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-- 2026-05-15T1059 · [[Robert Hanssen]]
-- 2026-05-15T1055 · [[Michelle Martin]]
-- 2026-05-15T1055 · [[Rene Michaux]]
-- 2026-05-15T1055 · [[Beat Meier]]
-- 2026-05-15T1054 · [[An Marchal]]
-- 2026-05-15T1053 · [[Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini]]
-- 2026-05-15T1053 · [[David Kimche]]
-- 2026-05-15T1052 · [[Heinrich Himmler]]
-- 2026-05-15T1052 · [[John LaMothe]]
-- 2026-05-15T1051 · [[Saddam Hussein]]
-- 2026-05-15T1049 · [[Karel Maasdam]]
-- 2026-05-15T1049 · [[Mehdi Karrubi]]
-- 2026-05-15T1047 · [[Carole Hoff]]
-- 2026-05-15T1047 · [[Carlos Cardoen]]
-- 2026-05-15T1046 · [[Lyn Buchanan]]
-- 2026-05-15T1046 · [[Marlin Fitzwater]]
-- 2026-05-15T1046 · [[Don Eyles]]
-- 2026-05-15T1046 · [[Yoel Ben-Porat]]
-- 2026-05-15T1046 · [[Christopher Busch]]
-- 2026-05-15T1046 · [[George Cave]]
-- 2026-05-15T1046 · [[Mohammed Al-Fayed]]
-- 2026-05-15T1046 · [[Monzer Al-Kassar]]
-- 2026-05-15T1046 · [[Donald A. Bejcek]]
-- 2026-05-15T1046 · [[Jerry Ceppos]]
-- 2026-05-15T1046 · [[Allan H. Frey]]
+- 2026-05-15T1155 · [[Peter R. Phillips]]
+- 2026-05-15T1155 · [[Peter Squire]]
+- 2026-05-15T1155 · [[Roderick Sinclair]]
+- 2026-05-15T1155 · [[Dr. John Philip Nichols]]
+- 2026-05-15T1154 · [[William Ryback]]
+- 2026-05-15T1154 · [[Yoav Shacham]]
+- 2026-05-15T1154 · [[Tim Osman]]
+- 2026-05-15T1154 · [[Robbie Van Der Plancken]]
+- 2026-05-15T1153 · [[William Rolya]]
+- 2026-05-15T1153 · [[Wayne Reeder]]
+- 2026-05-15T1153 · [[William M. Pender]]
+- 2026-05-15T1153 · [[Sheila Ostrander]]
+- 2026-05-15T1153 · [[Shippi Strang]]
+- 2026-05-15T1153 · [[Rosemary Smith]]
+- 2026-05-15T1153 · [[Rasti Rostelli]]
+- 2026-05-15T1153 · [[Ralph Olberg]]
+- 2026-05-15T1152 · [[Pavel Naumov]]
+- 2026-05-15T1152 · [[Gerald G. Oplinger]]
+- 2026-05-15T1152 · [[Isabelle Pettie]]
+- 2026-05-15T1152 · [[Hedrick Smith]]
+- 2026-05-15T1152 · [[Ian Smart]]
+- 2026-05-15T1152 · [[Mike Russo]]
+- 2026-05-15T1152 · [[Nancy Stern]]
+- 2026-05-15T1152 · [[Nita Scoggan]]
+- 2026-05-15T1152 · [[Patrick J. Parker]]

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

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   - BCCI
 summary: "Eugene Holley was a former Georgia state senator who introduced Bert Lance to Agha Hasan Abedi."
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-
 Eugene Holley was a former [[Georgia]] state senator who introduced [[Bert Lance]] to [[Agha Hasan Abedi]].[^1] He was the first person prosecuted under the [[Foreign Corrupt Practices Act]] for paying bribes in [[Qatar]].[^2]
 
 ### Legal Issues and BCCI Connections

10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/John Marsh.md

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ born: 1926-08-07
 died: 2019-02-04
 location: "Winchester, Virginia"
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 John Marsh was the Secretary of the [[U.S. Army]]. On August 24, 1984, he authorized negotiations for the transfer of the [[Psychoenergetics|psychoenergetics]] program (which included [[Remote Viewing]]) to the [[Defense Intelligence Agency|DIA]]. This decision came after a period of uncertainty and bureaucratic maneuvering following the early retirement of [[Albert Stubblebine]] and the temporary cancellation of the program[^1].
 
