from the list of crimes the CIA was required to report. The agreement remained in effect from 1982 to 1995.[^14]
#### Ilopango Obstruction
When [[DEA]] agent [[Celerino Castillo]] began investigating Contra drug trafficking at Ilopango, the CIA intervened directly. In April 1986 the El Salvador station sent a cable asking the Costa Rica station to persuade the DEA to back off: "El Salvador Station would appreciate Costa Rica Station advising DEA not to make any inquiries into anyone re: Hangar No. 4 at Ilopango since only legitimate CIA supported operations were conducted from this facility."[^15]
#### Inspector General Investigation
CIA Inspector General [[Fred Hitz]] testified before the House Intelligence Committee in March 1998 that the CIA "did not, in an expeditious or consistent fashion, cut off relationships with individuals supporting the Contra program who were alleged to have engaged in drug trafficking activity," including trafficking within the United States. His 400-page report documented CIA relationships with more than 50 suspected drug traffickers during the Contra war.[^14]
#### Iran-Contra Indictments
Multiple CIA officials were indicted during the Iran-Contra investigation. Clarridge was indicted on seven counts of perjury. Fernández was indicted on four counts. [[Alan Fiers]] pleaded guilty to withholding information from Congress. All were pardoned by former CIA director [[George H.W. Bush]].[^12]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Schnabel, Jim. *Remote Viewers*. Dell, 1997.
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[^9]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 334.
[^10]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 341.
[^11]: Elizondo, Luis. *Imminent*. William Morrow, 2024.
[^12]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Prologue and Chapter 5: "God, Fatherland and Freedom"
[^13]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 5: "God, Fatherland and Freedom"
[^14]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Epilogue: "The damage that has been done"
[^15]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 13: "The wrong kind of friends"

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category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Collins Elite is the name given by Luis Elizondo to a powerful, shadowy group of religious fundamentalists within the Department of Defense (DoD) who allegedly worked to sabotage the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) and..."
---
The [[Collins Elite]] is the name given by [[Luis Elizondo]] to a powerful, shadowy group of religious fundamentalists within the [[Department of Defense]] (DoD) who allegedly worked to sabotage the [[Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program]] (AATIP) and other efforts to investigate [[Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena]] (UAP).[^1]
### Beliefs and Opposition to UAP Investigation

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category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Criminal Investigation Division typically refers to the Criminal Investigation Division or Department within military or police forces. It is responsible for investigating felony crimes and other serious offenses within its jurisdiction.[^1]"
---
The [[Criminal Investigation Division|CID]] typically refers to the Criminal Investigation Division or Department within military or police forces. It is responsible for investigating felony crimes and other serious offenses within its jurisdiction.[^1]
[[Roderick Sinclair]], Jr. reportedly worked in the Army C.I.D. in a non-military or civilian capacity. He allegedly received training at Fort Liggett in San Luis Obispo, which is described as a training center for military intelligence operations.[^1]
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## Footnotes
### Footnotes
[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.

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- Defense
- Technology
description: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is a research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military.
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The DARPA (DARPA) is the modern name for the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). It is a research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the..."
---
The [[DARPA|Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency]] (DARPA) is the modern name for the [[Advanced Research Projects Agency]] (ARPA). It is a research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military.[^1]

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category: "U.S. Government"
tags:
- Organization
- Law_Enforcement
- United_States
- 1980s
- Dark_Alliance_Investigation
summary: The Drug Enforcement Administration was the principal federal anti-narcotics agency that possessed extensive knowledge of Danilo Blandón's cocaine trafficking as early as 1981 yet took no action while he received U.S. political asylum.
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Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is a branch of the [[Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice]] and the principal federal agency responsible for enforcement of anti-drug laws.[^3] It is the successor to the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD). During the Contra war, multiple DEA agents and offices were involved in or aware of Contra-connected [[cocaine]] trafficking.
### Contra War Involvement
DEA agent [[Celerino Castillo]] discovered Contra cocaine trafficking at [[Ilopango Airbase|Ilopango Air Force Base]] in [[El Salvador]] and was subsequently forced to retire.[^2] [[Robert Nieves|"The Snowman" Nieves]], head of the DEA office in [[Costa Rica]], was identified by [[Norwin Meneses]] as his control agent. While Nieves was DEA attaché in Costa Rica, the DEA office was alleged by Costa Rican officials to be involved in drug trafficking and protecting cocaine labs in Contra war zones. Nieves later became head of all DEA operations internationally before resigning in 1995 and joining [[Oliver North]]'s company Guardian Technologies.[^2]
[[Joseph Kelso]], a former [[Central Intelligence Agency]] operative and undercover Customs informant who investigated DEA involvement in cocaine trafficking in Costa Rica, was beaten and threatened with death by DEA agents, deported, and arrested for probation violation.
### Castillo Investigation and Ilopango
Celerino Castillo discovered Contra cocaine trafficking at Ilopango Air Force Base in El Salvador and was subsequently forced to retire.[^2] Castillo began firing off reports to DEA headquarters in January 1986 about suspicious activities of Contra pilots, listing their names, destinations, tail numbers, and criminal records. He received no replies and no offers of assistance. When Ambassador Edwin Corr requested an internal DEA review, the DEA informed him that Castillo's information was "totally inaccurate" and ordered him to close the investigation. The DEA later claimed under FOIA that it had no reports from Castillo about drug trafficking at Ilopango—a claim the Justice Department Inspector General exposed as false, having located and quoted from the reports.[^6]
### Costa Rica: Kelso Investigation
In 1986, Joseph Kelso, a CIA and [[U.S. Customs]] informant, gathered testimony from six witnesses willing to testify that DEA agents in Costa Rica were skimming cocaine from seizures, making counterfeit money, and protecting cocaine labs including on Contra bases. DEA agent Robert Nieves had Kelso arrested and threatened his life. Kelso's evidence tapes were turned over to Oliver North via [[Robert Owen]], who threw them away when the [[Iran-Contra Affair]] broke. The DEA never investigated the allegations. DEA director Jack Lawn told Congress he had never heard of the case.[^7]
### Relationship with Blandón
[[Danilo Blandon|Danilo Blandón]] became a DEA informant after his 1992 arrest. The government secured his cooperation by dropping charges against his wife [[Chepita Blandon|Chepita Blandón]], granting her [[United States|U.S.]] citizenship, reducing his sentence from life to twenty-eight months, and releasing him on unsupervised probation to work as a full-time paid informant. Blandón subsequently served as the chief confidential informant in the DEA reverse sting that arrested [[Ricky Ross]].[^1]
The DEA possessed extensive knowledge of Blandón's drug dealing years before recruiting him as an informant. The agency opened a NADDIS file on Blandón on May 24, 1983, after receiving a tip from a confidential informant that he was a member of a cocaine trafficking organization. In early 1984, while Blandón's political asylum application was under review at the [[State Department|State Department]], the DEA learned from an informant that he was "the head" of his own cocaine distribution organization based in Los Angeles. The DEA similarly opened a NADDIS file on Blandón's wife Chepita on March 15, 1985, after she was reported as a "member of a cocaine distribution organization" - yet she was granted political asylum later that same year. It is State Department policy to check with the DEA before approving asylum applications. When the Justice Department's Inspector General examined the Blandóns' immigration records, he found them "in disarray."[^4]
### Relationship with Meneses
Norwin Meneses worked as a DEA informant from 1985 to 1991 despite being under federal indictment for drug trafficking since 1989.[^2] In Costa Rica, DEA agent [[Sandalio Gonzalez]] handled Meneses as an off-the-books informant whose name did not appear in DEA databases until 1987, preventing other DEA offices from knowing about his status. DEA public affairs chief James McGivney offered to facilitate an interview with Meneses but demanded a "quid pro quo"—that reporters leave out details about Danilo Blandón's relationship with the DEA.[^5]
During 1987 Senate subcommittee hearings, Senator [[John Kerry]] told DEA director Jack Lawn that "the head of the DEA office in Costa Rica was interviewed by this committee and he told us that the infrastructure that was used to supply the Contras was used to smuggle drugs." Lawn said he was not familiar with the report. The DEA's position was that there was "no credible evidence" to support such allegations. The DEA officer in question, Robert J. Nieves, was Meneses's control agent throughout the remainder of the 1980s.[^5]
Despite obvious and widespread trafficking through Contra war zones in northern Costa Rica, a U.S. Senate subcommittee reported in 1988 that it was "unable to find a single case against a drug trafficker operating in those zones which was made on the basis of a tip or report by an official of a U.S. intelligence agency." Costa Rican prosecutor Jorge Chavarria said the DEA "knew about the Contras and drugs. All these flights and pilots that were flying in and out with drugs could not have been ignored by the DEA. They were looking in the other direction."[^5]
### Operation Perico
In December 1986, DEA agent Gonzalez in Costa Rica launched "Operation Perico," sending Norwin Meneses and a CIA operative known as "Roberto" to infiltrate Blandón's drug ring in Los Angeles. The operation was conducted without informing [[Douglas Aukland|FBI agent Aukland]], who was leading the federal investigation of the same targets. In early January 1987, Meneses and Roberto met with Blandón and FDN official [[Ivan Torres]], gathering intelligence about the drug operation and its connections to the Contras. The CIA operative's debriefing reports captured admissions that CIA representatives were aware of Contra drug activities and did not mind.[^8]
Other DEA offices were angered by the Costa Rican operation. The San Francisco office cabled Costa Rica complaining it had no idea "who was being targeted by Meneses and [Roberto]" or what they were supposedly investigating. An accompanying cable to DEA headquarters inquired "whether an indictment of Meneses by the San Francisco FBI will result in national security problems with other agencies." After Meneses completed his mission and returned to Costa Rica, he refused to continue as an informant. Once the OCDETF investigation was shelved in July 1987, the DEA rehired Meneses and began issuing him visas that allowed him to travel in and out of the United States at will.[^8]
### San Diego Reverse Sting
The DEA's most significant operation involving Blandón as an informant was the March 1995 reverse sting that arrested Ricky Ross. After Blandón was recruited as a full-time paid informant following his 1992 arrest, he reestablished contact with Ross, who had been released from prison in 1993 and was attempting to go straight with the Freeway Academy youth center project. Blandón called Ross repeatedly, paged him constantly, and pressed him to resume drug dealing. Ross's probation officer James Galipeau confirmed Blandón's persistence: "The son-of-a-bitch called him while he was in the car with his probation officer!"[^9]
When Ross's associate [[Leroy Brown|"Chico" Brown]] proposed a drug deal with Blandón to settle a $30,000 debt, Blandón served as the government's inside man. On March 2, 1995, at the Bonita Plaza Mall in Chula Vista, DEA agents watched as Brown handed $169,445 to Blandón's Colombian associate in exchange for 100 kilos of cocaine in a booby-trapped Chevy Blazer. DEA agent Charles Jones said federal agents blocked the vehicle and activated a kill switch. Ross was captured after a brief foot chase. The DEA had been taping Ross's conversations with Blandón throughout the operation.[^9]
### Attempt to Suppress the Dark Alliance Story
In October 1995, [[Gary Webb]] was contacted by Assistant U.S. Attorney David Hall, who warned that Webb's reporting could endanger Blandón and compromise ongoing investigations. On October 19, 1995, Webb met with [[Craig Chretien|SAC Craig Chretien]] and six agents at the National City regional office. Chretien asked Webb to omit Blandón's DEA ties; agent [[Chuck Jones]] denied any knowledge of Blandón's Contra drug history but inadvertently confirmed the DEA knew about it during the exchange. Chretien proposed trading information about Norwin Meneses if Webb would drop the Blandón angle. Eight days later, Robert Nieves resigned as head of the International Division and Chretien was promoted to replace him.[^10]
The DEA's public affairs office in Washington later attempted to broker a deal: an interview with Meneses in exchange for omitting Blandón's DEA ties. Freelance journalist [[Georg Hodel]] beat them to it, locating Meneses in a Nicaraguan prison.[^10]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Prologue: "It was like they didn't want to know"
[^2]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Cast of Characters
[^3]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Glossary of Organizations and Locations
[^4]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 10: "Teach a man a craft and he's liable to practice it"
[^5]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 11: "They were looking in the other direction"
[^6]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 13: "The wrong kind of friends"
[^7]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 17: "We're going to blow your fucking head off"
[^8]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 20: "It is a sensitive matter"
[^9]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 24: "They're gonna forget I was a drug dealer"
[^10]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 25: "Things are moving all around us"

