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20 - ORGANIZATIONS/PRIVATE/American Society for Psychical Research.md

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 updated: 2025-07-23
 title: American Society for Psychical Research
 tags:
-  - organization
-  - parapsychology
-  - research
+  - Organization
+  - Private
+  - Research
+  - Parapsychology
+  - USA
 description: The American Society for Psychical Research (ASPR) is the oldest psychical research organization in the United States, dedicated to the scientific study of psychic phenomena.
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@@ -13,7 +15,6 @@ The [[American Society for Psychical Research]] (ASPR) is the oldest psychical r
 
 In the early 1970s, the ASPR was one of the institutions where [[Ingo Swann]] participated in psychic experiments before his involvement with [[Stanford Research Institute|SRI]]. [[Karlis Osis]], a parapsychologist at the ASPR, conducted experiments on [[Out-of-Body Experience|out-of-body experiences]] (OBEs) with Swann, where Swann claimed to be able to "float up" and perceive hidden objects. Osis also conducted a [[Psychokinesis|psychokinesis]] experiment with [[Pat Price]], where Price, from a distance, appeared to affect an infrared sensor in a sealed copper box.[^1]
 
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+### Footnotes
 [^1]: Schnabel, Jim. *Remote Viewers*. Dell, 1997.
 [^2]: Jacobsen, Annie. *Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis*. Little, Brown and Company, 2017.

20 - ORGANIZATIONS/PRIVATE/Bank of Credit and Commerce International.md

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+---
+tags:
+  - Organization
+  - Private
+  - Banking
+  - International
+  - Scandal
+---
 The [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International|BCCI]] was a financial institution that became embroiled in a major scandal involving money laundering, drug trafficking, and covert operations. Its collapse had far-reaching implications and was a significant focus of [[Danny Casolaro]]'s "[[The Octopus]]" investigation.[^1]
 
 ### Involvement in Illicit Activities
@@ -40,9 +48,7 @@ The [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International|BCCI]] was a financial instituti
 
 **1992:** [[Khalid bin-Mahfouz]] is indicted by a Manhattan grand jury. [[Kamal Adham]] pleads guilty in New York and agrees to cooperate with Morgenthau and the Justice Department. Clifford and Altman are indicted by Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau and a federal grand jury.[^2]
 
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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. 
-^2]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. _The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI_. New York: Random House, 1993, pp. 11-14.
+[^2]: Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. _The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI_. New York: Random House, 1993, pp. 11-14.

20 - ORGANIZATIONS/PRIVATE/Stanford Research Institute.md

@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@ created: 2025-07-22
 updated: 2025-07-22
 title: Stanford Research Institute
 tags:
-  - organization
-  - research
-  - thinktank
+  - Organization
+  - Private
+  - Research
+  - Think Tank
+  - USA
+  - California
 description: The Stanford Research Institute (SRI) was a key institution in the history of remote viewing, conducting research for the CIA and other intelligence agencies.
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@@ -17,6 +20,5 @@ The psi research at SRI was led by physicists [[Hal Puthoff]] and [[Russell Targ
 
 SRI was responsible for developing many of the key concepts and techniques of remote viewing, including [[Coordinate Remote Viewing]] (CRV) and the use of outbounder teams. The research at SRI was instrumental in convincing the intelligence community that remote viewing had the potential to be a valuable intelligence-gathering tool. Despite initial skepticism from some within the scientific community, Puthoff and Targ were able to publish some of their findings in reputable scientific journals, lending a degree of credibility to the field.[^1]
 
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+### Footnotes
 [^1]: Schnabel, Jim. *Remote Viewers*. Dell, 1997.