 Marsh's authorization was a crucial step in ensuring the continuation of the U.S. government's psychic research efforts, despite the ongoing debates and controversies surrounding them[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/Kenneth Hellstrom.md

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 summary: "Kenneth Hellstrom was as a victim of child sexual abuse perpetrated by John David Norman in the early 1970s within Norman's network of operations in Chicago, Illinois."
 died: 1977
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 Kenneth Hellstrom was as a victim of child sexual abuse perpetrated by [[John David Norman]] in the early 1970s within Norman's network of operations in [[Chicago]]. Hellstrom encountered the exploitation activities tied to the apartment used for producing child pornography and sexual acts involving underage boys. This background positioned him as a key witness exposing the broader child trafficking and abuse ring led by Norman and his associates.[^1]
 
 ### Abuse and Testimony

10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/Khatoun.md

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 summary: "In July 1966, Khatoun took Ari and his sisters, Claris, Evon, and Stella, to Israel, where Stella and Ari were enrolled at the American International School in Kfar Smaryahu."
 location: "Baghdad, Iraq"
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-[[Khatoun]] is the mother of [[Ari Ben-Menashe]]. She was an affluent Iraqi Jew who married [[Gourdji]] in [[Baghdad]] in 1945 and settled in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]. In late 1950 and early 1951, she visited [[Israel]] with her husband to explore the possibility of moving there.[^1]
+[[Khatoun]] is the mother of [[Ari Ben-Menashe]]. She was an affluent [[Iraq|Iraqi]] Jew who married [[Gourdji]] in [[Baghdad]] in 1945 and settled in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]. In late 1950 and early 1951, she visited [[Israel]] with her husband to explore the possibility of moving there.[^1]
 
 In July 1966, [[Khatoun]] took [[Ari Ben-Menashe|Ari]] and his sisters, Claris, Evon, and Stella, to [[Israel]], where Stella and [[Ari Ben-Menashe|Ari]] were enrolled at the American International School in Kfar Smaryahu. Five years later, [[Khatoun]] and her husband moved from [[Tehran]] to [[Israel]].[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/Richard J. Kerr.md

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ summary: "Kerr appeared before Senator John Kerry's Subcommittee on Terrorism, N
 born: 1935-10-04
 location: "Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA"
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 Richard J. Kerr served as Acting [[Central Intelligence Agency]] Director. In 1991, he confirmed that the agency had used [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International|BCCI]] to move money around the world.[^1]
 
 ### Role in BCCI Affair

10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/Samuel W. Lewis.md

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ born: 1930-10-01
 died: 2014-03-10
 location: "Houston, Texas, USA"
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 Samuel W. Lewis was the U.S. ambassador to [[Israel]], assigned in 1977. He was present at a meeting in the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] White House in September 1981 where [[Menachem Begin]] and [[Ariel Sharon]] presented a far-reaching agenda for U.S.–Israeli strategic cooperation. Lewis recounted that Begin suggested a formal alliance, and Reagan agreed, shocking others present. Sharon then outlined a plan that included joint use of airfields and Navy ports, and shared intelligence, including formal Israeli access to the [[KH-11]] satellite for its nuclear targeting of the [[Soviet Union]].[^1]
 
 ### Footnotes

10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/William Richard Higgins.md

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ born: 1945-01-15
 died: 1989-07-31
 location: "Danville, Kentucky, USA"
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 William Richard Higgins was a [[U.S. Marine Corps|Marine]] Lieutenant Colonel who served as chief of the [[United Nations Military Observer Group Lebanon]]. On February 17, 1988, he was abducted in [[Lebanon]] after meeting with the [[Amal Militia]] in the coastal city of Tyre[^1].
 
 Higgins's abduction became an international incident, generating a crisis at the [[Pentagon]]. Prior to joining the UN team, he had served as a military aide to Secretary of Defense [[Caspar W. Weinberger]], giving him in-depth knowledge of classified military matters and making him a high-value hostage[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/Yaacov Meridor.md

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ born: 1913-09-29
 died: 1995-06-30
 location: "Lipno, Poland"
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 [[Yaacov Meridor]] was a long-time friend of [[Menachem Begin]], who served as a minister without portfolio in Begin's government. He was involved in various businesses with [[South Africa]] through [[Transkei]], raking in commissions from countries that sought to bypass the boycott on [[South Africa]] by dealing through Transkei. Everything had to go through Meridor or a company he owned, including [[Degem]], which was actually controlled by [[Israel|Israel]]'s military intelligence and provided computer services to the [[South Africa|South Africans]] and to [[Guatemala]].[^1]
 
 Meridor became embroiled in a scandal when he, along with [[Joe Peeples]] and a Romanian expatriate, attempted to sell a theoretically feasible but practically impossible solar energy system to the [[Hunt brothers]] of [[Texas]] for $2 million. He also sought a huge loan from the [[Israel|Israeli]] Treasury for this project, publicly announcing it on TV. However, a scientist from the [[Weizmann Institute]] exposed the scheme as a fraud, leading to Meridor losing his job as a cabinet minister and his credibility. His [[Transkei]] operations were also affected, which opened the door for [[Robert Maxwell]] to take over [[Degem]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Abimael Guzman Reynoso.md