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aliases: []
tags:
- Organization
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Department of Transportation Board of Contract Appeals (DOTBCA) was the forum where various disputes and related claims arising under the implementation contract between Inslaw Corporation and the United States Department of Justice were pending."
---
The Department of Transportation Board of Contract Appeals (DOTBCA) was the forum where various disputes and related claims arising under the implementation contract between [[Inslaw Corporation|Inslaw]] and the [[United States Department of Justice|DOJ]] were pending. These contract disputes were presented to DOTBCA pursuant to the provisions of the Contract Disputes Act, as the DOJ had not established its own board. The claims before DOTBCA included Inslaw's claims for allegedly reimbursable costs (computer center costs, other direct costs, overhead and fringe benefits), additional fees, and amounts due to the DOJ's termination for convenience of the word processing portion of the contract. The DOJ also filed counterclaims to recover certain overpayments allegedly made to Inslaw. Most of the issues before DOTBCA were not passed upon or decided by the Bankruptcy Court, which had specifically excluded them from its trial. Neither the Senate PSI's Staff Study nor the House Committee Report made findings on the merits of these claims.[^1]
The Department of Transportation Board of Contract Appeals (DOTBCA) was the forum where various disputes and related claims arising under the implementation contract between [[INSLAW|Inslaw]] and the [[Department of Justice|DOJ]] were pending. These contract disputes were presented to DOTBCA pursuant to the provisions of the Contract Disputes Act, as the DOJ had not established its own board. The claims before DOTBCA included Inslaw's claims for allegedly reimbursable costs (computer center costs, other direct costs, overhead and fringe benefits), additional fees, and amounts due to the DOJ's termination for convenience of the word processing portion of the contract. The DOJ also filed counterclaims to recover certain overpayments allegedly made to Inslaw. Most of the issues before DOTBCA were not passed upon or decided by the Bankruptcy Court, which had specifically excluded them from its trial. Neither the Senate PSI's Staff Study nor the House Committee Report made findings on the merits of these claims.[^1]
In October 1992, [[INSLAW]] unilaterally moved to withdraw its claims before DOTBCA, citing an inability to afford counsel. The bulk of Inslaw's brief, however, took exception to several adverse, pre-hearing rulings of DOTBCA and reargued the merits of some claims previously made before the Bankruptcy Court. DOTBCA, without DOJ objection, granted the motion, and Inslaw's appeals before the Board were dismissed with prejudice on November 9, 1992. This final disposition meant that, as a civil matter, Inslaw was almost certainly not entitled to retry the merits of its contract appeals. The Special Counsel's investigation noted that Inslaw's decision to withdraw was unfortunate, as it gave up its right to a full hearing and determination of its claims by a department presumably free of the influences Inslaw alleged against the DOJ. The investigation concluded that the DOJ's positions and actions leading up to these disputes were not baseless or without foundation, but rather arose from legitimate differences of opinion and concerns about potential cost overruns and overcharges, supported by audit staff reports and an independent audit by the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA).[^1]
### Footnotes
[^1]: U.S. Department of Justice. *Report of Special Counsel Nicholas J. Bua to the Attorney General of the United States Regarding the Allegations of Inslaw, Inc.* March 1993. (Hereafter, "Bua Report")
[^1]: U.S. Department of Justice. *Report of Special Counsel Nicholas J. Bua to the Attorney General of the United States Regarding the Allegations of Inslaw, Inc.* March 1993.

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- Defense
- Military
- Dark_Alliance_Investigation
description: The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is an intelligence agency of the United States federal government, specializing in defense and military intelligence.
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is a major intelligence agency of the United States, specializing in defense and military intelligence."
---
The [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] (DIA) is a major intelligence agency of the United States, specializing in defense and military intelligence. The DIA played a significant role in the oversight and funding of the [[STARGATE PROJECT]], particularly after the Army's initial involvement.[^1]
In March 1979, when [[Jimmy Carter]] decided to provide [[Israel]] with KH-11 satellite photographs, the images, once processed, were to be picked up by Israeli military attachés at a special Pentagon office controlled by the DIA. This arrangement was designed to provide [[Israel]] with intelligence and warning (I&W) regarding military activity within one hundred miles of its borders, but with the caveat that no intelligence would be provided to help them plan preemptive strikes.[^2]
In March 1979, when [[Jimmy Carter]] decided to provide [[Israel]] with KH-11 satellite photographs, the images were picked up by Israeli military attachés at a special Pentagon office controlled by the DIA. Following the Israeli bombing of [[Osirak bombing]] in June 1981, a review found that [[Israel]] had significantly expanded the agreement, leading to anger within the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] and DIA over the "very lax" management of the liaison agreement.[^2]
Following the Israeli bombing of the Iraqi nuclear reactor at [[Osirak]] in June 1981, [[William J. Casey]], [[Ronald Reagan]]'s Director of Central Intelligence, authorized a review of [[Israel]]'s use of the KH-11 intelligence-sharing agreement. This review found that [[Israel]] had significantly expanded the agreement, leading to anger within the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] and DIA over the "very lax" management of the liaison agreement.[^2]
### Involvement in Psi Research
## Involvement in Psi Research:
The DIA's interest in psi research was driven by concerns over perceived Soviet advancements in the field. A 1972 DIA report, *Controlled Offensive Behavior—USSR*, highlighted the potential threat of Soviet psi capabilities, including the ability to access top-secret documents, influence thoughts, and disable military equipment remotely. This report, while alarmist to some, contributed to the impetus for U.S. investment in psychic research.[^1]
The DIA's interest in psi research was driven by concerns over perceived Soviet advancements. A 1972 DIA report, *Controlled Offensive Behavior—USSR*, highlighted the potential threat of Soviet psi capabilities.[^1] [[Jack Vorona]], head of the DIA's Scientific and Technical Intelligence Directorate, was the overall manager of the Grill Flame program. The DIA continued to oversee the program even after the Army's funding was initially terminated in 1985.[^1]
#### Oversight of Stargate Project:
[[Jack Vorona]], the head of the DIA's Scientific and Technical Intelligence Directorate, was the overall manager of the [[STARGATE PROJECT|Grill Flame]] program. He, along with General [[Ed Tompson]], briefed Congressman Charlie Rose on the program in the late 1970s. The DIA continued to oversee the program even after the Army's funding was initially terminated in 1985.[^1]
### Dark Alliance Investigation
## Role in Modern UAP Investigation
Historian [[Roger Morris]] wrote that [[Barry Seal]] worked for the DIA "where coded records reportedly showed him on the payroll beginning in 1982." Arms manufacturer [[Tim LaFrance]] told journalist [[Nick Schou]] that the DIA was involved in [[Ronald Lister]]'s weapons manufacturing plant in [[El Salvador]], and that meetings Lister had with death squad commander [[Roberto D'Aubuisson]] "happened because the DIA wanted them to happen." Records found in Lister's house in the 1986 raid disclosed connections between Lister and "a DIA subcontractor."[^3]
The DIA was the original home of the [[Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Applications Program]] (AAWSAP), the precursor to the [[Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program]] (AATIP). AAWSAP was established within the DIA in 2007 with a $22 million appropriation from Congress. The program was led by [[Dr. James Lacatski]], a DIA rocket scientist, and it was responsible for investigating the threat posed by [[Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena]] (UAP). The program initially enjoyed the support of DIA leadership, including Director Lieutenant General Michael D. Maples and Deputy Director Robert Cardillo.[^3]
### Role in Modern UAP Investigation
However, as new leadership took over at the DIA, the program began to face significant opposition. According to [[Luis Elizondo]], the new leadership, which included former [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] officials, was hostile to the program's investigation of the paranormal and theological aspects of the UAP phenomenon. This internal resistance ultimately led to the program losing its official support and funding, and it was forced to operate in a more clandestine manner under the leadership of [[Luis Elizondo]].[^3]
The DIA was the original home of the [[Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program]] (AAWSAP), the precursor to the [[Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program]] (AATIP). The program was led by [[James Lacatski]] and initially enjoyed the support of DIA leadership. According to [[Luis Elizondo]], new leadership was hostile to the investigation of paranormal aspects of the UAP phenomenon.[^4]
### The Wilson-Davis Memo
The DIA is also central to the events described in the [[Wilson-Davis Memo]]. The memo details a 2002 conversation between [[Eric Davis]] and Vice Admiral Thomas R. Wilson, who was then the Director of the DIA. In the memo, Admiral Wilson describes his discovery of and subsequent denial of access to a secret UAP reverse-engineering program, highlighting the fact that even the Director of the DIA was not cleared to know about the so-called "Legacy Program."[^3]
The DIA is also central to the events described in the [[Wilson-Davis Memo]], in which Admiral Thomas R. Wilson, then Director of the DIA, described his discovery of and subsequent denial of access to a secret UAP reverse-engineering program.[^4]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Schnabel, Jim. *Remote Viewers*. Dell, 1997.
[^2]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991.
[^3]: Elizondo, Luis. *Imminent*. William Morrow, 2024.
[^3]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 6: "They were doing their patriotic duty"
[^4]: Elizondo, Luis. *Imminent*. William Morrow, 2024.

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- Political Party
- USA
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Abraham Feinberg was perhaps the most important Jewish fundraiser for the Democratic Party by the presidential campaign of 1960, with the dollars he..."
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The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the [[United States]]. [[Abraham Feinberg]] was perhaps the most important Jewish fundraiser for the Democratic Party by the presidential campaign of 1960, with the dollars he collected meant to ensure continued Democratic Party support for [[Israel]].[^1]

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- USA
description: The Department of Defense (DoD) is an executive branch department of the U.S. federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government concerned directly with national security and the United States Armed Forces.
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Department of Defense (DoD) is an executive branch department of the U.S. federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government concerned directly with national security and the United States..."
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The [[Department of Defense]] (DoD) is an executive branch department of the U.S. federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government concerned directly with national security and the [[United States Armed Forces]].[^1]
The [[Department of Defense]] (DoD) is an executive branch department of the U.S. federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government concerned directly with national security and the [[United States]].[^1]
In the context of psychic research, the DoD played a significant role, particularly after the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]'s initial involvement. The DoD became the primary sponsor of the [[STARGATE PROJECT|Stargate Project]], overseeing its various phases and applications for military and intelligence purposes. Figures like [[William Perry]] and [[Richard DeLauer]] were involved in funding decisions for these programs.[^1]

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title: Department of Justice
tags:
- Organization
- U.S._Government
- Law_Enforcement
- The_Finders
- CIA
- 1993
- Dark_Alliance_Investigation
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Department of Justice launched an internal inquiry in 1993 into CIA involvement with The Finders and a potential FBI coverup of the group's operations. The inquiry was initiated after the Department received a copy of the U.S."
---
The Department of Justice launched an internal inquiry in 1993 into CIA involvement with [[The Finders]] and a potential FBI coverup of the group's operations. The inquiry was initiated after the Department received a copy of the U.S. Customs memo compiled by Special Agent [[Ramon J. Martinez]] on the raids of The Finders properties in February 1987.[^1]
Details of the inquiry were leaked to the Washington Times, which published an article in December 1993 citing both the U.S. Customs memo and the Metropolitan Police Department report on CIA involvement. The article reported that a Metropolitan Police document dated February 19, 1987, quoted a CIA agent confirming that the agency was sending personnel to a Finders Corp., [[Future Enterprises]], for training in computer operations. The Department of Justice investigation examined whether the FBI had improperly classified or suppressed evidence related to The Finders' activities in 1987.[^1]
The inquiry focused on multiple intelligence connections: [[Marion Pettie]]'s late wife [[Isabelle Pettie]] had been a CIA employee, one of his sons had worked for [[Air America]], and [[Future Enterprises]] had provided software training for CIA employees. The investigation's findings were not publicly released in full.[^1]
The inquiry focused on multiple intelligence connections uncovered during the investigation. [[Marion Pettie]], the leader of The Finders, had a late wife named [[Isabelle Pettie]] who had been a CIA employee. One of his sons had worked for [[Air America]], a CIA cutout used to traffic heroin during the Vietnam War. [[Future Enterprises]] had provided software training for CIA employees, and an employee of the company named [[Robert Garder Terrell]] was a member of The Finders who had been let go in February 1987. The convergence of these connections suggested a pattern of overlap between The Finders and the intelligence community.[^1]
### Dark Alliance Investigation
The Department of Justice inquiry represented a rare instance of internal government examination of potential intelligence community involvement in organized child abuse networks. The investigation's findings were not publicly released in full, and the case was ultimately closed without prosecution of intelligence personnel. The 2019 FBI release of heavily redacted case files included documents related to the 1993 inquiry, though much of the material remained classified or redacted.[^1]
In early 1982, CIA director [[William J. Casey]] and Attorney General [[William French Smith]] signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding that exempted the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] from reporting drug crimes committed by its non-employees, including agents, assets, and non-staff employees. Drug offenses were specifically removed from the list of crimes the CIA was required to report. The agreement remained in effect from 1982 to 1995. CIA Inspector General [[Fred Hitz]] testified that "the period of 1982 to 1995 was one in which there was no official requirement to report on allegations of drug trafficking with respect to non-employees of the agency."[^2]
### Protection of Danilo Blandón
The Justice Department accorded [[Danilo Blandon|Danilo Blandón]] extraordinary treatment, reducing his sentence from life to approximately twenty-eight months, dropping charges against his wife [[Chepita Blandon|Chepita]], and releasing him as a full-time paid informant. Assistant U.S. Attorney [[LJ Oneale]] filed motions to have Blandón's sentence secretly reduced twice.[^3]
O'Neale prosecuted [[Ricky Ross]] in [[San Diego]], filing a motion to prevent any mention of the CIA at trial, writing: "This matter, if true, would be classified." O'Neale admitted he had never checked with the CIA about Blandón's connections but insisted there was "absolutely no connection" between Blandón and the agency.[^4]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Dovey, S. (2023). Eye of the Chickenhawk. United States: Thehotstar.
[^1]: Dovey, S. (2023). *Eye of the Chickenhawk*. United States: Thehotstar.
[^2]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Epilogue: "The damage that has been done"
[^3]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 24: "They're gonna forget I was a drug dealer"
[^4]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 26: "That matter, if true, would be classified"

