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10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Norm Everheart 1.md

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-category: "Key Figures"
-tags:
-  - Person
-  - Stargate
-  - CIA
-  - RemoteViewer
-  - SRI
-summary: "Norm Everheart was a CIA technical operations specialist who served as the chief coordinator for Grill Flame taskings from the CIA's Operations Directorate."
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-Norm Everheart was a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] technical operations specialist who served as the chief coordinator for [[STARGATE PROJECT|Grill Flame]] taskings from the CIA's Operations Directorate. In 1950, at the age of twenty, he was recruited by the fledgling intelligence agency as a television engineer, and was sent to Greece as a clandestine radio operator. Later, he worked for the Agency's Office of Communications and then the Technical Services Division (TSD), which later became the Office of Technical Service (OTS). His last posting before becoming a coordinator for Grill Flame was as the chief of OTS's regional "tech base" in Athens.[^1]
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-Everheart was appointed liaison to "Staff D" (later the Office of SIGINT Operations), an office specializing in small-scale signals-intelligence collection. He was introduced to the remote viewing program by [[Ken Kress]], an OTS engineer who had given [[Stanford Research Institute]] (SRI) its first psi research contract. Everheart, initially unfamiliar with remote viewing, was urged by Kress to consider how Staff D operations might benefit from remote viewers, particularly [[Pat Price]].[^1]
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-Everheart became a strong proponent of remote viewing within the CIA, having been involved in psychic spying experiments since the early days of the CIA-sponsored work at SRI. He and his superior, [[John McMahon]], the CIA's deputy director for operations, were willing to give remote viewing a try in operational situations. He was known for his "oblique targeting method," where he would not reveal the specific information desired, allowing the remote viewers to provide it independently, which helped build confidence in their results.[^1]
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-One of his notable successes involved a KGB "illegal" in South Africa. Everheart tasked [[Ken Bell]] and [[Mel Riley]] to remote-view the agent, leading to the discovery of a hidden pocket calculator used for coding messages. He also tasked [[Joe McMoneagle]] to remote-view a Soviet Embassy official with a fishing pole, which led to the discovery of a dead-drop site. Despite the "giggle factor" from skeptical colleagues like Staff D chief [[Ed Rogers]], Everheart continued to advocate for and utilize remote viewing in intelligence operations.[^1]
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-[^1]: Schnabel, Jim. *Remote Viewers*. Dell, 1997.

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Norm Everheart.md

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   - CIA
   - RemoteViewer
   - SRI
-summary: "Norm Everheart was a CIA technical operations specialist with nearly a quarter-century of service by the mid-1970s."
+summary: "Norm Everheart was a CIA technical operations specialist with nearly a quarter-century of service by the mid-1970s, who served as the chief coordinator for Grill Flame taskings from the CIA's Operations Directorate."
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-Norm Everheart was a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] technical operations specialist with nearly a quarter-century of service by the mid-1970s. He had a background as a clandestine radio operator and had worked in the Agency's Office of Communications and Technical Services Division (OTS).[^1]
+Norm Everheart was a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] technical operations specialist with nearly a quarter-century of service by the mid-1970s. In 1950, at the age of twenty, he was recruited by the fledgling intelligence agency as a television engineer and sent to Greece as a clandestine radio operator. He subsequently worked in the Agency's Office of Communications and the Technical Services Division (TSD), which later became the Office of Technical Service (OTS). His last posting before becoming a coordinator for Grill Flame was chief of OTS's regional tech base in Athens.[^1]
 
-In late 1974 or early 1975, Everheart was appointed liaison to "Staff D," an office specializing in small-scale signals intelligence collection. It was in this role that he was introduced to the remote viewing program by [[Ken Kress]], who had initiated SRI's first psi research contract. Everheart, initially unfamiliar with remote viewing, was urged to consider how it might benefit Staff D operations, particularly through the abilities of [[Pat Price]].[^1]
+In late 1974 or early 1975, Everheart was appointed liaison to "Staff D" (later the Office of SIGINT Operations), an office specializing in small-scale signals intelligence collection. It was in this role that he was introduced to the remote viewing program by [[Ken Kress]], who had initiated [[Stanford Research Institute]] (SRI)'s first psi research contract. Everheart, initially unfamiliar with remote viewing, was urged to consider how it might benefit Staff D operations, particularly through the abilities of [[Pat Price]].[^1]
 