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ born: 1934-12-03
 died: 2021-09-11
 location: "Mollendo, Arequipa, Peru"
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 [[Abimael Guzman Reynoso]] was the founder and leader of the [[Shining Path]] (El Sendero Luminoso), a Maoist terrorist group in [[Peru]]. He was formerly a professor of philosophy at the [[University of San Cristobal]] at [[Ayacucho]], where he was considered a legendary figure by his followers, who saw him as the "fourth sword of Marxism" after [[Karl Marx|Marx]], [[Vladimir Lenin|Lenin]], and [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]].[^1]
 
 In 1980, [[Abimael Guzman Reynoso|Guzmán]] proclaimed the armed struggle against the capitalist government in [[Lima]], and the [[Shining Path]] grew into a powerful force, leading to the declaration of martial law in the department of [[Ayacucho]] by [[Alan Garcia|Peruvian President Alan Garcia]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Abu Nidal.md

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ born: 1937
 died: 2002
 location: "Jaffa, British Mandate Palestine"
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 [[Abu Nidal]] was a Palestinian terrorist. He was a target of [[Israel|Israeli]] intelligence operations. Arms dealers like [[John Knight]] and [[Sidem International Limited]] acquired arms from [[Yugoslavia]] and sold them to [[Mohammed Radi Abdullah]], who in turn sold them to [[Abu Nidal|Nidal]] and other Palestinian groups. [[Mohammed Radi Abdullah|Radi]] was unaware of [[Anthony Pearson|Pearson's]] [[Israel|Israeli]] connection.[^1]
 
 [[Mohammed Radi Abdullah|Radi]] later presented his case to [[Abu Nidal|Nidal]] in [[Baghdad]], claiming he had been unwittingly used by [[Anthony Pearson|Pearson]]. [[Abu Nidal|Nidal]] believed his story and put out the word that [[Mohammed Radi Abdullah|Radi]] was "clean," placing the blame on [[Yasser Arafat|Yasser Arafat's]] group.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Albert Speer.md

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ born: 1905-03-19
 died: 1981-09-01
 location: "Mannheim, Germany"
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-
 Albert Speer (1905–1981) was a German architect who served as the Reich's Minister of Armaments and War Production for [[Nazi Germany]] during [[World War II]]. He was a close confidant of [[Adolf Hitler]][^1].
 
 While serving a life sentence in Spandau prison, Speer recounted [[Rudolf Hess]]'s motivation for his rogue flight to Scotland in May 1941. Speer wrote in *Inside the Third Reich* that "Hess assured me in all seriousness that the idea had been inspired in him in a dream by supernatural forces"[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Albert Stubblebine.md

@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ born: 1930-02-06
 died: 2017-02-06
 location: "New York, USA"
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 Major General [[Albert Stubblebine]] was a [[U.S. Army]] general and a strong supporter of [[Psi|psychic]] research, particularly within the [[STARGATE PROJECT|Stargate Project]]. He served as the [[United States Army Intelligence and Security Command|INSCOM]] commander. Stubblebine was known for his unconventional interests and his belief in the potential of psychic abilities for military applications. He reportedly attempted to walk through walls and other feats.[^1]
 
 ### Footnotes

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Alfredo Stroessner.md

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ born: 1912-11-03
 died: 2006-08-16
 location: "Encarnación, Paraguay"
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 [[Alfredo Stroessner]] was the President of [[Paraguay]], having been put in power in 1954 by the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]. His regime was known for protecting [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]] intelligence officers and German scientists with whom the [[United States|U.S.]] government had made deals after [[World War II]]. Stroessner, with his German background and connections to the [[Nazi Party]] during the war, was considered an excellent candidate for the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] to install, indirectly serving [[United States|U.S.]] interests.[^1]
 
 [[Israel|Israel]]'s connection with [[Paraguay]] under Stroessner dates back to [[Golda Meir]]'s time as foreign minister, who was instrumental in opening diplomatic relations. Stroessner agreed to open [[Paraguay|Paraguay's]] embassy in [[Jerusalem]], even when the [[United States|U.S.]] did not recognize [[Jerusalem]] as the capital of [[Israel]]. This relationship, however, was not always consistent, with [[Mossad]] agents continuing to track [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]] groups in [[Paraguay]]. Stroessner attempted to improve his reputation by promising full cooperation with [[Israel]], though he did little to address the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]] issue.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Amiram Nir.md