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- government
description: The Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) was the head of the U.S. intelligence community and the director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 1946 to 2005.
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) was a dual-hatted position that served as both the head of the U.S. intelligence community and the director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 1946 to 2005."
---
The Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) was a dual-hatted position that served as both the head of the U.S. intelligence community and the director of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] from 1946 to 2005. The DCI was responsible for coordinating intelligence activities across various U.S. government agencies.[^1]

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- Law Enforcement
- FBI
- Dark_Alliance_Investigation
description: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency.
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency."
---
The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. In the context of the *Remote Viewers* narrative, the FBI was aware of the [[STARGATE PROJECT|Grill Flame]] program and occasionally sought assistance from its remote viewers for counterintelligence situations.[^1]
The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. The FBI was aware of the [[STARGATE PROJECT|Grill Flame]] program and occasionally sought assistance from its remote viewers for counterintelligence situations.[^1]
One notable instance involved an FBI official seeking [[Norm Everheart]]'s help to investigate a Soviet Embassy official who was using a fishing pole in a suspicious manner. [[Joe McMoneagle]]'s remote viewing session accurately revealed that the fishing pole was being used to retrieve a dead-drop package from a military installation wall, helping the FBI break an important case. This demonstrated the potential utility of remote viewing in law enforcement and counterintelligence operations, even if the FBI itself did not directly task the psychics due to internal skepticism or religious objections.[^1]
### Psi Research Assistance
One notable instance involved an FBI official seeking [[Norm Everheart]]'s help to investigate a Soviet Embassy official using a fishing pole suspiciously. [[Joe McMoneagle]]'s remote viewing session accurately revealed the pole was being used to retrieve a dead-drop package, helping the FBI break an important case.[^1]
### Dark Alliance Investigation
During the Contra war, the FBI investigated — and in some cases suppressed — connections between [[Contras|Contra]] supporters and [[cocaine]] trafficking. In 1982, the FBI identified [[Fernando Sanchez|Fernando Sánchez]] and [[Horacio Pereira]] as cocaine suppliers to the Contra drug operation in [[San Francisco]]. In 1987, Contra supporter [[Dennis Ainsworth]] told the FBI that [[Norwin Meneses]] "ran one of the major distributions in the U.S. He was national. And he was totally protected." The FBI took no apparent action.[^2]
Between 1983 and 1986, the FBI opened five separate investigations of [[Ronald Lister]] for trafficking in illegal weapons. In September 1983, [[Pyramid International Security Consultants]] came under FBI scrutiny for Neutrality Act violations involving weapons sales to [[El Salvador]] and Saudi loans. Despite the Saudi government's involvement in financing covert operations, "no further information was ever developed."[^3]
### Operation Front Door and Iran-Contra
In November 1986, FBI agent [[Douglas Aukland|Aukland]] was assigned to "Operation Front Door," the FBI's Iran-Contra probe. He investigated connections between Lister and [[Oliver North]]'s arms ring, but the FBI's Los Angeles office declared there was "no connection." The next month the FBI learned Lister had told a neighbor he "worked for Oliver North and [Richard] Secord, and had sent arms shipments to the Contras." That lead was not pursued.[^4]
### Operation Perico and the Meneses Case
In early 1987, the Costa Rican DEA sent Norwin Meneses into [[Danilo Blandon|Blandón]]'s drug ring under "Operation Perico" without informing the FBI agents investigating the case. San Francisco FBI agents presented U.S. Attorney [[Joseph Russoniello]] with a prosecution memo charging Meneses with running a continuing criminal enterprise. Russoniello's office rejected the proposal within a week, citing a "cooperation agreement" that Justice Department investigators later determined never existed.[^4]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Schnabel, Jim. *Remote Viewers*. Dell, 1997.
[^1]: Schnabel, Jim. *Remote Viewers*. Dell, 1997.
[^2]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Prologue: "It was like they didn't want to know"
[^3]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 6: "They were doing their patriotic duty"
[^4]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 20: "It is a sensitive matter"

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category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is a bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury that collects and analyzes information about financial transactions to combat domestic and international money laundering, terrorist financing, and..."
---
The [[Financial Crimes Enforcement Network|FinCen]] is a bureau of the [[United States Department of the Treasury|U.S. Department of the Treasury]] that collects and analyzes information about financial transactions to combat domestic and international money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crimes.[^1]
[[Michael Riconosciuto]] expressed a strong desire to communicate with someone from [[Financial Crimes Enforcement Network|FinCen]], believing they had the necessary expertise to understand his claims about high-level financial illicit activities. He requested that [[J.H.]], an [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent, connect him with a "technical guy that speaks my language" from [[Financial Crimes Enforcement Network|FinCen]]. Riconosciuto claimed he could "unmask the whole operation" of how illicit cash flow was handled daily, including details about the [[Wackenhut Corporation|Wackenhut]] people, the [[Workers Bank]] in [[Colombia]], and "virtual dead-drops" used to circumvent ACH reconciliations.[^1]
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Despite Riconosciuto's repeated requests and offers, nothing was forthcoming from [[J.H.]] regarding a connection to [[Financial Crimes Enforcement Network|FinCen]] or entry into the Witness Protection Program.[^1]
---
## Footnotes
### Footnotes
[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.

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created: 2025-07-22
updated: 2025-07-22
title: Fort Meade
tags:
- Organization
- Government
- Military
- Intelligence
- USA
- Maryland
description: Fort George G. Meade is a United States Army installation in Maryland, serving as a key center for intelligence and security operations, and a primary location for the Stargate Project.
---
[[Fort Meade]] (officially Fort George G. Meade) is a United States Army installation located in Maryland, approximately twenty-five miles northeast of Washington, D.C. It is a sprawling, town-like base that houses, among other things, the [[NSA]], the U.S. First Army, and a part of the Army's [[United States Army Intelligence and Security Command|Intelligence and Security Command]] (INSCOM).[^1]
Fort Meade served as a primary location for the [[STARGATE PROJECT]], the U.S. Army's secret psychic research program. The remote viewing unit, initially codenamed [[STARGATE PROJECT|Gondola Wish]] and later [[STARGATE PROJECT|Grill Flame]], was established here in 1977. The unit's offices were initially located in building 4554, and later moved to buildings 2560 and 2561 on Llewellyn Street, which were refurbished by the remote viewers themselves to create quiet, secure spaces for their sessions.[^1]
Key figures in the [[STARGATE PROJECT]], such as [[Frederick Atwater|Skip Atwater]], [[Murray Watt|Scotty Watt]], [[Mel Riley]], [[Joe McMoneagle]], and [[Ken Bell]], were stationed at Fort Meade. The base served as the operational hub for many of the remote viewing missions, with tasking requests originating from various offices throughout the U.S. intelligence community.[^1]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Schnabel, Jim. *Remote Viewers*. Dell, 1997.

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- USA
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summary: "The Iran Group was a Central Intelligence Agency group headed by Robert Gates. It was created as a result of the October 1980 Paris meeting, and its members, including George Cave, were involved with Israel in arms sales to Iran.[^1]"
---
The [[Iran Group]] was a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] group headed by [[Robert Gates]]. It was created as a result of the October 1980 [[Paris meeting]], and its members, including [[George Cave]], were involved with [[Israel|Israelis]] in arms sales to [[Iran]].[^1]
The [[Iran Group]] was a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] group headed by [[Robert Gates]]. It was created as a result of the October 1980 [[Paris Summit Meeting]], and its members, including [[George Cave]], were involved with [[Israel|Israelis]] in arms sales to [[Iran]].[^1]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992. (Hereafter, "Profits of War")
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.

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- Research Institution
- Military
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is a not-for-profit university-affiliated research center that serves as a technical resource for the Department of Defense, NASA, and other government agencies."
---
# Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is a not-for-profit university-affiliated research center that serves as a technical resource for the [[Department of Defense]], [[NASA]], and other government agencies. In the context of the [[Cold War]], APL scientists were assigned to oversee [[Project Pandora]], a classified program initiated by [[ARPA]] to duplicate the effects of the [[Moscow Signal]][^1].
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is a not-for-profit university-affiliated research center that serves as a technical resource for the [[Department of Defense]], [[NASA]], and other government agencies. In the context of the [[Cold War]], APL scientists were assigned to oversee [[Project Pandora]], a classified program initiated by [[DARPA]] to duplicate the effects of the [[Moscow Signal]][^1].
Under the direction of [[Richard S. Cesaro]], APL scientists constructed an elaborate facility inside the [[Walter Reed Army Institute of Research]]. Here, primates were irradiated with microwave beams with a power density similar to that of the Moscow Signal. Cesaro became convinced of the harmful nature of these beams, concluding they adversely affected the internal organs, including the brain, of primates, and could lead to conditions like [[Alzheimer's Disease]][^1].
APL was also involved in a $1 million study funded by the [[State Department]] to investigate the health effects on [[U.S. Embassy in Moscow]] personnel exposed to the Moscow Signal. This study, released in November 1978, found "no convincing evidence" that employees suffered "adverse health effects as of the time of this analysis," a finding that was controversial given the concerns raised by scientists like Cesaro and [[Allan H. Frey]][^1].
## Footnotes
### Footnotes
[^1]: Jacobsen, Annie. *Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis*. Little, Brown and Company, 2017.

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category: "U.S. Government"
tags:
- Organization
- Organization/Law_Enforcement
- United_States
- Los_Angeles
- 1980s
- Dark_Alliance_Investigation
summary: Municipal police department that witnessed but failed to identify the emergence of crack cocaine in South Central L.A. in 1982.
---
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) was the municipal law enforcement agency responsible for policing [[Los Angeles]] during the period when [[Ricky Ross|"Freeway" Ricky Ross]] built the city's first major [[Crack Cocaine]] distribution network.[^1] Street-level officers witnessed crack's emergence in South Central L.A. in 1982 but were unable to identify what they were seeing, and department leadership showed little interest in investigating.
### First Encounters with Crack
Former LAPD narcotics detective Steve Polak, who was riding the streets of [[South Central Los Angeles|South Central]] at the time crack first appeared, described the confusion: "We didn't know what it was. I was there as a cop in uniform. I was stopping people on the streets and seeing these rocks. I'd see them throwing these rocks, these little things, and I'd go, 'What the fuck is this?' I didn't know what the fuck it was, you know?" When Polak asked, people told him the rocks were bleached peanuts. "I'd put the handcuffs on them and I'd say, 'You know this is dope. I carry bleached peanuts all the time in my pocket and throw them away when I see the cops, so, you know, come on, give me a break.'"[^1]
Polak also observed users with improvised crack pipes: "We were stopping these people and they had these little bottles of Puerto Rican rum and little glass pipes and what we called a torch, a torn-off piece of a coat hanger with a cotton swab wrapped around it. What they were doing was dipping the swab in the rum because of its high alcohol content and then they'd put the rock on top of the glass pipe and then they'd flame [the swab] up." Once users learned police were catching on, "We'd drive by and see them put their hands in their mouths. And we'd come back an hour later and they'd either be overdosed or wired like a motherfucker, jumping all around like little tops."[^1]
Ross claimed LAPD was largely unaware of his operations: "They mighta got some dude with a few rocks in his pocket, but the LAPD didn't know nothing about what was really goin' on. The LAPD didn't mess with us at all."[^1]
### Arrest of Ricky Ross
LAPD arrested Ross for grand theft auto on March 19, 1982, after finding a Mercedes Benz in his garage with mismatched parts. Ross hired attorney [[Alan Fenster]], who got the charge dismissed. Ross was also arrested for burglary and disorderly conduct on July 7, 1978, though charges were dismissed.[^1]
### Rock House Raids
After [[Andy Furillo]]'s November 1984 Los Angeles Times story about the crack explosion, an embarrassed LAPD launched raids on several dozen rock houses in South Central. On December 13, 1984, a diversionary explosion police set off during a raid on a West Sixtieth Street rock house killed a woman who happened to be walking by at the wrong time.[^2]
### Weapons Seizures
An LAPD summary of searches at locations associated with Ricky Ross, prepared by Deputy Chief Glenn Levant, documented that "numerous 9-mm Uzies [sic] were seized, along with an AK-47 assault rifle, a fully automatic Mac-11 machine gun, a fully automatic machine gun complete with silencer, and state-of-the-art handguns, rifles and shotguns." By 1987 the department listed "weapons sales" as among Ross's various enterprises. The weapons had been supplied by [[Danilo Blandon|Danilo Blandón]] through [[Ronald Lister]] and the [[Mundy Security Group]].[^2]
### Disbanding the Anticrack Task Force
In October 1986, about a week after the [[Iran-Contra Affair]] began, the LAPD quietly disbanded its thirty-two-member anticrack task force in South Central Los Angeles. Chief Darrell Gates told the [[Los Angeles Times]] the task force was needed "in other parts of the city" but assured residents they were not being abandoned. Reverend Charles Mims, a South Central minister, observed: "It seems illogical to move this task force from what most everybody grants is the most active rock cocaine area on earth."[^3]
### Understanding of the Crack Market
By 1986, despite three years of the crack epidemic raging in South Central, drug agents still had very little understanding of its dynamics. Many narcotics detectives assumed the normal rules of the drug trade did not apply to crack because the marketplace appeared disorganized and fragmented. "We haven't encountered any major network. We're conducting these little skirmishes. It's very frustrating," one narcotics detective complained to the Los Angeles Times in early August 1986. DEA intelligence eventually revealed that "what looked like independent street corner pushers were actually the bottom rung of carefully managed organizations." The [[LASD Major Violators]] squad, using intelligence from the flipped [[Torres Brothers|Torres brothers]], reached the same conclusion: through two dealers named Rick and Ollie, the gangs had established a direct pipeline to the Colombian cartels. The circle was small, which was why its bosses had escaped detection for so many years.[^3]
### Freeway Rick Task Force
On January 12, 1987, the LAPD and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department formally joined forces to create the Freeway Rick Task Force, one of the few times in L.A. law enforcement history that a single individual was the target of a multi-jurisdictional squad. The LAPD contributed four detectives to join five from the sheriff's department, led by Sergeant [[Robert Sobel]] of Majors I. Detective [[Steve Polak]], who had worked South Central streets since the dawn of crack, was among the LAPD contingent. Deputy LAPD chief Glenn Levant called the task force "a model for other jurisdictions to follow to attack mid-level cocaine trafficking in California."[^4]
The task force's tactics became increasingly aggressive. Detectives beat Ricky Ross's partner [[Ollie Newell]], smothering him with a plastic bag. They planted a kilo of [[cocaine]] on Ross after a foot chase in April 1987, with Polak retrieving the drugs from his trunk and claiming Ross had dropped them. After Ross's arrest, task force members visited him in jail and, on a tape recording, discussed their frame-up of him. A forensic expert found eleven erasures on the tape. After hearing the recording, the judge threw all charges out of court.[^4]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 8: "A million hits is not enough"
[^2]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 10: "Teach a man a craft and he's liable to practice it"
[^3]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 14: "It's bigger than I can handle"
[^4]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 20: "It is a sensitive matter"

