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- 2026-05-02T0111 · [[Gary Webb]]
- 2026-05-02T0111 · [[Robert Altman]]
- 2026-05-02T0111 · [[Ronald Reagan]]
- 2026-05-02T0111 · [[Bert Lance]]
- 2026-05-02T0111 · [[George H.W. Bush]]
- 2026-05-02T0110 · [[Eugene Hasenfus]]
- 2026-05-02T0110 · [[Rafael Eitan]]
- 2026-05-02T0108 · [[Peter Videnieks]]
- 2026-05-02T0108 · [[William French Smith]]
- 2026-05-02T0108 · [[Barry Seal]]
- 2026-05-02T0108 · [[The Samson Option Narrative]]
- 2026-05-02T0105 · [[PROMIS]]
- 2026-05-02T0105 · [[Robert Morgenthau]]
- 2026-05-02T0104 · [[SIMWA]]
- 2026-05-02T0104 · [[DOJ_1994_Report]]
- 2026-05-02T0104 · [[Marana]]
- 2026-05-02T0104 · [[Syrian Embassy in London]]
- 2026-05-02T0104 · [[Sabra and Shatila refugee camps]]
- 2026-05-02T0104 · [[Kibbutz Mishmar Hasharon]]
- 2026-05-02T0104 · [[Entebbe Airport]]
- 2026-05-02T0104 · [[El Aqsa Mosque]]
- 2026-05-02T0104 · [[Liege]]
- 2026-05-02T0104 · [[FOIMS]]
- 2026-05-02T0104 · [[Munich Olympic Massacre]]
- 2026-05-02T0104 · [[Entebbe hijacking]]
- 2026-05-14T1234 · [[Operation Gladio]]
- 2026-05-14T1234 · [[Project MKUltra]]
- 2026-05-14T1234 · [[CHAOS Program]]
- 2026-05-14T1231 · [[Great Skill Program]]
- 2026-05-14T1231 · [[PROMIS]]
- 2026-05-14T1231 · [[PROMIS Software Scandal]]
- 2026-05-14T1231 · [[The Nautilus (Telepathy Project)]]
- 2026-05-14T1231 · [[STARGATE PROJECT]]
- 2026-05-14T1230 · [[SCANATE]]
- 2026-05-14T1230 · [[Project Deep Quest]]
- 2026-05-14T1230 · [[Paraphysics R&D - Warsaw Pact]]
- 2026-05-14T1230 · [[Controlled Offensive Behavior - USSR]]
- 2026-05-14T1230 · [[Unit 8200]]
- 2026-05-14T1230 · [[Tower Commission]]
- 2026-05-14T1230 · [[Systems Exploitation Detachment]]
- 2026-05-14T1230 · [[Operation Yewtree]]
- 2026-05-14T1230 · [[Operation Othello]]
- 2026-05-14T1230 · [[Operation Orchid]]
- 2026-05-14T1230 · [[Operation Midland]]
- 2026-05-14T1230 · [[Operation Framework]]
- 2026-05-14T1230 · [[Operation Fernbridge]]
- 2026-05-14T1229 · [[Operation Big Spender]]
- 2026-05-14T1229 · [[Operation Arundel]]
- 2026-05-14T1229 · [[Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program]]
- 2026-05-14T1229 · [[Project Pandora]]

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category: "Historical Program"
summary: "The Dimona facility, officially known as the Negev Nuclear Research Center, stands as a deeply clandestine and pivotal complex within Israel's national security apparatus, nestled in the arid Negev Desert south of Jerusalem."
start: 1958
location: "Negev Desert, Israel"
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The [[Dimona]] facility, officially known as the Negev Nuclear Research Center, stands as a deeply clandestine and pivotal complex within [[Israel]]'s national security apparatus, nestled in the arid [[Negev Desert]] south of [[Jerusalem]]. Its existence and operations are central to [[Israel]]'s undeclared nuclear weapons program, embodying the nation's commitment to [[The Samson Option (GFE)]], a doctrine of last resort that envisions massive nuclear retaliation in the face of an existential threat. This facility is not merely a research center but a fully operational industrial complex dedicated to the production of weapons-grade plutonium and the development of advanced nuclear armaments.