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ born: 1950-12-08
 died: 1988-11-30
 location: "Israel"
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 [[Amiram Nir]] was a former [[Israel|Israeli]] TV newsman and a counterterrorism adviser to [[Shimon Peres]]. He was originally a military officer in the tank corps and lost an eye in a training accident. He married [[Judy Moses]], the daughter of the owner of [[Yediot Ahronot]], a major [[Israel|Israeli]] newspaper chain.[^1]
 
 Nir resigned from his TV job to work as a public relations adviser for [[Shimon Peres|Peres]] during the 1981 elections. After [[Shimon Peres|Peres]] became prime minister in 1984, he appointed Nir as his counterterrorism adviser. Nir found documents related to [[Rafi|Eitan's]] [[United States|U.S.]] spy network and the [[Iran-Israel Joint Committee|Joint Committee's]] arms sales to [[Iran]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Amnon Rubinstein.md

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ born: 1931-09-05
 died: 2024-01-18
 location: "Tel Aviv, Israel"
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 Amnon Rubinstein was a prominent [[Israel|Israeli]] legal scholar, politician, and television talk show host. Known as the founding father of Israeli constitutional law, he served in various ministerial roles, including Minister of Communications, Minister of Science and Technology and Space, and Minister of Energy and Infrastructure[^1].
 
 Rubinstein became a notable supporter of [[Uri Geller]]'s [[Extrasensory Perception|ESP]] and [[Psychokinesis|PK]] abilities since 1969. He first encountered Geller at a party, where Geller allegedly demonstrated a remarkable ability to influence Rubinstein's thoughts, making him choose a specific number that Geller had already written down. Rubinstein, initially skeptical, was astonished by this demonstration[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Andrea Stocco.md

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 summary: "Andrea Stocco is a co-director at the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences (I-LABS) at the University of Washington in Seattle."
 location: "Palmanova, Friuli, Italy"
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 Andrea Stocco is a co-director at the [[Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences]] (I-LABS) at the [[University of Washington]] in [[Seattle]]. He is involved in research on [[Synthetic Telepathy]], specifically focusing on direct brain-to-brain communication[^1].
 
 Stocco explains that while evolution has found ways for humans to communicate information from their brains, it requires translation. His work aims to reverse this process, taking signals from the brain and, with minimal translation, putting them back into another person's brain[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Andres Rodriguez.md

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ born: 1923-06-19
 died: 1997-04-21
 location: "San Salvador de Guairá, Paraguay"
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 [[Andres Rodriguez]] was a General in [[Paraguay]] and the head of the military school. He was a powerful figure in the country, considered by some to be the second most powerful man after [[Alfredo Stroessner|President Stroessner]]. He was believed to be a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] agent and had an exclusive on importing [[United States|American]] cigarettes to [[Paraguay]].[^1]
 
 [[Andres Rodriguez|Rodriguez]] had close connections with [[Rodolfo Stange|Gen. Rodolfo Stange]] of [[Chile]] and was believed to receive a retainer from [[Carlos Cardoen]]. He had presidential aspirations and was involved in a power struggle with [[Alfredo Stroessner|President Stroessner]]. His daughter, Marta, was married to Stroessner's second son, who was a cocaine addict, leading to strife over the presidential candidacy.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Andrija Puharich.md

@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ born: 1918-02-19
 died: 1995-01-03
 location: “Chicago, Illinois, USA”
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 Henry Karel “Andrija” Puharich (1918–1995) was a prominent American physician, research scientist, and parapsychologist who became a central figure in the U.S. government's investigations into [[Extrasensory Perception|ESP]] and [[Psychokinesis|PK]] during the [[Cold War]]. His lifelong quest to understand the nature of consciousness and anomalous mental phenomena led him to explore the intersection of science, mysticism, and the supernatural[^1].
 
 Born in Chicago on February 19, 1918, to poor Yugoslavian immigrants, Puharich had an early experience that shaped his future. As a milk delivery boy, he claimed to have calmed a vicious dog by sending "feelings of calmness and peace," leading him to believe in [[Telepathy|mind-to-mind telepathy]] and inspiring him to pursue medicine to understand the biological basis of such phenomena[^1]. He excelled academically, attending Northwestern University for philosophy and premedical studies before entering medical school. During his studies, he deeply contemplated the nature of the mind and consciousness, stating, "Understanding the nature of man’s consciousness... is my lifelong quest"[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Anwar Sadat.md

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ born: 1918-12-25
 died: 1981-10-06
 location: "Mit Abu al-Kawm, Al-Minufiyya, Egypt"
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 [[Anwar Sadat]] was the President of [[Egypt]]. In 1978, he successfully concluded the [[Camp David Accords|Camp David summit]] with Israeli Prime Minister [[Menachem Begin]], a significant step towards peace in the [[Middle East]].[^2]
 