-Everheart became a chief coordinator for [[STARGATE PROJECT|Grill Flame]] taskings from the CIA's Operations Directorate. He was a pragmatic and relatively open-minded individual in the often "cold and conniving" world of intelligence. He often employed an "oblique targeting method," where the remote viewer was given minimal information about the target, which helped to build confidence in the accuracy of the psychic data when it matched the unknown facts.[^1]
+Everheart became the chief coordinator for [[STARGATE PROJECT|Grill Flame]] taskings from the CIA's Operations Directorate, working alongside his superior [[John McMahon]], the CIA's deputy director for operations. He was a pragmatic and relatively open-minded individual in the often "cold and conniving" world of intelligence. He employed an "oblique targeting method," where the remote viewer was given minimal information about the target, which helped build confidence in the accuracy of psychic data when it matched unknown facts.[^1]
 
-He was involved in several notable remote viewing operations, including the tracking of a Soviet diplomat using a fishing pole for dead-drop operations, and the interrogation of a KGB agent in South Africa by [[Ken Bell]] using telepathic techniques. Everheart was a strong proponent of remote viewing, despite facing skepticism and the "giggle factor" from some within the Agency, such as Staff D chief Ed Rogers.[^1]
+He was involved in several notable remote viewing operations. In one, he tasked [[Ken Bell]] and [[Mel Riley]] to remote-view a KGB "illegal" in South Africa, leading to the discovery of a hidden pocket calculator used for coding messages. In another, he tasked [[Joe McMoneagle]] to remote-view a Soviet Embassy official carrying a fishing pole, which led to the identification of a dead-drop site. Despite the "giggle factor" from skeptical colleagues like Staff D chief Ed Rogers, Everheart remained a strong proponent of remote viewing within the Agency.[^1]
 
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-[^1]: Schnabel, Jim. *Remote Viewers*. Dell, 1997.
+[^1]: Schnabel, Jim. *Remote Viewers*. Dell, 1997.

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Roberto D'Aubuisson.md

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ At another meeting, Moore and D'Aubuisson were joined by Ray Prendes, the newly
 
 ### Intelligence Connections
 
-Arms manufacturer [[Tim LaFrance]] told journalist Nick Schou that the [[DIA|Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)]] was involved in Lister's weapons manufacturing plant in El Salvador, and that the meetings Lister and his associates had with D'Aubuisson "happened because the DIA wanted them to happen."[^1]
+Arms manufacturer [[Tim LaFrance]] told journalist Nick Schou that the [[Defense Intelligence Agency|Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)]] was involved in Lister's weapons manufacturing plant in El Salvador, and that the meetings Lister and his associates had with D'Aubuisson "happened because the DIA wanted them to happen."[^1]
 