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category: "U.S. Government"
tags:
- Organization
- Organization/Law_Enforcement
- United_States
- Los_Angeles
- 1980s
- Dark_Alliance_Investigation
summary: Elite narcotics units of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department that investigated the Blandon-Ross cocaine network and were considered among the best drug detectives in the nation.
---
The [[Los Angeles]] County Sheriff's Department (LASD) Major Violators squads (Majors I, II, and III) were elite narcotics investigation units considered some of the best drug detectives in the nation during the 1980s. They investigated the [[Danilo Blandon|Blandón]]-[[Ricky Ross|Ross]] cocaine network, the largest crack distribution operation uncovered in Los Angeles up to that time.[^1]
### Structure and Resources
The squads worked out of trailers at the Whittier and Lennox stations, each team of seven or eight detectives commanded by a sergeant. Majors II was headed by Sergeant Edward Huffman. Former lieutenant Mike Fossey served as unit supervisor and intelligence officer. "The Majors were hot shit," said Bell PD detective [[Jerry Guzzetta]]. "They had all the resources, they had the funding, they had the manpower, they had the surveillance equipment, the night vision stuff, the helicopters, the overtime. They had everything." Any cop with ambition lusted for assignment to the Majors. They got the biggest cases, seized the largest amounts of cash and cocaine, and worked virtually unsupervised.[^1]
L.A. defense attorney Jay Lichtman described them as "really the cream of the crop, the elite, the top officers of the Sheriff's Department." Since 1982 they had tangled with the Mexican mafia, street gangs, [[Medellin Cartel|Medellín cartel]] cells, and international money launderers.[^1]
### Culture
The squads also won notoriety for boozy off-duty carousing. A drunken crew member once pulled out a pistol at a restaurant to hurry along a lazy waiter. Deputy Daniel Garner, regarded as the best drug detective in the department, relieved himself on the pants leg of an aspiring narcotics officer he deemed unworthy of joining the Majors.[^1]
### The Blandon-Ross Investigation
When Bell PD detective Jerry Guzzetta realized his "[[Project Sahara]]" investigation exceeded his capacity, his chief arranged for him to team with Majors II. Guzzetta's reports landed on the desk of Detective [[Thomas Gordon]], a sixteen-year veteran. The squad analyzed the [[Torres Brothers|Torres brothers]]' intelligence and reached the conclusion that the L.A. crack market was far more disciplined than anyone had imagined. Through two Black dealers named Rick and Ollie, the gangs had established a direct pipeline to the Colombian cartels, with access to unlimited cocaine. The Majors now had names and addresses of everyone at the top of the distribution chain - from Colombian importers to Nicaraguan middlemen to Black wholesalers controlling the [[South Central Los Angeles|South Central]] marketplace.[^1]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 14: "It's bigger than I can handle"

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created: 2024-04-26
updated: 2024-04-27
updated: 2026-05-01
title: LEAA
tags:
- Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
- Organization
- PROMIS
- INSLAW
description: The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) funded PROMIS, a case management software, and supported its expansion. LEAA was shut down in 1982, leading to funding issues for INSLAW, which later faced bankruptcy after a contract with the U.S. Department of Justice.
description: The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration funded PROMIS and its national expansion through grants to INSLAW and adopting jurisdictions. Its abolition in 1982 forced INSLAW into the DOJ contract that led to the company's bankruptcy and the PROMIS Software Scandal.
category: U.S. Government
summary: The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration was a federal agency created by the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 that provided hundreds of millions of dollars in grants for law enforcement and judicial assistance programs, including the original PROMIS case management software.
---
> [!WARNING] INCOMPLETE RESEARCH
> This page is a placeholder and requires extensive additions.
The **Law Enforcement Assistance Administration** (LEAA) was a federal agency created by the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, signed by President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]. It provided grants for programs to further law enforcement and judicial assistance across the United States, disbursing hundreds of millions of dollars to state and local criminal justice agencies, research organizations, and technology projects over its operational life.[^1]
The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration was funded by a 1968 omnibus crime bill from [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and provided hundreds of millions of dollars of grants for programs to further law enforcement and judicial assistance within the United States.
### PROMIS and INSLAW Funding
[[PROMIS]] was started with an exploratory grant by the LEAA to the [[U.S. Attorney's office]] DC to create a case management software system. The program was considered "examplary" and the LEAA invested heavily in expanding PROMIS both funding [[INSLAW]] (as up to 80% of their income) and providing grants for municipalities who would transfer to PROMIS. In August 1971, LEAA head [[Jerris Leonard]] wrote 1,300 letters to most of the prosecutors in the country telling them about PROMIS and encouraging them to adopt a similar system. Later LEAA head [[Charles R. Work]] (who was head of the program that created PROMIS along with [[Joan E. Jacoby]] and [[Bill Hamilton]]) would also extensively promote the program through funding of the [[National Center for Prosecution Management]] as well as direct grants to INSLAW and municipalities who would transfer into the PROMIS software.
LEAA funded the original [[PROMIS]] software development, beginning with an exploratory grant to the [[U.S. Attorney's office|DC U.S. Attorney's Office]] in 1969 to create a case management system. After PROMIS was declared an "exemplary project," LEAA invested heavily in expanding the system, funding [[INSLAW]] (the [[Institute for Law and Social Research]]) for enhancements and providing transfer grants to municipalities adopting the software. At peak, LEAA grants accounted for up to 80 percent of INSLAW's operating income. In August 1971, LEAA Administrator [[Jerris Leonard]] wrote to approximately 1,300 prosecutors nationwide encouraging adoption of PROMIS-style systems.[^1]
In 1981, [[Jimmy Carter]] slashed the government budget and the LEAA's grants were in trouble. The election of [[Reagan administration|Ronald Reagan]] provided hope that the LEAA would be resurrected with Reagan's tough on crime stance, but instead the organization was fully shut down in 1982 with some parts reorganized into other areas of the [[U.S. Department of Justice]].
[[Charles R. Work]] — who had served as a co-director of the original PROMIS development project alongside [[Joan E. Jacoby]] and [[Bill Hamilton]] — later became a senior LEAA official and promoted PROMIS adoption through both the [[National Center for Prosecution Management]] and direct grants to INSLAW and adopting municipalities.[^1]
This caused a crisis of funding for [[INSLAW]] who soon after entered into the contract with the [[U.S. Department of Justice]] that would eventually bankrupt the company.
LEAA also funded the PROMIS Research Project, a multi-year empirical criminal justice research initiative through three successive grants (74-NI-99-0008, 75-NI-99-0111, 76-NI-99-0118) that produced 17 published research reports analyzing approximately 100,000 cases processed through the District of Columbia court system.[^2]
### Reorganization and Abolition
By the late 1970s, Congress had begun reassessing LEAA's effectiveness and cost. The Justice System Improvement Act of 1979 (Public Law 96-157) restructured LEAA's functions and created successor entities. LEAA was formally abolished and its programs were transferred to the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), and the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), all under the [[Department of Justice]], in 1982.[^1]
The loss of LEAA funding created a crisis for [[INSLAW]]. Without the grants that had sustained the company's operations, [[Bill Hamilton]] incorporated INSLAW as a for-profit Delaware corporation in January 1981 and sought to commercialize PROMIS. The company's search for replacement revenue led directly to the March 1982 implementation contract with the DOJ's [[Executive Office for United States Attorneys]] — the contract whose execution became the central dispute in the [[PROMIS Software Scandal]].[^2]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Justice System Improvement Act of 1979, Public Law 96-157, 93 Stat. 1167 (December 27, 1979); Office of Justice Programs, National Criminal Justice Reference Service, historical records.
[^2]: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary. *The INSLAW Affair: Investigative Report.* House Report 102-857, 102nd Congress, 2nd Session, September 10, 1992.

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tags:
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- law-enforcement
- contra-war
summary: The Laguna Beach Police Department employed Ron Lister, a former officer who became Danilo Blandón's partner in drug trafficking and weapons procurement with claimed CIA connections.
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The Laguna Beach Police Department employed [[Ron Lister]], a former officer who became [[Danilo Blandon|Danilo Blandón]]'s partner in drug trafficking and weapons procurement with claimed [[Central Intelligence Agency]] connections. When investigators later sought Lister's personnel files, they discovered the records had been purged.[^1]
### Ron Lister's Background
The Torres brothers told investigators that "Blandón is working with an ex-Laguna Beach police officer by the name of Ronnie, who lives in an expensive house in Mission Viejo and drives a new Mercedes automobile. Ronnie transported 100 kilos of [[cocaine]] to the Black market and has transported millions of dollars to [[Miami]] for Danilo Blandón." Lister operated Mundy Security Group Inc., incorporated in Laguna Beach in mid-1983, which provided cover for his weapons procurement activities. He claimed to have high-level CIA contacts at [[Fluor Corporation]] and told drug dealers his "friends in Washington" could make their legal problems disappear.[^2]
### Purged Records
When investigators contacted the Laguna Beach Police Department about Lister's background, they were told that "the actual personnel files related to Ronald Lister no longer existed. All the information and documents in the Lister file had been purged, with the exception of the original employment application." The destruction of records prevented investigators from establishing Lister's full background and connections.[^3]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Ch. 9.
[^2]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Ch. 9.
[^3]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Ch. 9.

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description: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is a U.S. federal research facility responsible for nuclear weapons research and development, which also had a brief involvement with psychic phenomena.
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a U.S. federal research facility located in Livermore, California. It is one of the two primary institutions responsible for America's nuclear weapons research and development."
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[[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]] (LLNL) is a U.S. federal research facility located in Livermore, California. It is one of the two primary institutions responsible for America's nuclear weapons research and development. The lab employs thousands of physicists and support personnel and maintains a high level of security.[^1]

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category: "U.S. Government"
tags:
- organization
- law-enforcement
- contra-war
summary: The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department played a key role in investigating the Contra-connected cocaine network, arresting Danilo Blandón before being ordered to release him and return seized evidence.
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The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) played a key role in investigating the Contra-connected [[cocaine]] network, arresting [[Danilo Blandon|Danilo Blandón]] before being ordered to release him and return seized evidence. The department's [[LASD Major Violators]] unit, known as "the Majors," partnered with federal agents on the investigation that nearly exposed the Contra drug connection.[^1]
### The Blandón Investigation
When the Torres brothers began revealing details about Blandón's connections to the [[Contras]] and airfields in [[New Orleans]] and Brownsville, [[Texas]], where Contra cocaine was allegedly being flown in under armed guard, LAPD detective [[Steve Polak]] realized he was out of his league. His chief asked him to team up with one of the L.A. County Sheriff's Major Violators squads. The partnership led to raids on Blandón's operations and the seizure of cocaine, cash, and weapons.[^2]
### The CIA Intervention
A cable from the CIA's [[Los Angeles]] office marked "Immediate Director" stated that "Three individuals claiming CIA affiliation have been arrested by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department on narcotics related charges." After the raid, the investigation was shut down from above. Seized evidence was returned to Blandón and [[Ron Lister]] within days. Documents disappeared. Blandón was released without charges. The LASD's investigation was effectively quashed by CIA intervention, preventing the exposure of Contra-connected drug trafficking on the West Coast.[^3]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Ch. 17.
[^2]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Ch. 17.
[^3]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Ch. 9.