 He was informed by the [[Soviet Union|Soviets]] about [[Israel|Israel's]] attitude towards a comprehensive peace settlement in the [[Middle East]], following [[Golda Meir|Golda Meir's]] meeting with [[Leonid Brezhnev]] in 1972. This intelligence may have prompted [[Anwar Sadat|Sadat]] to launch a war against [[Israel]] in 1973 to force them to the peace table.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Ariel Sharon.md

@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ born: 1928-02-26
 died: 2014-01-11
 location: "Kfar Malal, British Mandate Palestine"
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-
-# Ariel Sharon
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 Ariel Sharon was an Israeli General. In the summer of 1970, he was photographed at a function speaking with [[Uri Geller]] (Jacobsen, Chapter Six). This occurred during a period when Geller's popularity was rising in [[Israel]], and he was also seen having lunch with [[Moshe Dayan]] at the White Elephant Restaurant in Zahala (Jacobsen, Chapter Six).[^1]
 
 In August 1981, [[Ariel Sharon]] was named defense minister by the newly reelected [[Menachem Begin]] government. In September of the same year, he was in [[Washington, D.C.]] with Begin to lobby the White House in support of a far-reaching Israeli plan for [[United States]]-Israeli strategic cooperation against the [[Soviet Union]]. Sharon pushed for a downlink for [[KH-11]] satellite imagery to be located in [[Tel Aviv]], insisting it be "dedicated" so that only [[Israel]] could read the encoded signals. This suggestion was deemed preposterous by [[Richard V. Allen]], then National Security Advisor, who privately told Sharon so.[^2]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Aristides Sanchez.md

@@ -9,21 +9,21 @@ tags:
 summary: Wealthy Somoza-era landowner who became the head of supplies and logistics for the FDN, went on the CIA payroll, and allegedly served as the conduit for cocaine money from the Meneses drug ring in California.
 died: 1993
 ---
-Aristides Sánchez was a wealthy landowner under [[Anastasio Somoza|Somoza]] who became the head of supplies and logistics for the [[FDN]]. He went on the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] payroll in the early 1980s as an aide to [[Enrique Bermudez|Enrique Bermúdez]] and allegedly served as the conduit for [[cocaine]] money flowing from the [[Norwin Meneses|Meneses]] drug ring in [[California]].[^1] He died in [[Miami]] in 1993.[^1]
+Aristides Sanchez was a wealthy landowner under [[Anastasio Somoza|Somoza]] who became the head of supplies and logistics for the [[FDN]]. He went on the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] payroll in the early 1980s as an aide to [[Enrique Bermudez|Enrique Bermudez]] and allegedly served as the conduit for [[cocaine]] money flowing from the [[Norwin Meneses|Meneses]] drug ring in [[California]].[^1] He died in [[Miami]] in 1993.[^1]
 
 ### Family Connections to the Meneses Network
 
-Sánchez was a close friend of Norwin Meneses. His brother Fernando Sánchez had been Somoza's last ambassador to [[Guatemala]] after [[Edmundo Meneses]] was assassinated. Another brother, [[Troilo Sanchez|Troilo Sánchez]], was one of Norwin Meneses's friends and business partners in [[Managua]]. Yet another brother, Enrique Sánchez, was partners in a Miami restaurant with Donald Barrios, the man [[Danilo Blandon|Danilo Blandón]] claims introduced him to Norwin Meneses.[^2]
+Sanchez was a close friend of Norwin Meneses. His brother Fernando Sanchez had been Somoza's last ambassador to [[Guatemala]] after [[Edmundo Meneses]] was assassinated. Another brother, [[Troilo Sanchez|Troilo Sanchez]], was one of Norwin Meneses's friends and business partners in [[Managua]]. Yet another brother, Enrique Sanchez, was partners in a Miami restaurant with Donald Barrios, the man [[Danilo Blandon|Danilo Blandon]] claims introduced him to Norwin Meneses.[^2]
 
-Norwin Meneses stated: "I dealt directly with Bermúdez, and occasionally his assistant on minor things. I also worked with Aristides Sanchez. He was a very good friend of mine."[^2]
+Norwin Meneses stated: "I dealt directly with Bermadez, and occasionally his assistant on minor things. I also worked with Aristides Sanchez. He was a very good friend of mine."[^2]
 
-[[Carlos Cabezas]] told the CIA that "he never specifically told Aristides Sanchez that the money came from drug proceeds but only that it was from Troilo. Cabezas said he assumed Aristides Sanchez must have known what Troilo was involved in."[^3] Other Contras certainly did. Former Contra official Leonardo Zeledón Rodríguez told UPI in 1986 that "Troilo sold 200 pounds of cocaine and received $6.1 million for it."[^3]
+[[Carlos Cabezas]] told the CIA that "he never specifically told Aristides Sanchez that the money came from drug proceeds but only that it was from Troilo. Cabezas said he assumed Aristides Sanchez must have known what Troilo was involved in."[^3] Other Contras certainly did. Former Contra official [[Leonardo Zeledon Rodriguez]] told UPI in 1986 that "Troilo sold 200 pounds of cocaine and received $6.1 million for it."[^3]
 