 D'Aubuisson's name appeared on a handwritten list of seven names that Lister prepared for his 1985 grand jury appearance, alongside [[William Nelson]] (the CIA's former deputy director of operations) and Ray Prendes (former head of the Salvadoran Christian Democratic party, which received substantial [[Central Intelligence Agency]] financial assistance during the 1980s). Lister told police the names "came up in his business" and described the people as "business people." The CIA later acknowledged D'Aubuisson was a drug and weapons trafficker.[^2]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/William J. Casey.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ born: 1913-03-13
 died: 1987-05-06
 location: "Elmhurst, Queens, New York"
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-William Joseph Casey was born March 13, 1913, in Elmhurst, Queens, New York. He attended St. John's University and Fordham Law School, becoming a corporate and tax attorney. During World War II he served in the [[OSS|Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS) under William "Wild Bill" Donovan, rising to head the OSS's Secret Intelligence operations in Europe and coordinating the infiltration of agents into Nazi-controlled territory. After the war he became a wealthy lawyer and author of tax shelter guides. President Nixon appointed him Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1971, a post he held through 1973. He managed [[Ronald Reagan]]'s 1980 presidential campaign. Reagan appointed him Director of Central Intelligence in January 1981, and he served as DCI until resigning due to illness in January 1987. He died May 6, 1987, at a hospital in Glen Cove, New York, having suffered a seizure in December 1986 and subsequently undergone brain surgery. He was subpoenaed to testify before the Senate Iran-Contra investigating committee but died before he could appear.[^5]
+William Joseph Casey was born March 13, 1913, in Elmhurst, Queens, New York. He attended St. John's University and Fordham Law School, becoming a corporate and tax attorney. During World War II he served in the [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS) under William "Wild Bill" Donovan, rising to head the OSS's Secret Intelligence operations in Europe and coordinating the infiltration of agents into Nazi-controlled territory. After the war he became a wealthy lawyer and author of tax shelter guides. President Nixon appointed him Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1971, a post he held through 1973. He managed [[Ronald Reagan]]'s 1980 presidential campaign. Reagan appointed him Director of Central Intelligence in January 1981, and he served as DCI until resigning due to illness in January 1987. He died May 6, 1987, at a hospital in Glen Cove, New York, having suffered a seizure in December 1986 and subsequently undergone brain surgery. He was subpoenaed to testify before the Senate Iran-Contra investigating committee but died before he could appear.[^5]
 
 ### October Surprise
 

10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/Eugene Holley.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Eugene Holley was a former [[Georgia]] state senator who introduced [[Bert Lance
 
 Holley was convicted of bank fraud in 1980 and sentenced to ten years in jail.[^3] He had set up a [[Cayman Islands|Cayman]] oil company and accumulated a $17 million debt, from which Abedi bailed him out.[^4]
 
-In October 1977, Holley arranged a meeting between Bert Lance and [[BCCI]] chieftains Abedi and [[Swaleh Naqvi]] at [[New York City]]'s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.[^5]
+In October 1977, Holley arranged a meeting between Bert Lance and [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International|BCCI]] chieftains Abedi and [[Swaleh Naqvi]] at [[New York City]]'s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.[^5]
 
 ### Footnotes
 

10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/Roger Morris.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Roger Morris was a historian and former National Security Council staffer who wr
 
 ### Barry Seal and CIA Connections
 
-Morris wrote that Seal's "personal records showed him to be a contract CIA operative both before and during his years of drug-running in Mena in the 1980s." He also wrote that Seal worked for the [[DIA|Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)]], "where coded records reportedly showed him on the payroll beginning in 1982."[^1]
+Morris wrote that Seal's "personal records showed him to be a contract CIA operative both before and during his years of drug-running in Mena in the 1980s." He also wrote that Seal worked for the [[Defense Intelligence Agency|Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)]], "where coded records reportedly showed him on the payroll beginning in 1982."[^1]
 
 ### Danny Ray Lasater and Organized Crime
 

10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/Ronald Lister.md

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ In October 1982, Pyramid made a security proposal to Salvadoran defense minister
 
 Lister's former office manager [[Chris Moore]] recalled that Lister claimed to have a "big CIA contact" at [[Fluor Corporation]], an international construction management company based in Orange County. "Ron said the guy was the former Deputy Director of Operations or something, real high up there," Moore said. Blandón "recalled hearing Lister say that he was involved with the CIA and that he knew someone high up in the CIA who was getting him some licenses so he could sell weapons to Iran." Blandón said he "never believed Lister because he lied too much."[^1]
 