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- World War II
category: "Historical Program"
summary: "The Manhattan Project was a top-secret research and development undertaking by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada during World War II. Its primary objective was to produce the first nuclear weapons. J."
start: 1942
end: 1947
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The [[Manhattan Project]] was a top-secret research and development undertaking by the [[United States]] with the support of the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Canada]] during World War II. Its primary objective was to produce the first nuclear weapons. [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]] was the scientific director of the project, and [[John von Neumann]] was also a key figure.[^1]

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description: Project MKUltra was a top-secret, illegal human experimentation program designed and undertaken by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
category: "Historical Program"
summary: "Project MKUltra was a top-secret, illegal human experimentation program designed and undertaken by the Central Intelligence Agency."
start: 1953
end: 1973
---
[[Project MKUltra]] was a top-secret, illegal human experimentation program designed and undertaken by the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]. It involved the use of various methods, including drugs like LSD, hypnosis, and other psychological manipulation techniques, to develop mind-control capabilities. The program sought to discover effective methods of controlling human behavior to create brainwashed operatives capable of carrying out objectives unwittingly, thereby obtaining perfect operational security in human intelligence assets, particularly assassins.[^1][^2]

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description: Project Pandora was a classified U.S. research program initiated by ARPA to duplicate the effects of the Moscow Signal and study the biological effects of microwave radiation.
category: "Historical Program"
summary: "Project Pandora was a classified U.S. research program initiated by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (now DARPA) in response to the Moscow Signal, a microwave beam directed at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow by the Soviet Union."
start: 1965
location: "Walter Reed Army Institute of Research"
---
[[Project Pandora]] was a classified U.S. research program initiated by the [[Advanced Research Projects Agency|ARPA]] (now [[DARPA]]) in response to the [[Moscow Signal]], a microwave beam directed at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow by the [[Soviet Union]]. The project's primary goal was to duplicate the effects of the Moscow Signal and study the biological effects of microwave radiation.[^1]

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category: "Intelligence Operation"
summary: "The Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) was a clandestine Pentagon program that investigated Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP)."
start: 2007
end: 2012
location: "Defense Intelligence Agency"
---
The [[Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program]] (AATIP) was a clandestine [[Pentagon]] program that investigated [[Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena]] (UAP). The program, which ran from 2007 to 2012, was the successor to the [[Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program]] (AAWSAP).[^1]

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- Intelligence
category: "Intelligence Operation"
summary: "The CHAOS Program was a highly secret Central Intelligence Agency operation. It involved the Agency's purchase of a Washington D.C."
location: "Washington, D.C."
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The CHAOS Program was a highly secret [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] operation. It involved the Agency's purchase of a [[Washington, D.C.]] trash collection company, which had contracts to pick up garbage at various Third World embassies, including the Israeli embassy. The trash was systematically sorted and analyzed for any possible intelligence. [[James Jesus Angleton]] was a sponsor of this program.[^1]

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- VIP_Network
category: "Intelligence Operation"
summary: "The investigation into Jonathan King and Chris Denning in the early 2000s led to Operation Arundel, into a suspected pedophile ring of BBC celebrities in the 1970s and 1980s who allegedly procured boys and girls from an underage nightclub called the..."
start: 2001
location: "Metropolitan Police, London"
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The investigation into [[Jonathan King]] and [[Chris Denning]] in the early 2000s led to Operation Arundel, into a suspected pedophile ring of BBC celebrities in the 1970s and 1980s who allegedly procured boys and girls from an underage nightclub called the [[Walton Hop Disco]]. This investigation led to the arrest of another BBC personality in 2003, but the charges against them were subsequently dropped. One suspect in the Operation Arundel investigation who was never arrested or charged had been a good friend and colleague of both Denning and King, BBC Radio One DJ [[Jimmy Savile]]. Nothing came of this though. The case was closed and forgotten about for nearly a decade.[^1]