 ### Role in the FDN
 
-The CIA selected Sánchez to assist Enrique Bermúdez in running the FDN after the August 1981 merger that created the organization.[^2] He went on the CIA payroll and reported daily to his CIA overseers. Together with Bermúdez, Sánchez became the heart and soul of the military side of the Contra organization. The political side was left to CIA agent [[Adolfo Calero]], who also worked closely with Sánchez. [[Oliver North]] later called Sánchez "Calero's hatchet man."[^2]
+The CIA selected Sanchez to assist Enrique Bermudez in running the FDN after the August 1981 merger that created the organization.[^2] He went on the CIA payroll and reported daily to his CIA overseers. Together with Bermudez, Sanchez became the heart and soul of the military side of the Contra organization. The political side was left to CIA agent [[Adolfo Calero]], who also worked closely with Sanchez. [[Oliver North]] later called Sanchez "Calero's hatchet man."[^2]
 
-Sánchez became one of the Contras' top political and military strategists, plotting logistics, buying supplies, and delivering weapons, as the [[Miami Herald]] reported in his 1993 obituary.[^2] Throughout the 1980s he was consistently described in the press as the Contras' supply chief.
+Sanchez became one of the Contras' top political and military strategists, plotting logistics, buying supplies, and delivering weapons, as the [[Miami Herald]] reported in his 1993 obituary.[^2] Throughout the 1980s he was consistently described in the press as the Contras' supply chief.
 
 ### Footnotes
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Aviem Sella.md

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ summary: "Colonel Aviem Sella was an Israeli Air Force officer and a nuclear tar
 born: 1946-01-07
 location: "Haifa, British Mandate Palestine"
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 Colonel [[Aviem Sella]] was an [[Israel|Israeli]] Air Force officer and a nuclear targeting expert who was implicated in the [[Jonathan Pollard]] espionage case, where he worked with [[Jonathan Pollard|Pollard]] to obtain intelligence from the [[United States|U.S.]] Navy.[^1]
 
 ### Nuclear Targeting Expertise

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Avraham Shalom.md

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ born: 1928-07-07
 died: 2014-06-19
 location: "Vienna, Austria"
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-
 Avraham Shalom was the director of [[Shin Bet]], [[Israel]]'s internal security agency. He was forced to resign his post in late June 1984 due to cover-up charges in connection with the Shin Bet killing in 1984 of two Palestinian hijackers while in custody. Shalom was part of a six-man Israeli delegation that arrived in [[Washington, D.C.]] in August 1986 to resolve the [[Jonathan Pollard]] affair. He, along with [[Ram Caspi]] and [[Hanan Bar-on]], had been appointed by [[Shimon Peres]] immediately after Pollard's arrest to conduct an internal investigation. They reported within a week that Pollard was part of a rogue intelligence-gathering unit that operated without any government awareness.[^1]
 
 [[Rafael Eitan]] had a need to settle old scores with [[Yitzhak Hofi]], the head of [[Mossad]], and [[Avraham Shalom]], Shin Beth's director. This personal ambition and need for revenge drove Eitan's actions, including the recruitment of [[Jonathan Pollard]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Barry Seal.md

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ From approximately late 1980 through March 1984, Seal used the Mena Intermountai
 
 In March 1984, Seal was arrested with 462 pounds of Medellín cocaine aboard his plane. Facing a potential ten-year sentence, he signed an agreement on March 28, 1984, to become a DEA informant under agent Ernst Jacobsen. He pleaded guilty to his Florida indictment and was released pending performance as a confidential source.
 
-The [[Central Intelligence Agency]] installed concealed cameras in Seal's cargo aircraft. On June 25, 1984, at the Los Brasiles airfield outside Managua, Nicaragua, the cameras photographed [[Pablo Escobar]], José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha, and Federico Vaughan -- an official of the Nicaraguan Sandinista government -- loading cocaine onto Seal's plane for transport to the United States. This photographic evidence was used by the Reagan administration in its anti-Sandinista campaign; President [[Ronald Reagan]] displayed a copy of the image in a nationally televised address on March 16, 1986.[^2]
+The [[Central Intelligence Agency]] installed concealed cameras in Seal's cargo aircraft. On June 25, 1984, at the Los Brasiles airfield outside Managua, Nicaragua, the cameras photographed [[Pablo Escobar]], José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha, and Federico Vaughan - an official of the Nicaraguan Sandinista government - loading cocaine onto Seal's plane for transport to the United States. This photographic evidence was used by the Reagan administration in its anti-Sandinista campaign; President [[Ronald Reagan]] displayed a copy of the image in a nationally televised address on March 16, 1986.[^2]
 