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- Military Health
description: The Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory (NAMRL) conducts research to address health and performance challenges in aerospace environments, focusing on areas like spatial disorientation, fatigue, and aircrew physiology. Equipped with advanced facilities, it supports military readiness and safety under the leadership of Dr. Richard Arnold.
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The United States Navy Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory (NAMRL) at NAMRU-D conducts basic and applied research and development in the biomedical and allied sciences to better understand and mitigate challenges and threats aerospace operational..."
---
The [[United States Navy|Naval]] Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory (NAMRL) at [[NAMRU-D]] conducts basic and applied research and development in the biomedical and allied sciences to better understand and mitigate challenges and threats aerospace operational environments pose to service member health, safety, readiness, and performance.

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category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The United States Navy Medical Research Unit Dayton is one of the eight laboratories within the Department of Defense's Navy Medicine Research & Development Enterprise."
---
The [[United States Navy|Naval]] Medical Research Unit Dayton is one of the eight laboratories within the Department of Defense's Navy Medicine Research & Development Enterprise. As a subordinate command to Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC), NAMRU DAYTON is home of the Environmental Health Effects Laboratory (EHEL) and the Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory (NAMRL). They are located at [[Wright-Patterson Air Force Base]], Ohio.[^1]
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- NSA
- Signals Intelligence
description: The National Security Agency (NSA) is a U.S. intelligence agency responsible for global monitoring, collection, and processing of information and data for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes.
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The National Security Agency (NSA) is a U.S. intelligence agency primarily responsible for signals intelligence (SIGINT) and cybersecurity."
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> [!INFO] THIS IS NOT WIKIPEDIA
> This page is not all encompassing. The organization is obviously much larger and more detailed than the scope of this page. Consequently, only general information and details relevant to other research thrusts are included.

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> This page is a placeholder and requires extensive additions.
---
category: "U.S. Government"
created: 2024-04-26
updated: 2026-05-01
tags:
- Organization
- PROMIS
- INSLAW
- LEAA
summary: "The National Center for Prosecution Management was a nonprofit corporation established by the Department of Justice with LEAA funding in December 1971 to provide technical and management assistance to prosecutors nationwide, promote adoption of the PROMIS software system, and conduct research on the prosecution function, with Joan E. Jacoby as its first Executive Director."
---
The National Center for Prosecution Management (NCPM) was a nonprofit corporation established by the [[Department of Justice]] with [[LEAA]] funding in December 1971. Its mandate was to provide management and technical assistance to prosecutors nationwide, promote adoption of the [[PROMIS]] software system, and conduct research on prosecution practices and criminal justice administration.[^1]
In December of 1971, [[LEAA]] provided $292,925 to form the National Center for Prosecution Management, a nonprofit that was to act as the onboarding organization to get municipalities to convert to [[PROMIS]]. In 1972 they received an additional $68,675 to finance the development of technical manuals on case screening and paperwork flow, and $54,057 to develop a technical assistance program.
### Founding and Leadership
In 1973, LEAA awarded the Center a total of $ 528,365- including $296,462 for operations, $159,564 to produce another four manuals, and $72,339 to expand technical assistance.
LEAA provided an initial grant of $292,925 in December 1971 to establish the Center. Subsequent grants funded specific program areas: $68,675 in 1972 for technical manuals on case screening and paperwork flow, and $54,057 for a technical assistance program. In 1973 LEAA awarded the Center $528,365 total -- $296,462 for operations, $159,564 for four additional manuals, and $72,339 to expand technical assistance.[^1]
[[Joan E. Jacoby]] was the first Executive Director of the center with [[James M. Etheridge]] as the Deputy Director, both worked to create the first version of PROMIS and cooperated closely with [[Charles R. Work]], [[Bill Hamilton]], and [[INSLAW]] to expand PROMIS systems.
[[Joan E. Jacoby]], who had co-directed the original 1969 PROMIS design team, served as the Center's first Executive Director. [[James M. Etheridge]], also a member of the original 1969 team, served as Deputy Director. Both worked closely with [[Charles R. Work]], [[Bill Hamilton]], and [[INSLAW]] to expand PROMIS implementation across the country.[^1]
The Executive Board of the National Center for Prosecution Management is composed of Preston Trimble, District Attorney of Norman, Okla.; William Randall, County Attorney of St. Paul, Minn.; James Garber, Chief of the Criminal Division, Wayne County, Mich.; Patrick Healy, Executive Director of the National District Attorneys Association (NDAA), Chicago, Ill.; George Van Hoomissen, Dean of the National College of District Attorneys, Houston, Tex.; Ernest C. Friesen, Executive Director of the Institute for Court Management, Denver, Colo.; and Judge Joseph Wapner, Superior Court, Los Angeles, Calif.
### Executive Board
Carol S. Vance, President of the NDAA and the District Attorney of Harris County, Tex., is an ad hoc member of the Executive Board.
The Center's executive board was composed of leading figures from prosecutorial and judicial administration: Preston Trimble (District Attorney of Norman, Oklahoma); William Randall (County Attorney of St. Paul, Minnesota); James Garber (Chief of the Criminal Division, Wayne County, Michigan); Patrick Healy (Executive Director of the National District Attorneys Association, Chicago); George Van Hoomissen (Dean of the National College of District Attorneys, Houston); Ernest C. Friesen (Executive Director of the Institute for Court Management, Denver); and Judge [[Joseph Wapner]] (Superior Court, Los Angeles). Carol S. Vance (President of the National District Attorneys Association and District Attorney of Harris County, Texas) served as an ad hoc board member.[^1]
### Footnotes
[^1]: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary. *The INSLAW Affair: Investigative Report.* House Report 102-857, 102nd Congress, 2nd Session, September 10, 1992.

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- Intelligence
- USA
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The National Photo Interpretation Center (NPIC) was a U.S. intelligence agency established in December 1961, with Arthur C. Lundahl in charge."
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The National Photo Interpretation Center (NPIC) was a U.S. intelligence agency established in December 1961, with [[Arthur C. Lundahl]] in charge. Its mission was to provide more sophisticated photo intelligence, including huge photographic mosaics of areas like [[Israel]], capturing nuclear facilities such as [[Dimona]].[^1]

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- National Security
- Presidential
description: The National Security Council (NSC) is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his or her senior national security advisors and Cabinet officials.
- Dark_Alliance_Investigation
description: The National Security Council (NSC) is the principal forum used by the President for considering national security and foreign policy matters, which under the Reagan administration became an operational intelligence agency running Oliver North's illegal Contra supply network.
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The National Security Council (NSC) is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for considering national security and foreign policy matters with senior advisors and Cabinet officials.[^1]"
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The [[National Security Council]] (NSC) is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his or her senior national security advisors and Cabinet officials. In the context of the [[STARGATE PROJECT|Grill Flame]] program, the NSC was a key customer for remote viewing taskings, particularly during the [[Jimmy Carter]] administration.[^1]
The [[National Security Council]] (NSC) is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for considering national security and foreign policy matters with senior advisors and Cabinet officials.[^1]
During the late 1970s, the NSC, through staff members like Navy Lieutenant Commander Jake Stewart, tasked remote viewers with highly sensitive intelligence problems, including the remote viewing of a new Soviet Typhoon-class submarine under construction at the port of Severodvinsk. The accuracy of these remote viewing sessions, particularly those conducted by [[Joe McMoneagle]], sparked debate within the NSC regarding the value of psychic intelligence, with some officials, like [[Robert Gates]], remaining skeptical, while others, like Stewart, became strong proponents.[^1]
### Psi Research
During the late 1970s, the NSC tasked remote viewers with highly sensitive intelligence problems, including the remote viewing of a new Soviet Typhoon-class submarine at Severodvinsk. The accuracy of sessions by [[Joe McMoneagle]] sparked debate within the NSC regarding the value of psychic intelligence.[^1]
### Modern UAP Involvement
[[Luis Elizondo]] managed [[Special Access Programs]] (SAPs) for the NSC during his career in the [[Department of Defense]]. The NSC has been briefed on the [[Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena]] (UAP) issue by the [[UAP Task Force]] and its successor, the [[All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office]] (AARO). The involvement of the NSC highlights the fact that the UAP issue is considered a serious national security concern at the highest levels of the U.S. government.[^2]
[[Luis Elizondo]] managed Special Access Programs for the NSC during his career. The NSC has been briefed on the [[Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena]] issue by the [[UAP Task Force]] and its successor, the [[All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office]].[^2]
### Dark Alliance Investigation
Under the Reagan administration, the NSC became an operational intelligence agency based inside the White House. It ran [[Oliver North]]'s illegal Contra supply network, known as "The Enterprise," after Congress cut off military aid through the [[Boland Amendment]]. CIA records showed that Hangar No. 4 at [[Ilopango Airbase]] was used by the Agency for covert Contra operations until it was turned over to the NSC and North's network in 1985.[^3]
CIA agent [[Moises Nunez|Dagoberto Nuñez]] revealed that since 1985 he had engaged in a clandestine relationship with the NSC, and refused to elaborate on narcotics trafficking because of the specific tasks he had performed at the NSC's direction. CIA headquarters ordered an immediate halt to his questioning.[^4]
The NSC's role became public after the October 1986 shootdown of a CIA cargo plane over [[Nicaragua]], exposing the [[Iran-Contra Affair]]. North was indicted on sixteen felony counts. The scandal revealed the NSC had been selling arms to [[Iran]] and diverting profits to the [[Contras]] in direct violation of congressional prohibitions.[^3]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Schnabel, Jim. *Remote Viewers*. Dell, 1997.
[^2]: Elizondo, Luis. *Imminent*. William Morrow, 2024.
[^2]: Elizondo, Luis. *Imminent*. William Morrow, 2024.
[^3]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 15 and Cast of Characters
[^4]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 14: "It's bigger than I can handle"

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- USA
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Nuclear Intelligence Panel (NIP) is a highly classified nuclear intelligence group within the U.S. government. Its members, including Harold M. Agnew and Louis H. Roddis, Jr."
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The Nuclear Intelligence Panel (NIP) is a highly classified nuclear intelligence group within the U.S. government. Its members, including [[Harold M. Agnew]] and [[Louis H. Roddis, Jr.]], conducted their own investigation into the 1979 [[VELA Satellite]] sighting and concluded that a low-yield nuclear weapon had most certainly been detonated. They were dismayed by the extent of White House interference in the investigation, which they believed was politically motivated to find a different explanation for the event.[^1]

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- Government
- USA
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is a U.S. government agency established in 1975, formed when the Atomic Energy Commission was dissolved."
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is a U.S. government agency established in 1975, formed when the [[Atomic Energy Commission|AEC]] was dissolved. It is responsible for regulating the nation's civilian use of nuclear materials and ensuring the public health and safety, common defense and security, and environmental protection. [[James H. Conran]], an analyst in the NRC, was assigned to write a history of nuclear safeguards and sought access to the [[Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation|NUMEC]] file, which was initially denied on security grounds.[^1]

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> Very difficult to find details for some reason. Repeated references are made to this organization but no information seems available.
The Office of Crime Analysis, Government of the District of Columbia seems to have been a very small governmental research group.
[[Joan E. Jacoby]] was Director during 1969 when she commissioned the initial [[PROMIS]] system for the [[U.S. Attorney's office]] via an [[LEAA]] grant. She remained director at least through 1972[^1]
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#### Footnotes
category: "U.S. Government"
created: 2024-04-26
updated: 2026-05-01
tags:
- Organization
- PROMIS
- INSLAW
- DC Government
summary: "The Office of Crime Analysis of the District of Columbia was a DC government research unit whose Director, Joan E. Jacoby, co-led the 1969 team that commissioned and designed the PROMIS software under a $60,000 LEAA grant, and later administered the National Center for Prosecution Management."
---
The Office of Crime Analysis of the District of Columbia was a small governmental research and analysis unit operating within the DC government. It had no federal counterpart and appears to have operated primarily to support criminal justice planning and prosecution management for the District.
[^1]: [The Prosecutor’s Charging Decision: A Policy Perspective](https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/35832NCJRS.pdf)
### Role in PROMIS Development
In 1969, the office administered the $60,000 LEAA grant (70-DF-047) to [[Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co]] that funded the design of the original [[PROMIS|Prosecutor's Management Information System (PROMIS)]] for the [[U.S. Attorney's office|DC U.S. Attorney's Office]]. [[Joan E. Jacoby]], then Director of the office, co-directed the design team alongside [[Charles R. Work]] (Deputy Chief of the Superior Court Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office), with [[Bill Hamilton]] of Peat Marwick serving as project manager. The resulting system was deployed January 1, 1971.[^1]
Jacoby remained Director of the office at least through 1972, overseeing early PROMIS operations and accompanying research. She subsequently became the first Executive Director of the [[National Center for Prosecution Management]], a nonprofit established by the [[Department of Justice]] with LEAA funding to provide technical assistance to prosecutors nationwide.[^2]
### Footnotes
[^1]: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary. *The INSLAW Affair: Investigative Report.* House Report 102-857, 102nd Congress, 2nd Session, September 10, 1992.
[^2]: Office of Justice Programs, National Criminal Justice Reference Service. "The Prosecutor's Charging Decision: A Policy Perspective." OJP Publication No. 35832. ojp.gov.