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- 1990s
- Dark_Alliance_Investigation
summary: FBI sting operation that exposed widespread corruption within the LASD Major Violators squads, resulting in the conviction of multiple narcotics detectives and nearly exposing the CIA-Contra drug connection.
start: 1989
location: "Los Angeles, California"
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Operation Big Spender was an [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] sting operation launched in the fall of 1989 after L.A. County Sheriff Sherman Block received anonymous complaints that the [[LASD Major Violators|Majors]] squads were stealing from drug dealers. The investigation ultimately exposed widespread corruption within the narcotics units and nearly brought the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]-[[Contras|Contra]] drug connection into open court.[^1]

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- Operation_Midland
category: "Intelligence Operation"
summary: "Operation Fernbridge was launched by the Metropolitan Police in February 2013 as a full criminal investigation into allegations that prominent people, including politicians, abused boys at the Elm Guest House in Barnes, south-west London during the..."
start: 2013-02
end: 2015-03
location: "Metropolitan Police, London"
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Operation Fernbridge was launched by the Metropolitan Police in February 2013 as a full criminal investigation into allegations that prominent people, including politicians, abused boys at the [[Elm Guest House]] in Barnes, south-west London during the early 1980s. The investigation was prompted by Labour MP [[Tom Watson]]'s October 2012 parliamentary question to Prime Minister [[David Cameron]] about "a powerful paedophile network linked to parliament and No 10" based on the [[Peter Righton]] dossier, as well as specific accusations against [[Cyril Smith]] by MP [[Simon Danczuk]] in November 2012 and media revelations about the Elm Guest House by Exaro News and other outlets. Operation Fernbridge specifically investigated the Elm Guest House, a suburban townhouse in Barnes, southwest London, that operated as a brothel providing boys as young as ten for sexual exploitation, and its connections to [[Grafton Close Children's Home]], which supplied boys under 14 to the guest house.[^1]

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- Operation_Framework
category: "Intelligence Operation"
summary: "Operation Framework was a joint investigation between Scotland Yard and Dutch authorities conducted between 1992 and 1993 into suspected snuff pornography produced by British nationals operating in Amsterdam."
start: 1992
end: 1993
location: ["Scotland Yard", "Amsterdam"]
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Operation Framework was a joint investigation between Scotland Yard and Dutch authorities conducted between 1992 and 1993 into suspected snuff pornography produced by British nationals operating in Amsterdam. The investigation targeted a group of foreign British pedophiles who were trafficking boys into Amsterdam boy brothels that masqueraded as gay nightclubs in the city's Spuistraat district.[^1]

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- Stay-Behind
category: "Intelligence Operation"
summary: "Operation Gladio was a post-World War II effort by NATO bloc spy agencies to suppress the dialectic swing away from fascism towards left-leaning political movements in Europe."
start: 1956
end: 1990
location: "Italy"
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Operation Gladio was a post-World War II effort by NATO bloc spy agencies to suppress the dialectic swing away from fascism towards left-leaning political movements in Europe. The Italian branch of the stay-behind network was established using [[Junio Valerio Borghese]] as the primary OSS and later CIA asset. Unlike some fascist collaborators executed alongside Mussolini, Borghese was chaperoned to [[Vatican City]] by OSS spook James Angleton and became the figurehead of Italy's post-war fascist movement through his role in Gladio operations.[^1]

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- Child_Murder_Investigation
category: "Intelligence Operation"
summary: "Operation Midland was a Scotland Yard investigation launched in November 2014 focusing on cold case files related to two child murders from 1979 and 1981 with potential connections to the Elm Guest House."
start: 2014-11
end: 2015-03
location: "Scotland Yard, London"
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Operation Midland was a Scotland Yard investigation launched in November 2014 focusing on cold case files related to two child murders from 1979 and 1981 with potential connections to the [[Elm Guest House]]. The operation closed in March 2015 after key witness Carl Beech (known as "Nick") was exposed as providing false information. Beech claimed to have witnessed children murdered at the [[Elm Guest House]] by politicians[^1].