 On July 17, 1984, the *Washington Times* published details of Seal's infiltration operation, including the photograph, effectively burning him as an undercover source. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee's 1988 investigation, chaired by Senator [[John Kerry]], concluded this leak originated with [[Oliver North]].[^3]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Carl Sagan.md

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ born: 1934-11-09
 died: 1996-12-20
 location: "Brooklyn, New York, USA"
 ---
-
 Carl Sagan (1934–1996) was a renowned American cosmologist, astronomer, planetary scientist, and author. He was a prominent figure in the scientific skepticism movement and a vocal critic of paranormal claims, including those made by [[Uri Geller]][^1].
 
 Sagan, along with [[Martin Gardner]], [[Ray Hyman]], [[Paul Kurtz]], and [[James Randi]], co-founded the [[Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal]] (CSICOP). This organization aimed to promote scientific inquiry and combat pseudoscience, which they believed included the sudden explosion of interest in paranormal phenomena[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Chapman Pincher.md

@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ born: 1914-03-29
 died: 2014-08-05
 location: "Ambala, Punjab, British India"
 ---
-
-Chapman Pincher was a British journalist known for his close ties to the British intelligence and nuclear communities. In December 1960, he published a major story in the *London Daily Express* stating that "British and American intelligence authorities believe that the Israelis are well on the way to building their first experimental nuclear bomb." Pincher had received a tip from a senior figure in British atomic weapons research and verified the story with a contact in [[Mossad]].[^1]
+Chapman Pincher was a British journalist known for his close ties to the [[British Intelligence]] and nuclear communities. In December 1960, he published a major story in the *London Daily Express* stating that "British and American intelligence authorities believe that the [[Israel|Israelis]] are well on the way to building their first experimental nuclear bomb." Pincher had received a tip from a senior figure in British atomic weapons research and verified the story with a contact in [[Mossad]].[^1]
 
 ### Footnotes
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Christian Pineau.md

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ born: 1904
 died: 1995
 location: "Chaumont, Haute-Marne, France"
 ---
-
 Christian Pineau was a French politician who served as Foreign Minister. He expressed last-minute qualms about the Israeli reactor, but [[Shimon Peres]] later claimed to have overcome Pineau's doubts by insisting that the reactor, already understood by engineers and officials throughout the French nuclear bureaucracy to be for a bomb, would be utilized only for "research and development." Pineau's signed authorization for the reactor came in late September 1957, precisely when his government was being voted out of office, meaning the formal authorization for [[Dimona]] was signed by an official who was already out of office.[^1]
 
 ### Footnotes

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Donald T. Regan.md

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ born: 1918-12-21
 died: 2003-06-10
 location: "Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA"
 ---
-
 Donald T. Regan (1918–2003) was an American government official who served as the [[White House]] Chief of Staff under President [[Ronald Reagan]]. In May 1988, Regan revealed in his memoir that President Reagan had sought the advice of a private astrologer during his tenure at the White House[^1].
 
 Regan stated that "Virtually every major move and decision the Reagans made during my time as White House chief of staff was cleared by a woman in San Francisco who drew up horoscopes to make certain that the planets were in favorable alignment for the enterprise." This revelation was confirmed by White House press secretary [[Marlin Fitzwater]], who stated that President Reagan and his wife, Nancy, were both deeply interested in astrology[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Elliot Richardson.md

@@ -14,25 +14,25 @@ born: 1920-07-20
 died: 1999-12-31
 location: "Boston, Massachusetts, USA"
 ---
-Elliot Lee Richardson was born on July 20, 1920, in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Harvard College (BA, 1941) and Harvard Law School (LLB, 1947, magna cum laude), then clerked for Judge [[Learned Hand]] on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and for Justice [[Felix Frankfurter]] on the U.S. Supreme Court. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II, participating in the Normandy landings, and was wounded at Omaha Beach. He died on December 31, 1999.[^1]
+Elliot Lee Richardson was born on July 20, 1920, in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Harvard University (BA, 1941) and Harvard Law School (LLB, 1947, magna cum laude), then clerked for Judge [[Learned Hand]] on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and for Justice [[Felix Frankfurter]] on the U.S. Supreme Court. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II, participating in the Normandy landings, and was wounded at Omaha Beach. He died on December 31, 1999.[^1]
 
 ### Government Career
 
 Richardson served as a Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney General under the Eisenhower administration (1957-1959), then as U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts (1959-1961). He was elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1964 and Attorney General of Massachusetts in 1966.[^1]
 