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- USA
description: The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is an agency within the U.S. Department of the Navy responsible for the science and technology programs of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is an agency within the U.S. Navy responsible for the science and technology programs of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps."
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The [[Office of Naval Research]] (ONR) is an agency within the [[U.S. Navy]] responsible for the science and technology programs of the [[U.S. Navy]] and Marine Corps. It funds basic and applied research to develop new technologies and capabilities for naval operations.[^1]

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description: The Office of Research and Development (ORD) was a more scientifically oriented office within the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology, involved in funding psi research.
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Office of Research and Development (CIA) (ORD) was a more scientifically oriented office within the Central Intelligence Agency's Directorate of Science and Technology."
---
The [[Office of Research and Development (CIA)]] (ORD) was a more scientifically oriented office within the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]'s Directorate of Science and Technology. Along with the [[Office of Technical Service|Office of Technical Service]] (OTS), ORD jointly handled the funding and contract management for the CIA's psi research, including the [[STARGATE PROJECT|Stargate Project]] at [[Stanford Research Institute|SRI]].[^1]

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- Government
- USA
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "Office of Science and Technology (OST) was a unit within the Central Intelligence Agency. By the mid-1960s, it was headed by Carl E. Duckett."
---
Office of Science and Technology (OST) was a unit within the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]. By the mid-1960s, it was headed by [[Carl E. Duckett]]. The OST became the routing point for interesting intelligence on [[Israel]]'s nuclear program from laboratories like [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]] and [[Los Alamos]].[^1]

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aliases: []
tags:
- Organization
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Office of Special Investigations (OSI) is an organizational unit within the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice. Its publicly declared mission is to locate and deport Nazi war criminals."
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The Office of Special Investigations (OSI) is an organizational unit within the Criminal Division of the [[United States Department of Justice|DOJ]]. Its publicly declared mission is to locate and deport Nazi war criminals.
The Office of Special Investigations (OSI) is an organizational unit within the Criminal Division of the [[Department of Justice|DOJ]]. Its publicly declared mission is to locate and deport Nazi war criminals.
In February 1994, [[Inslaw Corporation|Inslaw]] alleged for the first time that OSI was, in fact, the DOJ's own covert intelligence agency, with functions unrelated to its stated mission. These allegations claimed that OSI was at the center of various conspiracies, including the illegal dissemination of the proprietary version of [[PROMIS]] and the murder of [[Danny Casolaro]]. Inslaw asserted that OSI's Nazi war criminal program was a front for this secret intelligence service. Inslaw also claimed to have obtained a "Criminal Division Vendor List," which, according to their intelligence community informants, was actually a list of commercial organizations and individuals serving as "cutouts" for this secret agency. These charges were repeated in an Inslaw press release.[^1]
In February 1994, [[INSLAW|Inslaw]] alleged for the first time that OSI was, in fact, the DOJ's own covert intelligence agency, with functions unrelated to its stated mission. These allegations claimed that OSI was at the center of various conspiracies, including the illegal dissemination of the proprietary version of [[PROMIS]] and the murder of [[Danny Casolaro]]. Inslaw asserted that OSI's Nazi war criminal program was a front for this secret intelligence service. Inslaw also claimed to have obtained a "Criminal Division Vendor List," which, according to their intelligence community informants, was actually a list of commercial organizations and individuals serving as "cutouts" for this secret agency. These charges were repeated in an Inslaw press release.[^1]
The Special Counsel's investigation found these charges to be "fantasy" and "wholly unsubstantiated," lacking any credible corroborative evidence. The report noted that Inslaw relied solely on unnamed "reliable sources" and anonymous "senior Justice Department career officials," none of whom came forward for interviews. The Special Counsel interviewed [[Mark Richard]], Deputy Assistant Attorney General, whom Inslaw suggested oversaw OSI's covert operations. Richard stated that Inslaw's charges were "ridiculous" and that OSI was only involved in its stated mission and related projects. He categorically denied any involvement by OSI in covert operations, the dissemination of PROMIS, or the death of Mr. Casolaro, calling Inslaw's allegations slanderous. The investigation also found no evidence during its tenure that OSI engaged in the types of activities alleged by Inslaw.[^1]
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### Footnotes
[^1]: U.S. Department of Justice. *Report of Special Counsel Nicholas J. Bua to the Attorney General of the United States Regarding the Allegations of Inslaw, Inc.* March 1993. (Hereafter, "Bua Report")
[^1]: U.S. Department of Justice. *Report of Special Counsel Nicholas J. Bua to the Attorney General of the United States Regarding the Allegations of Inslaw, Inc.* March 1993.

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- World War II
description: The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was a wartime intelligence agency of the United States during World War II, and a precursor to the CIA.
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was a wartime intelligence agency of the United States during World War II."
---
The [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS) was a wartime intelligence agency of the [[United States]] during World War II. It was formed in 1942 to collect and analyze strategic information required by the Joint Chiefs of Staff and to conduct special operations not assigned to other agencies. The OSS was a precursor to the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]], which was established in 1947.[^1]

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- technology
description: The Office of Technical Service (OTS) was a division within the CIA responsible for technical assistance to spying and covert-action operations, often referred to as the "Q Branch" of the CIA.
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Office of Technical Service (OTS) was a division within the Central Intelligence Agency responsible for technical assistance to spying and covert-action operations. It was previously known as the Technical Services Division (TSD)."
---
The [[Office of Technical Service]] (OTS) was a division within the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] responsible for technical assistance to spying and covert-action operations. It was previously known as the Technical Services Division (TSD). OTS was often referred to as the "Q Branch" of the CIA, akin to the gadget-strewn division in the James Bond films.[^1]

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tags: ["Organization", "Government", "USA", "Financial Regulation"]
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is a U.S. government agency responsible for regulating and supervising all national banks and federal savings associations.[^1]"
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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is a U.S. government agency responsible for regulating and supervising all national banks and federal savings associations.[^1]
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In February 1978, an OCC officer, [[Joseph E. Vaez]], submitted a report on the [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International|BCCI]] that characterized it as a bank dangerously out of control.[^1] The OCC claimed to have "lost" this memo, and only released it after a congressional subpoena.[^2]
## Footnotes
### Footnotes
[^1]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 12.
[^2]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 382.

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- intelligence
- USA
description: The Operations Security Group (Opsec) was a U.S. Army unit focused on protecting sensitive operations from foreign espionage.
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Operations Security Group (Opsec) was a U.S. Army unit based at Fort Meade, Maryland, whose primary task was to protect sensitive operations from foreign espionage. This involved acting as a 'Red-Team,' literally spying on U.S."
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The [[Operations Security Group]] (Opsec) was a [[U.S. Army]] unit based at [[Fort Meade]], Maryland, whose primary task was to protect sensitive operations from foreign espionage. This involved acting as a "Red-Team," literally spying on U.S. military facilities to identify and correct security lapses.[^1]

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---
title: Pentagon
tags:
- Organization
- Government
- USA
- Military
- Dark_Alliance_Investigation
description: Headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense, epicenter of UAP secrecy, and the location where Enrique Bermúdez was invited to discuss forming a Contra army.
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense (DoD). It is the central location for the command and control of the U.S."
---
The [[Pentagon]] is the headquarters of the United States [[Department of Defense]] (DoD). It is the central location for the command and control of the U.S. armed forces and has been the epicenter of the government's long and complex history with the [[Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena]] (UAP) issue.[^1]
### Role in UAP Investigation and Secrecy
The Pentagon has been the home of the official government programs tasked with investigating UAP, including the [[Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program]] (AATIP), the [[UAP Task Force]], and the current [[All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office]] (AARO). However, it has also been the source of the institutional resistance and secrecy that has surrounded the UAP topic for decades.[^1]
The Pentagon has been the home of official government programs tasked with investigating UAP, including the [[Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program]] (AATIP), the [[UAP Task Force]], and the [[All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office]] (AARO). According to [[Luis Elizondo]], the Pentagon's culture of stigma around UAP made serious investigation nearly impossible.[^1]
According to [[Luis Elizondo]], the Pentagon is a labyrinth of bureaucratic silos and competing fiefdoms, where information is closely guarded and new or controversial topics are often met with hostility. He describes a culture where the stigma associated with UAP has made it nearly impossible to conduct a serious investigation, and where those who have tried have faced ridicule, reprisal, and career-ending threats.[^1]
The building has been the site of numerous key events in the UAP disclosure movement, including the initial briefings of [[Christopher Mellon]] by Elizondo and the internal battles over AATIP's funding.[^1]
The building has been the site of numerous key events in the UAP disclosure movement, including the initial briefings of [[Christopher Mellon]] by [[Luis Elizondo]], the internal battles over the funding and future of AATIP, and the efforts to brief senior leadership like Secretary of Defense [[James Mattis]]. It is also where the infamous "GIMBAL" and "GoFast" videos were first analyzed by a small group of intelligence officials.[^1]
The Pentagon is also alleged to be the home of the "[[Collins Elite]]," a group of religious fundamentalists who believe the UAP phenomenon is demonic, and the "[[Legacy Program]]," a deeply hidden effort to reverse-engineer recovered UAP technology.[^1]
### The "Collins Elite" and the "Legacy Program"
### Dark Alliance Investigation
The Pentagon is also alleged to be the home of two shadowy groups that have played a major role in the UAP cover-up: the "[[Collins Elite]]," a group of religious fundamentalists who believe the UAP phenomenon is demonic, and the "[[Legacy Program]]," a deeply hidden effort to reverse-engineer recovered UAP technology. These groups are said to have actively worked to sabotage official UAP investigations and to keep the truth about the phenomenon from the public and even from senior government officials.[^1]
The Pentagon was where [[Enrique Bermudez|Enrique Bermúdez]] was invited by a U.S. Air Force official to discuss forming a Contra army. The official told Bermúdez he had a friend at the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] who wanted to meet Nicaraguan exiles with military experience. The meeting was a key moment in the creation of the [[FDN]] Contra army, demonstrating that the U.S. military establishment was directly involved in forming the Contra force from its earliest days.[^2]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Elizondo, Luis. *Imminent*. William Morrow, 2024.
[^1]: Elizondo, Luis. *Imminent*. William Morrow, 2024.
[^2]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 5: "God, Fatherland and Freedom"

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- Research
- Nuclear
- USA
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "Sandia National Laboratories is a U.S. national laboratory that conducts research and development in nuclear weapons and other areas."
---
Sandia National Laboratories is a U.S. national laboratory that conducts research and development in nuclear weapons and other areas. By the late 1960s, much of the [[United States]]' primary analysis of nuclear intelligence had shifted to laboratories like Sandia and [[Los Alamos]], where intelligence units dealing with the [[Soviet Union]] and [[China]] had been set up after World War II. These units began monitoring the transfer of nuclear technology and countries viewed as "nth" nations, or near-nuclear countries.[^1]

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tags: ["Organization", "Government", "USA"]
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is a U.S. government agency responsible for regulating the securities markets and protecting investors.[^1]"
---
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is a U.S. government agency responsible for regulating the securities markets and protecting investors.[^1]
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The SEC filed suit against [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International|BCCI]], [[Agha Hasan Abedi]], [[Bert Lance]], and others in connection with the purchase of [[Financial General Bankshares]] stock.[^1] The nominees used by BCCI to secretly acquire Financial General Bankshares were summarily sued by the SEC for failing to declare that they were acting as a group.[^2]
## Footnotes
### Footnotes
[^1]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 12.
[^2]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 183.

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The [[Soto Cano Air Base]], also commonly known as Palmerola Air Base, is a joint [[Honduras]] and [[United States]] military base located near Comayagua in [[Honduras]], approximately 60 miles (97 km) from the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa. The airbase became operational in 1981.[^1]
### Operations and Significance
The [[United States]] military uses Soto Cano as a launching point for its war on drugs efforts in Central [[America]] as well as humanitarian aid missions throughout [[Honduras]] and Central [[America]]. A large concentration of U.S. troops and the Honduran Air Force academy utilize the airbase. The U.S. military's Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-B) is headquartered at Soto Cano, consisting of a Medical Element – Military Hospital, Army Forces, Air Force Forces, Joint Security Forces, and the 1st Battalion-228th Aviation Regiment (comprising approximately 18 aircraft, a mix of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and CH-47 Chinook helicopters).[^1]
### Political Context
The Honduran Constitution does not permit a permanent foreign presence in [[Honduras]]. A "handshake" agreement between the [[United States]] and [[Honduras]] allows the U.S. military's Joint Task Force (JTF-Bravo) to remain on a "semi-permanent" basis. This agreement, an annex to the 1954 military assistance agreement, can be abrogated with little notice.[^1]
[[Oliver North]] once used this air base as a base of operations for the [[Iran-Contra Affair|Contras]] in the 1980s. If President [[Manuel Zelaya]] had sided with [[Hugo Chávez]] militarily, the [[United States]] could have lost this airbase in [[Honduras]].[^1]
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### Footnotes
[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.