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- Elm_Guest_House
category: "Intelligence Operation"
summary: "Operation Orchid was a Scotland Yard investigation into Sidney Cooke and his gang of pedophiles conducted during the 1980s."
start: 1989
end: 1992
location: "Metropolitan Police, London"
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Operation Orchid was a Scotland Yard investigation into [[Sidney Cooke]] and his gang of pedophiles conducted during the 1980s. During the investigation it was learned that one of [[Sidney Cooke|Cooke]]'s accomplices named Lennie Smith had been a rent boy in the West End thought to have been linked to the [[Elm Guest House]]. When detectives checked the original case files in 2014 to see if any further links between [[Sidney Cooke|Cooke]]'s gang and the [[Elm Guest House]] had been discovered, they found the files pertaining to that aspect of the investigation were missing.[^1]

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- Dutroux_Affair
category: "Intelligence Operation"
summary: "Operation Othello was the Belgian police investigation into Marc Dutroux's auto theft ring, which ran parallel to the Dutroux kidnapping investigation."
start: 1995
location: "Charleroi, Belgium"
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Operation Othello was the Belgian police investigation into [[Marc Dutroux]]'s auto theft ring, which ran parallel to the Dutroux kidnapping investigation. It was through Othello that [[Claude Thirault]] came forward with information about the dungeon [[Marc Dutroux]] had commissioned him to build in his basement. [[Rene Michaux]] conducted searches of Dutroux's property under Othello but failed to discover the hidden dungeon containing [[Julie Lejeune]] and [[Melissa Russo]].[^1]

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- VIP_Pedophile_Network
category: "Intelligence Operation"
summary: "Operation Yewtree was a Metropolitan Police investigation launched in early October 2012 following the death of BBC presenter Jimmy Savile."
start: 2012
location: "Metropolitan Police, London"
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Operation Yewtree was a Metropolitan Police investigation launched in early October 2012 following the death of [[BBC]] presenter [[Jimmy Savile]]. The investigation began after ITV aired allegations against Savile publicly, leading to what was officially called an investigation into Savile, but actually focused on the BBC and his associates who could still face prosecution. The operation culminated from ongoing probes into suspected child abuse rings linked to the BBC, with the investigation into [[Chris Denning]] serving as the genesis to these probes[^1].

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description: The Systems Exploitation Detachment (SED), led by Colonel Robert Keenan, initiated the Army's remote viewing program in 1977. It operated under INSCOM and ACSI, with the Special Action Branch executing tasks for U.S. intelligence agencies under the code name GRILL FLAME.
category: "Intelligence Operation"
summary: "The Systems Exploitation Detachment (SED) was a unit within the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) and the office of the assistant chief of staff for intelligence (ACSI)."
start: 1977
location: "Fort Meade, Maryland"
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The Systems Exploitation Detachment (SED) was a unit within the [[United States Army Intelligence and Security Command]] (INSCOM) and the office of the assistant chief of staff for intelligence ([[ACSI]]). It was headed by Colonel [[Robert Keenan]] when the remote viewing program was initiated in 1977. [[Ed Dames]] considered the SED to be an elite unit of creative thinkers.

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- IranContra
category: "Intelligence Operation"
summary: "The Tower Commission was a presidential commission of inquiry established to investigate the Iran-Contra Affair. It was headed by former Senator John Tower."
start: 1986-12-01
end: 1987-02-27
location: "Washington, D.C."
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The [[Tower Commission]] was a presidential commission of inquiry established to investigate the [[Iran-Contra Affair]]. It was headed by former Senator [[John Tower]].

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- Israel
category: "Intelligence Operation"
summary: "Unit 8200 is an Israel Signals Intelligence (Sigint) unit, specializing in code-breaking. It is housed in a base located near a country club north of Tel Aviv, with a nearby building known as 'the villa' belonging to Mossad, where top-secret..."
start: 1952
location: "near Tel Aviv, Israel"
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[[Unit 8200]] is an [[Israel|Israeli]] Signals Intelligence (Sigint) unit, specializing in code-breaking. It is housed in a base located near a country club north of [[Tel Aviv]], with a nearby building known as "the villa" belonging to [[Mossad]], where top-secret security meetings were held. The unit operates on a need-to-know basis, with departments requiring special permission to access each other's areas.[^1]