-Former CIA officer [[John Vandewerker]], who once employed [[Richard Wilker]] as a salesman, said he knew Lister and Wilker were involved in some business activity in El Salvador. "It was kind of touchy... as far as getting out of the country and all that kind of stuff." Vandewerker's name was also found in the notebooks of investigative reporter [[Danny Casolaro]] after his death, in connection with the goings-on at the [[Cabazon Indian Reservation|Cabazon Indian tribe]] reservation. LaFrance told journalist Nick Schou that the [[DIA|Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)]] was also involved in Lister's weapons manufacturing plant in El Salvador, and that the meetings Lister and his associates 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."[^1]
+Former CIA officer [[John Vandewerker]], who once employed [[Richard Wilker]] as a salesman, said he knew Lister and Wilker were involved in some business activity in El Salvador. "It was kind of touchy... as far as getting out of the country and all that kind of stuff." Vandewerker's name was also found in the notebooks of investigative reporter [[Danny Casolaro]] after his death, in connection with the goings-on at the [[Cabazon Indian Reservation|Cabazon Indian tribe]] reservation. LaFrance told journalist Nick Schou that the [[Defense Intelligence Agency|Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)]] was also involved in Lister's weapons manufacturing plant in El Salvador, and that the meetings Lister and his associates 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."[^1]
 
 ### FBI Investigations
 

10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/Tim LaFrance.md

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ According to LaFrance, the Pyramid team moved into a mass-transit center run by
 
 ### Intelligence Connections
 
-LaFrance said the [[DIA|Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)]] was involved in Lister's weapons manufacturing plant, and that the meetings Lister and his associates had with death squad commander [[Roberto D'Aubuisson]] "happened because the DIA wanted them to happen."[^1]
+LaFrance said the [[Defense Intelligence Agency|Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)]] was involved in Lister's weapons manufacturing plant, and that the meetings Lister and his associates had with death squad commander [[Roberto D'Aubuisson]] "happened because the DIA wanted them to happen."[^1]
 
 LaFrance met Lister through [[Richard Wilker]], a former Laguna Beach resident LaFrance described as an ex-CIA agent. "Wilker had heard about my stuff from the Agency. He said he had a friend who wanted to talk about a deal. I called to check and Langley said he [Wilker] was still working for the Agency. So I started doing business with Lister and Wilker." LaFrance said Lister was not officially a CIA employee: "He wasn't getting a paycheck from them. He may have said he did but his connection was... with Wilker. Very few people ever work directly for the Agency."[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/William Bradford Reynolds.md

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ The letter's language, as reported in connection with the broader [[PROMIS]] dis
 
 The letter further specified that the software "must be equipped with the special retrieval unit" - understood in the INSLAW context as a reference to the surveillance back door alleged to have been installed in Enhanced PROMIS -- and that financial aspects of the transactions should be "walked through Credit Suisse and National Commercial Bank." It directed that PROMIS be delivered without "paperwork, customs, or delay."[^1]
 
-At the time the letter was signed, [[Manucher Ghorbanifar|Ghorbanifar]] was an Iranian exile arms dealer and former SAVAK officer whom the CIA had formally branded a "fabricator" in a 1984 burn notice; he would become the primary Iranian middleman in the 1985-1986 [[Iran-Contra Affair]] arms deals within months. [[Adnan Khashoggi]] was a Saudi billionaire arms dealer connected to multiple covert arms networks. [[Richard Armitage]] was then serving as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. [[Khalid bin Mahfouz|Sheik Khalid bin Mahfouz]] was head of Saudi Arabia's National Commercial Bank and a major figure in the [[BCCI]] financial network.
+At the time the letter was signed, [[Manucher Ghorbanifar|Ghorbanifar]] was an Iranian exile arms dealer and former SAVAK officer whom the CIA had formally branded a "fabricator" in a 1984 burn notice; he would become the primary Iranian middleman in the 1985-1986 [[Iran-Contra Affair]] arms deals within months. [[Adnan Khashoggi]] was a Saudi billionaire arms dealer connected to multiple covert arms networks. [[Richard Armitage]] was then serving as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. [[Khalid bin Mahfouz|Sheik Khalid bin Mahfouz]] was head of Saudi Arabia's National Commercial Bank and a major figure in the [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International|BCCI]] financial network.
 
 ### Reynolds's Authentication