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- SIGINT
description: Staff D was a cryptically named office within the CIA specializing in small-scale signals intelligence collection, later known as the Office of SIGINT Operations.
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "Staff D was a cryptically named office within the Central Intelligence Agency specializing in small-scale SIGINT collection. It often worked closely with the Office of Technical Service (OTS)."
---
[[Staff D]] was a cryptically named office within the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] specializing in small-scale [[SIGINT|signals intelligence]] collection. It often worked closely with the Office of Technical Service (OTS). The chief of Staff D was [[Ed Rogers]], who was initially skeptical of incorporating psychic intelligence into operations due to the "giggle factor."[^1]

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- USA
- Diplomatic
- Foreign Policy
- Dark_Alliance_Investigation
description: The United States Department of State is the federal executive department responsible for the nation's foreign policy and international relations.
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The State Department serves as the federal executive department responsible for the United States' foreign policy and international relations."
---
The [[State Department]] serves as the federal executive department responsible for the [[United States]]' foreign policy and international relations.
### Middle East Policy and the Osirak Incident
In June 1981, following Israel's bombing of the Iraqi nuclear reactor at [[Osirak]], the State Department issued a formal condemnation, stating the attack "cannot but seriously add to the already tense situation in the area." This public stance, however, contradicted President [[Ronald Reagan]]'s private acceptance of the raid.[^2]
In June 1981, following Israel's bombing of the Iraqi nuclear reactor at [[Osirak bombing]], the State Department issued a formal condemnation. This public stance contradicted President [[Ronald Reagan]]'s private acceptance of the raid.[^2]
### The Moscow Signal Cover-Up
The State Department played a central role in managing the U.S. government's response to the [[Moscow Signal]], a microwave beam that the [[Soviet Union]] directed at the [[U.S. Embassy in Moscow]] from 1956-1976. The department established a classified program code-named the [[Moscow Viral Study]], ostensibly a "cytogenic testing program" designed to secretly conduct genetic testing on embassy personnel who had been exposed to the signal. Embassy employees were deliberately misled, being told they were merely being tested for a simple viral infection.[^3]
Despite scientific concerns about potential health effects from the Moscow Signal, the State Department publicly minimized the dangers and commissioned studies that concluded there was "no convincing evidence" of adverse health effects. This position became increasingly controversial as several U.S. ambassadors who had served in Moscow subsequently died of cancer. The department eventually terminated the secret testing program due to mounting concerns about conducting covert medical experiments on its own employees.[^3]
The State Department played a central role in managing the U.S. government's response to the [[Moscow Signal]], establishing a classified program code-named the [[Moscow Viral Study]] to secretly conduct genetic testing on embassy personnel. Embassy employees were deliberately misled about the testing's purpose. The department publicly minimized the dangers despite scientific concerns.[^3]
### BCCI Banking Scandal Involvement
Beginning in 1983, the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] started distributing intelligence about the criminal activities of the [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International|BCCI]] to various government agencies, including the State Department.[^5] By September 1986, the State Department had access to a CIA report indicating that BCCI had owned [[First American Bank]] since 1982.[^4]
The State Department received additional CIA intelligence throughout this period, including a 1986 report detailing BCCI's connections to the terrorist organization [[Abu Nidal]] and the bank's maintenance of multiple accounts at BCCI European branches.[^5] In 1987, the CIA provided further intelligence to the State Department regarding BCCI's role in financing illegal international weapons sales.[^5]
Rather than pursuing these criminal allegations, the State Department took steps to protect BCCI's operations. The department silenced [[Paula Hawkins]], provided reassurances to Pakistani leader [[Zia ul-Haq|Zia]], and worked to appease BCCI founder [[Agha Hasan Abedi]] regarding the bank's money-laundering activities in the [[Cayman Islands]].[^6]
Beginning in 1983, the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] started distributing intelligence about the criminal activities of the [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International|BCCI]] to the State Department.[^5] By September 1986, the State Department had access to a CIA report indicating BCCI had owned [[First American Bank]] since 1982.[^4] Rather than pursuing criminal allegations, the department silenced [[Paula Hawkins]] and worked to protect BCCI's operations.[^6]
### Odyssey Network Evidence Destruction
The State Department under Secretary of State [[Henry Kissinger]] played a central role in the destruction of evidence related to the [[Odyssey Network]] child trafficking investigation in 1973. The department received over 30,000 index cards containing client names from [[John David Norman]]'s operation and subsequently destroyed them, preventing further investigation into prominent individuals involved in the trafficking network.[^7]
The State Department under Secretary of State [[Henry Kissinger]] received over 30,000 index cards containing client names from [[John David Norman]]'s child trafficking operation in 1973 and subsequently destroyed them, preventing further investigation.[^7]
In August 1973, Dallas Police Lieutenant [[Harold Hancock]] arrested [[John David Norman]] and confiscated more than 30,000 index cards listing clients across the United States, including prominent people and federal employees in Washington. Hancock contacted the State Department through the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]], believing a federal agency should handle the evidence. All cards were sent to Washington to the State Department, where they would later be destroyed.[^7]
### Dark Alliance Investigation
State Department counselor [[Matthew Nimetz]] confirmed the department received the cards but claimed officials determined they were "not relevant to any fraud case concerning a passport" and therefore destroyed them. Nimetz was unable to explain why the State Department only examined the cards from the standpoint of possible passport irregularities or why they were not turned over to the FBI or postal inspectors.[^7]
The State Department granted [[Danilo Blandon|Danilo Blandón]] political asylum in 1984 despite the [[DEA]] having identified him as a major cocaine trafficker since 1983. It is State Department policy to check with the DEA before approving asylum applications. When the Justice Department's Inspector General examined Blandón's immigration records, he found them "in disarray." The same occurred with Blandón's wife [[Chepita Blandon|Chepita]], granted asylum in 1985 despite being reported as a "member of a cocaine distribution organization."[^8]
The State Department later confirmed in an official statement to the [[Chicago Tribune]] in 1977 and in a letter to a US congressional inquiry into child exploitation that the evidence had been destroyed. According to their records, the cards were placed into State Department storage in December 1974, where they remained "without review" until being destroyed in September 1975.[^7]
During the investigation, Dallas PD mentioned to a State Department agent that two names found on the index cards matched those of State Department employees. This information was relayed to Washington before September 5, 1973. The State Department confirmed two of its employees had similar names to ones found on client index cards, with one having been assigned to the US embassy in Mexico City. No further investigation was conducted into these connections.[^7]
In late 1976, the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] requested to review the Odyssey Network materials in State Department storage as part of an investigation into information that government employees had been clients of the network. The State Department advised the FBI that all evidence had unfortunately been destroyed except for a few items.[^7]
The timeline of State Department involvement raises questions about the destruction of evidence. Norman's Dallas arrest occurred in August 1973, with the "kill" photographs discovered at that time. The State Department destroyed the evidence in September 1975, and in June 1975, charges against Norman from his Dallas arrest were dismissed. The timing suggests the evidence destruction may have been related to the dismissal of charges. Shortly after Norman published his first newsletter from Cook County Jail in 1977, someone in California provided the $36,000 cash needed for his bail. The source of this funding was never identified by police, raising questions about who may have had an interest in Norman's release and the destruction of the client evidence.[^7]
The State Department's handling of the Odyssey Network evidence represents one of the most significant examples of obstruction in child trafficking investigations, preventing the identification and prosecution of numerous high-profile clients involved in Norman's national trafficking operation.[^7]
The State Department's Office of Public Diplomacy for Latin America was described by a 1992 House committee report as "a domestic, covert operation designed to lobby the Congress, manipulate the media and influence domestic public opinion" regarding the Contra war. The State Department issued a White Paper on Contra drug allegations that belittled every claim except those involving the [[Sandinistas]], studiously avoiding any mention of [[Norwin Meneses]].[^9]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. _The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro's Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal_. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.
[^2]: Hersh, Seymour M. _The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy_. Random House, 1991.
[^3]: Jacobsen, Annie. _Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis_. Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
[^4]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. _The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI_. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 12.
[^5]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. _The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI_. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 366.
[^6]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. _The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI_. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 363.
[^7]: Dovey, S. (2023). _Eye of the Chickenhawk_. United States: Thehotstar.
[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro's Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.
[^2]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991.
[^3]: Jacobsen, Annie. *Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis*. Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
[^4]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI*. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 12.
[^5]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank*. Random House, 1993, p. 366.
[^6]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. *The Outlaw Bank*. Random House, 1993, p. 363.
[^7]: Dovey, S. (2023). *Eye of the Chickenhawk*. United States: Thehotstar.
[^8]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 10: "Teach a man a craft and he's liable to practice it"
[^9]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 15 and Chapter 9

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- Military
- USA
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Strategic Air Command (SAC) was a United States Air Force command responsible for the nation's strategic nuclear deterrence."
---
The Strategic Air Command (SAC) was a United States Air Force command responsible for the nation's strategic nuclear deterrence. In the mid-1950s, SAC's American missiles and bombers were used to target and map Soviet sites, utilizing intelligence gathered by the [[U-2 Spy Plane]].[^1]

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- Military
- USA
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "Task Force 157 was a small, undercover U.S. Navy intelligence unit. During the 1973 Yom Kippur War, operating in the waters of the Bosporus off Turkey, it relayed data to Washington D.C."
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Task Force 157 was a small, undercover U.S. Navy intelligence unit. During the 1973 [[Yom Kippur War]], operating in the waters of the [[Bosporus]] off [[Turkey]], it relayed data to [[Washington D.C.]] suggesting that one of the Soviet ships leaving the [[Black Sea]] en route to the [[Mediterranean]] was carrying radioactive material. This report swept through the American intelligence community and the White House, contributing to the heightened alert status during the crisis.[^1]
Task Force 157 was a small, undercover U.S. Navy intelligence unit. During the 1973 [[Yom Kippur War]], operating in the waters of the [[Bosporus]] off [[Turkey]], it relayed data to [[Washington, D.C.]] suggesting that one of the Soviet ships leaving the [[Black Sea]] en route to the [[Mediterranean]] was carrying radioactive material. This report swept through the American intelligence community and the White House, contributing to the heightened alert status during the crisis.[^1]
### Footnotes

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- USA
description: The U.S. Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The U.S. Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces. In the context of the *Remote Viewers* narrative, the Air Force was a key customer for the STARGATE PROJECT program, tasking remote viewers with sensitive..."
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The [[U.S. Air Force]] is the aerial warfare service branch of the [[United States Armed Forces]]. In the context of the *Remote Viewers* narrative, the Air Force was a key customer for the [[STARGATE PROJECT|Grill Flame]] program, tasking remote viewers with sensitive intelligence problems.[^1]
The [[U.S. Air Force]] is the aerial warfare service branch of the [[United States]]. In the context of the *Remote Viewers* narrative, the Air Force was a key customer for the [[STARGATE PROJECT|Grill Flame]] program, tasking remote viewers with sensitive intelligence problems.[^1]
One notable instance involved the tasking of [[Mel Riley]] and [[Joe McMoneagle]] to remote-view a new Chinese nuclear device at Lop Nor. Air Force officials, anxious to supplement their conventional intelligence efforts, sought details about the device's design and whether it had been tested. The remote viewers' descriptions, particularly of an "hourglass-shaped device," were of significant interest to Air Force analysts. The Air Force also tasked remote viewers to locate a crashed U.S. Navy A-6 aircraft, which [[Ken Bell]] successfully did.[^1]

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category: "U.S. Government"
tags:
- organization
- u.s.-military
- contra-war
summary: The U.S. Army School of the Americas at Fort Benning trained hundreds of Nicaraguan National Guard officers who later formed the leadership of the Contra army.
---
The U.S. Army School of the Americas at [[Fort Benning]] trained hundreds of [[Nicaraguan National Guard]] officers who later formed the leadership of the [[Contras|Contra]] army. The school was part of the U.S. military education program that produced the officers who served both the Somoza regime and the Contra war.[^1]
### Training Contra Leaders
[[Anastasio Somoza]] cited the American military training program when pleading with U.S. Ambassador [[Lawrence Pezzullo]] not to abandon his National Guard: "They have been fighting Communism just like you taught them at [[Fort Gulick]] and Fort Benning and [[Fort Leavenworth]]. Out of nine hundred officers we have, eight hundred or so belong to your schools." [[Enrique Bermudez|Enrique Bermúdez]], who became the [[FDN]]'s military commander, was a graduate of the School of the Americas. The institution became notorious for training Latin American officers who were later implicated in human rights abuses, death squads, and drug trafficking throughout the region.[^2]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Ch. 4.
[^2]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Ch. 4.