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description: Controlled Offensive Behavior - USSR was a 1972 Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) report that assessed Soviet research into psi phenomena and its potential military applications.
category: "Psi Research Program"
summary: "Controlled Offensive Behavior - USSR was a 1972 Defense Intelligence Agency report that assessed Soviet Union research into Parapsychology phenomena and its potential military applications."
date: 1972
location: "Defense Intelligence Agency"
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[[Controlled Offensive Behavior - USSR]] was a 1972 [[Defense Intelligence Agency|DIA]] report that assessed [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] research into [[Parapsychology|psi]] phenomena and its potential military applications. The report noted that "the major impetus behind the Soviet drive to harness the possible capabilities of telepathic communication, telekinetics, and bionics are said to come from the Soviet military and the [[KGB]]."[^1]

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description: The Great Skill Program (GSP) identifies and develops Army recruits into soldier spies for HUMINT, CI, and Technical Intelligence. Participants are removed from standard tracking systems, allowing flexible, secretive assignments to high-security Special Access Programs, often operating without traditional military identifiers.
category: "Psi Research Program"
summary: "Great Skill Program (GS or GSP) is a secretive internal U.S. Army program to identify promising recruits and help to develop them into soldier spies."
start: 1947
location: "U.S. Army"
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Great Skill Program (GS or GSP) is a secretive internal [[U.S. Army]] program to identify promising recruits and help to develop them into soldier spies. The focus is on Human Intelligence (HUMINT), Counterintelligence (CI), and Technical Intelligence[^2].

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description: Paraphysics R&D - Warsaw Pact was a 1977 Defense Intelligence Agency report authored by Dale Graff, assessing Soviet and Warsaw Pact research into psi phenomena.
category: "Psi Research Program"
summary: "'Paraphysics R&D - Warsaw Pact' was a 1977 Defense Intelligence Agency report authored by Dale Graff. The report assessed Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact research into Psi phenomena, including electromagnetic fields, quantum physics, holography, and..."
date: 1977
location: "Defense Intelligence Agency"
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"[[Paraphysics R&D - Warsaw Pact]]" was a 1977 [[Defense Intelligence Agency|DIA]] report authored by [[Dale Graff]]. The report assessed [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] and Warsaw Pact research into [[Psi|psi]] phenomena, including electromagnetic fields, quantum physics, holography, and gravitation. Graff coined the term "paraphysics" to describe this field, aiming to pivot the nomenclature away from psychology towards physics to gain more traction within the [[Department of Defense|DoD]].[^1]

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description: Project Deep Quest was a unique psychic functioning experiment conducted in 1977, involving remote viewing to locate an underwater shipwreck from a submersible.
category: "Psi Research Program"
summary: "Project Deep Quest was a unique psychic functioning experiment conducted in 1977, involving Remote Viewing to locate an underwater shipwreck from a submersible."
date: 1977
location: "Catalina Island, California"
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[[Project Deep Quest]] was a unique psychic functioning experiment conducted in 1977, involving [[Remote Viewing]] to locate an underwater shipwreck from a submersible. It was a collaborative effort between [[Stephan Schwartz]], [[Hal Puthoff]], [[Dale Graff]], and psychics [[Ingo Swann]] and [[Hella Hammid]].[^1]

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description: SCANATE was an early CIA program that explored psychic phenomena, particularly remote viewing, in response to Soviet research.
category: "Psi Research Program"
summary: "SCANATE was an early Central Intelligence Agency program that explored Psi phenomena, particularly Remote Viewing. It was initiated in 1970 in response to growing concerns about Soviet Parapsychology research."
start: 1970
location: "Central Intelligence Agency"
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[[SCANATE]] was an early [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] program that explored [[Psi|psychic]] phenomena, particularly [[Remote Viewing|remote viewing]]. It was initiated in 1970 in response to growing concerns about Soviet [[Parapsychology|psi]] research. The name "Scanate" was also used by [[Ingo Swann]] to refer to his coordinate-based clairvoyance scheme, which later became known as [[Coordinate Remote Viewing|Coordinate Remote Viewing (CRV)]].[^1]

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description: The Stargate Project was a secret U.S. Army unit established in 1977, which investigated psychic phenomena like remote viewing for military and intelligence purposes. Operating under various code names including Gondola Wish and Grill Flame, it involved psychics who claimed successes in locating targets and detecting foreign surveillance until its declassification in 1995.
category: "Psi Research Program"
summary: "The STARGATE PROJECT was a secret U.S. Army unit established in 1977 at Fort Meade, Maryland. Its purpose was to investigate Psi phenomena, particularly Remote Viewing, for military and intelligence applications."
start: 1977
end: 1995
location: "Fort Meade, Maryland"
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The [[STARGATE PROJECT]] was a secret [[U.S. Army]] unit established in 1977 at [[Fort Meade]], Maryland. Its purpose was to investigate [[Psi|psychic]] phenomena, particularly [[Remote Viewing|remote viewing]], for military and intelligence applications. The project operated under various code names throughout its lifespan, including **Gondola Wish**, **Grill Flame**, **Center Lane**, **Sun Streak**, and **Scanate**. These names were used at different times and for different aspects of the project, but all fell under the umbrella of psychic research for military and intelligence purposes. The project sought to harness these abilities for intelligence gathering and military operations, eventually being declassified in 1995.

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description: The Nautilus (Telepathy Project) refers to a sensational 1960 French magazine article claiming successful telepathic communication with the USS Nautilus submarine, which spurred Soviet psi research.
category: "Psi Research Program"
summary: "The Nautilus (Telepathy Project) refers to a sensational 1960 article in the French magazine *Science et Vie* titled 'The Secret of the Nautilus.' The article claimed that the U.S."
date: 1960
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[[The Nautilus (Telepathy Project)]] refers to a sensational 1960 article in the French magazine *Science et Vie* titled "The Secret of the Nautilus." The article claimed that the [[U.S. Government|U.S. government]], in secret tests, had successfully employed telepathy to communicate with the crew of the USS Nautilus, its first nuclear submarine, while it was submerged beneath the Arctic ice cap. The story suggested the project had the special attention of President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|Eisenhower]] and involved the [[U.S. Navy|Navy]], [[U.S. Air Force|Air Force]], Westinghouse, General Electric, [[Bell Labs]], and the [[Rand Corporation]].[^1]

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- DoJ
- Software
summary: "The INSLAW Affair was a protracted legal and political scandal arising from allegations that the U.S. Department of Justice stole the PROMIS case management software from its developer, drove the company into bankruptcy, and distributed the software internationally, with intelligence agencies reportedly embedding a surveillance backdoor."
start: 1982
end: 1998
location: "Washington, D.C."
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The INSLAW Affair centers on [[INSLAW]], a Washington, D.C. software company owned by [[Bill Hamilton]] and [[Nancy Hamilton]], and their claim that the [[Department of Justice]] deliberately stole their [[PROMIS]] (Prosecutor's Management Information System) software, drove the company into bankruptcy, and distributed the software to domestic and foreign intelligence agencies, some versions allegedly fitted with a hidden surveillance backdoor capable of tracking money flows through international banking systems including [[CHIPS]] and [[SWIFT]].[^4]

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description: PROMIS, a case management software developed by INSLAW in the 1970s, faced controversy after being allegedly stolen by the U.S. Justice Department. It became central to conspiracy theories involving espionage, backdoors, and international proliferation, with ties to intelligence agencies and global criminal activities.
category: "Software Project"
summary: "In 1969, US Attorney Thomas A. Flannery perceived an urgent need for new techniques for dealing with the overwhelming amount of cases going through the U.S. Attorney's office."
start: 1971
location: "Washington, D.C."
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**PROMIS** (**Prosecutor's Management Information System**) was a pioneering case management software system developed in the 1970s and 80s by [[INSLAW|The Institute for Law and Social Research]] (INSLAW). The software was originally designed to help the [[U.S. Attorney's office]] in DC automate and streamline their case management processes. This expanded across the country and internationally. However, it later became embroiled in controversy, theft, and conspiracy theories.
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