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Obviously this is an enormous organization within the larger umbrella of the [[Department of Defense]] and well beyond the scope of a single information page. With that said, the U.S. Army is deeply ingrained as one of the locuses of power within the United State due in large part of it's abilities to directly inflict violence globally as well as direct hundreds of billions of dollars in funding annually.
---
title: U.S. Army
tags:
- Organization
- Government
- USA
- Military
- Dark_Alliance_Investigation
description: The U.S. Army trained hundreds of Nicaraguan National Guard officers who later formed the leadership of the FDN Contra army, and hosted the Stargate Project remote viewing unit at Fort Meade.
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "Obviously this is an enormous organization within the larger umbrella of the Department of Defense and well beyond the scope of a single information page. With that said, the U.S."
---
The ability of the Army, like all governmental programs entrusted with some semblance of “defense” or related critical task, to classify programs makes it’s activities and actions hard to discern and attractive to individuals looking to shield information and related materials from inquisitive eyes.
Obviously this is an enormous organization within the larger umbrella of the [[Department of Defense]] and well beyond the scope of a single information page. With that said, the U.S. Army is deeply ingrained as one of the locuses of power within the United States due in large part to its abilities to directly inflict violence globally as well as direct hundreds of billions of dollars in funding annually.
The ability of the Army, like all governmental programs entrusted with some semblance of "defense" or related critical task, to classify programs makes its activities and actions hard to discern and attractive to individuals looking to shield information and related materials from inquisitive eyes.
### Dark Alliance Investigation
The U.S. Army trained hundreds of [[Nicaraguan National Guard]] officers who later formed the leadership of the [[FDN]] Contra army. [[Anastasio Somoza|Somoza]] invoked the training program when pleading with Ambassador [[Lawrence Pezzullo]] not to abandon his National Guard: "They have been fighting Communism just like you taught them at [[Fort Gulick]], [[Fort Benning]], and [[Fort Leavenworth]]. Out of nine hundred officers we have, eight hundred or so belong to your schools." [[Enrique Bermudez|Enrique Bermúdez]], the FDN's military commander, was a graduate of the [[U.S. Army School of the Americas]].[^1]
While this page is intended more as a locus for the connection graph, the following is a non exhaustive list of U.S. Army related pages contained within this knowledge pool.
## Departments
- [[ACSI]]
- [[Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program]]
- [[Advanced Tactics Projects]]
- [[Defense Intelligence Agency]]
- [[Great Skill Program]]
- [[Green Beret]]
- [[Green Berets]]
- [[Joint Special Operations Command]]
- [[United States Army Intelligence Support Activity]]
- [[United States Army Intelligence and Security Command]]
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- [[Fort Huachuca]]
- [[Fort Meade]]
## Projects
- [[STARGATE PROJECT]]
- [[STARGATE PROJECT]]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 4: "I never sent cash"

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category: "U.S. Government"
tags:
- organization
- u.s.-government
- contra-war
summary: The U.S. Attorney General is the nation's chief law enforcement officer, a position held during the Contra war by William French Smith and later Edwin Meese.
---
The U.S. Attorney General is the nation's chief law enforcement officer, a position held during the Contra war by William French Smith and later [[Ed Meese|Edwin Meese]]. The Attorney General's office was responsible for overseeing federal drug enforcement while simultaneously protecting [[Contras|Contra]]-connected drug traffickers.[^1]
### The Secret 1982 Agreement
In early 1982, Attorney General William French Smith and [[Central Intelligence Agency]] director [[William J. Casey]] signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding that exempted CIA assets from drug crimes reporting. Drug offenses were specifically removed from the list of crimes the CIA was required to report, creating what Inspector General [[Fred Hitz]] later called "a gentleman's agreement to look the other way" that lasted thirteen years. The Attorney General's office also intervened to reduce sentences for Contra-connected drug traffickers like José Bueso Rosa and declined to prosecute [[Norwin Meneses]] despite extensive evidence of his trafficking activities.[^2]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Epilogue.
[^2]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Epilogue.

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> [!WARNING] INCOMPLETE RESEARCH
> This page is a placeholder and requires extensive additions.
---
category: "U.S. Government"
created: 2024-04-26
updated: 2026-05-01
tags:
- Organization
- PROMIS
- INSLAW
- DoJ
summary: "The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia was the original client for the PROMIS case management software, commissioning the system in 1969 under U.S. Attorney Thomas A. Flannery and deploying it January 1, 1971; the EOUSA later signed the March 1982 implementation contract with INSLAW that became the central dispute in the PROMIS Software Scandal."
---
The **U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia** is the federal prosecutor's office responsible for both local criminal matters (unique among U.S. Attorneys' offices due to DC's non-state status) and federal crimes within the District. As used throughout the INSLAW files and the House Judiciary Committee's PROMIS investigation, "the U.S. Attorney's Office" refers to this DC office unless otherwise specified.
[[Charles R. Work]] hired [[INSLAW]] to create [[PROMIS]] for the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia with funding from the [[LEAA]]. The system went live on January 1, 1971.
### Role in PROMIS Development
In 1969, U.S. Attorney [[Thomas A. Flannery]] perceived an urgent need for improved case management tools to handle the volume of cases flowing through the DC office. He directed the [[Office of Crime Analysis of the District of Columbia]] to commission a computerized case tracking system, funded by a $60,000 [[LEAA]] grant (70-DF-047) administered through [[Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co]]. The design team was co-directed by [[Joan E. Jacoby]] and [[Charles R. Work]] (then Deputy Chief of the office's Superior Court Division), with [[Bill Hamilton]] of Peat Marwick as project manager. The resulting system, the Prosecutor's Management Information System ([[PROMIS]]), was deployed January 1, 1971.[^1]
The DC office became the first PROMIS site and served as the demonstration platform for the system's national expansion. [[LEAA]] subsequently funded [[INSLAW]] to adapt PROMIS for adoption by other jurisdictions, and provided grants to municipalities converting to the system.[^1]
### EOUSA Implementation Contract
The Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA), which administers support for all 94 U.S. Attorneys' Offices, was the entity that signed the March 1982 implementation contract with INSLAW, Inc. for installation of PROMIS in 20 large U.S. Attorneys' offices and word-processor systems in 74 smaller ones. The execution of that contract, and EOUSA's subsequent conduct toward INSLAW, became the central dispute in the [[PROMIS Software Scandal|INSLAW affair]].[^1]
### Footnotes
[^1]: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary. *The INSLAW Affair: Investigative Report.* House Report 102-857, 102nd Congress, 2nd Session, September 10, 1992.

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category: "U.S. Government"
tags:
- Organization
- Government
- United_States
- Contra_War
- 1980s
summary: U.S. federal law enforcement agency responsible for border protection and customs enforcement that investigated Contra-connected cocaine trafficking through informants including Joseph Kelso.
---
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (U.S. Customs) is a federal law enforcement agency responsible for protecting the borders of the [[United States]].[^1]
### Contra War Role
[[Joseph Kelso]], a [[Central Intelligence Agency]] and U.S. Customs informant, gathered testimony from six witnesses willing to testify that [[DEA]] agents in [[Costa Rica]] were skimming cocaine from seizures, making counterfeit money, and protecting cocaine labs on Contra bases. When Kelso's investigation was exposed, [[Robert Owen]], serving as a conduit for [[Oliver North]], had Kelso arrested. Evidence tapes from Kelso's investigation were turned over to North via Owen, who threw them away when the [[Iran-Contra Affair]] broke.[^2]
### Flowchart Analysis
The U.S. Customs Service analyzed a flowchart seized from [[Ronald Lister]]'s home during a 1986 raid, which appeared to diagram an illegal weapons diversion scheme matching the methods used to funnel arms to the [[Contras]].[[^3]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 10: "Teach a man a craft and he's liable to practice it"
[^2]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 17: "We're going to blow your fucking head off"
[^3]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 10: "Teach a man a craft and he's liable to practice it"

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- USA
description: The U.S. First Army is a corps-level support formation of the United States Army.
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The U.S. First Army is a corps-level support formation of the U.S. Army. In the context of the *Remote Viewers* narrative, it is mentioned as being based at Fort Meade, Maryland, alongside other significant military and intelligence organizations..."
---
The U.S. First Army is a corps-level support formation of the [[U.S. Army]]. In the context of the *Remote Viewers* narrative, it is mentioned as being based at [[Fort Meade]], Maryland, alongside other significant military and intelligence organizations like the [[National Security Agency|NSA]] and a part of the [[United States Army Intelligence and Security Command|INSCOM]].[^1]
The U.S. First Army is a corps-level support formation of the [[U.S. Army]]. In the context of the *Remote Viewers* narrative, it is mentioned as being based at [[Fort Meade]], Maryland, alongside other significant military and intelligence organizations like the [[NSA|NSA]] and a part of the [[United States Army Intelligence and Security Command|INSCOM]].[^1]
---

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- military
- USA
description: The U.S. Navy is the maritime warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The U.S. Navy is the maritime warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces. In the context of the *Remote Viewers* narrative, the Navy was involved in early rumors of a telepathy project with the USS Nautilus submarine, though this was..."
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The [[U.S. Navy]] is the maritime warfare service branch of the [[United States Armed Forces]]. In the context of the *Remote Viewers* narrative, the Navy was involved in early rumors of a telepathy project with the USS Nautilus submarine, though this was later debunked as a fabrication or disinformation ploy.[^1]
The [[U.S. Navy]] is the maritime warfare service branch of the [[United States]]. In the context of the *Remote Viewers* narrative, the Navy was involved in early rumors of a telepathy project with the USS Nautilus submarine, though this was later debunked as a fabrication or disinformation ploy.[^1]
More directly, the Navy had small contracts with [[Stanford Research Institute|SRI]] for psi research. The book also mentions a U.S. Navy A-6 attack aircraft that crashed, which [[Ken Bell]] successfully remote-viewed. Additionally, the secret [[NSA]] facility at Sugar Grove, West Virginia, which [[Pat Price]] accurately remote-viewed, was ostensibly a U.S. Navy communications base.[^1]

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category: "U.S. Government"
tags:
- organization
- u.s.-government
- contra-war
summary: The U.S. government, through the CIA, NSC, and State Department, orchestrated support for the Contra war while simultaneously protecting Contra-connected drug traffickers from prosecution.
---
The U.S. government, through the [[Central Intelligence Agency]], [[National Security Council]], and [[State Department]], orchestrated support for the [[Contras|Contra]] war while simultaneously protecting Contra-connected drug traffickers from prosecution. The contradiction between the government's public anti-drug stance and its covert protection of drug-running allies was the central theme of the [[Dark Alliance]] investigation.[^1]
### The Dual Policy
While the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] administration waged a public "War on Drugs" and Ronald Reagan and [[George H.W. Bush]] whipped the public into a frenzy over crack dealers, the CIA and NSC were facilitating cocaine trafficking by Contra-connected networks. The government used the [[DEA]] and [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] to investigate street-level dealers while shielding Contra traffickers from prosecution. When [[Celerino Castillo]] sent reports to DEA headquarters about Contra pilots smuggling drugs, they disappeared into a "bureaucratic black hole." The secret 1982 Memorandum of Understanding between CIA Director William Casey and Attorney General William French Smith exempted CIA assets from drug crimes reporting for thirteen years.[^2]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Prologue.
[^2]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Ch. 15, Epilogue.

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category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The UAP Task Force (UAPTF) was a program within the United States Office of Naval Intelligence that was established to standardize the collection and reporting of sightings of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP)."
---
The [[UAP Task Force]] (UAPTF) was a program within the United States Office of Naval Intelligence that was established to standardize the collection and reporting of sightings of [[Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena]] (UAP). It was the official successor to the [[Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program]] (AATIP) and was responsible for continuing the investigation into the UAP issue within the U.S. government.[^1]
### Origins and Leadership

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The [[United States Army Criminal Investigation Division|U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division]] (CID) is the primary federal law enforcement agency of the [[United States Army]]. It is responsible for investigating felony crimes and other serious offenses within the Army.[^1]
---
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The United States Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) is the primary federal law enforcement agency of the United States Army. It is responsible for investigating felony crimes and other serious offenses within the Army.[^1]"
---
The [[United States Army Criminal Investigation Division|U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division]] (CID) is the primary federal law enforcement agency of the [[U.S. Army]]. It is responsible for investigating felony crimes and other serious offenses within the Army.[^1]
[[Bill McCoy]] was a retired Chief Warrant Officer from the [[United States Army Criminal Investigation Division|U.S. Army's Criminal Investigation Division]]. He became involved in the [[Danny Casolaro]] investigation of the [[PROMIS]] software.[^1]
---
## Footnotes
### Footnotes
[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.

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- Intelligence Gathering
description: The Intelligence Support Activity (ISA) is a covert U.S. Army unit specializing in HUMINT and SIGINT for JSOC operations. It conducts clandestine intelligence gathering, operational support, and direct action missions globally. ISA operates under classified programs, collaborates with NSA and CIA, and has a history of involvement in high-profile missions.
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The following borrows or copies heavily from [greydynamics.com](https://greydynamics.com/isa-soldier-spies-of-the-intelligence-support-activity/) and their explainer of the ISA."
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The following borrows or copies heavily from [greydynamics.com](https://greydynamics.com/isa-soldier-spies-of-the-intelligence-support-activity/) and their explainer of the ISA.

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