-Under President Nixon, Richardson held four successive cabinet or subcabinet positions in rapid succession: Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (1970-1973), Secretary of Defense (January-May 1973), and Attorney General of the United States (May-October 1973). As Attorney General, he appointed [[Archibald Cox]] as Watergate Special Prosecutor. On October 20, 1973 — the event subsequently known as the Saturday Night Massacre — Nixon ordered Richardson to fire Cox. Richardson refused and resigned. Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus also refused and was dismissed; Solicitor General Robert Bork carried out the order. Richardson's resignation over the Cox firing established him as one of the prominent Republican figures of the Watergate era.[^1]
+Under President [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]], Richardson held four successive cabinet or subcabinet positions in rapid succession: Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (1970-1973), Secretary of Defense (January-May 1973), and Attorney General of the [[United States]] (May-October 1973). As Attorney General, he appointed [[Archibald Cox]] as [[Watergate]] Special Prosecutor. On October 20, 1973 - the event subsequently known as the Saturday Night Massacre - Nixon ordered Richardson to fire Cox. Richardson refused and resigned. Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus also refused and was dismissed; Solicitor General Robert Bork carried out the order. Richardson's resignation over the Cox firing established him as one of the prominent Republican figures of the Watergate era.[^1]
 
-Under President Ford, Richardson served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1975-1976) and as Secretary of Commerce (1976-1977). He subsequently served as Ambassador-at-Large and head of the U.S. delegation to the Law of the Sea Conference under President Carter (1977-1980).[^1]
+Under President [[Gerald R. Ford|Ford]], Richardson served as U.S. Ambassador to the [[United Kingdom]] (1975-1976) and as Secretary of Commerce (1976-1977). He subsequently served as Ambassador-at-Large and head of the U.S. delegation to the Law of the Sea Conference under President [[Jimmy Carter]] (1977-1980).[^1]
 
 ### INSLAW Representation
 
-Richardson was retained as outside counsel by [[INSLAW]] and [[Bill Hamilton|Bill]] and [[Nancy Hamilton]] following the September 1987 bankruptcy court ruling in which Judge [[George Francis Bason, Jr.|George Bason]] found that the [[Department of Justice]] had "taken, converted, stole" INSLAW's enhanced [[PROMIS]] software "by trickery, fraud, and deceit." By March 1989, Richardson was writing to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Joe Biden requesting assurances that DOJ whistleblowers who cooperated with congressional investigators would face no reprisals; Biden responded through an aide, and Richardson challenged the dismissal. Richardson subsequently championed the House Judiciary Committee investigation led by Representative Jack Brooks, which ran from 1989 through September 1992 and produced House Report 102-857.[^2][^3]
+Richardson was retained as outside counsel by [[INSLAW]] and [[Bill Hamilton|Bill]] and [[Nancy Hamilton]] following the September 1987 bankruptcy court ruling in which Judge [[George Francis Bason, Jr.|George Bason]] found that the [[Department of Justice]] had "taken, converted, stole" INSLAW's enhanced [[PROMIS]] software "by trickery, fraud, and deceit." By March 1989, Richardson was writing to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman [[Joe Biden]] requesting assurances that DOJ whistleblowers who cooperated with congressional investigators would face no reprisals; Biden responded through an aide, and Richardson challenged the dismissal. Richardson subsequently championed the House Judiciary Committee investigation led by Representative Jack Brooks, which ran from 1989 through September 1992 and produced House Report 102-857.[^2][^3]
 
 In congressional testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, Richardson stated:
 
 > "There is simply too much to be ignored. In the case of INSLAW, there is a spreading radius of circumstantial evidence, which, at its outer reaches, entails a far more sinister kind of conspiracy than anything revealed in Watergate."[^2]
 
-On October 21, 1991 — ten weeks after journalist [[Danny Casolaro]]'s death in Martinsburg, West Virginia — Richardson published an op-ed in the *New York Times* titled "A High-Tech Watergate," in which he named [[Earl Brian]] as linked to the PROMIS theft and alleged a scheme connected to the [[October Surprise]]. The op-ed also stated:
+On October 21, 1991 - ten weeks after journalist [[Danny Casolaro]]'s death in Martinsburg, West Virginia - Richardson published an op-ed in the *New York Times* titled "A High-Tech Watergate," in which he named [[Earl Brian]] as linked to the PROMIS theft and alleged a scheme connected to the [[October Surprise]]. The op-ed also stated:
 
 > "I believe he was murdered, but even if that is no more than a possibility, it is a possibility with such sinister implications as to demand a serious effort to discover the truth."[^4]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Francis Shelden and John Stamford.md

@@ -15,14 +15,11 @@ summary: "Francis Duffield Shelden belonged to an old-money establishment family
 start: 1976
 location: North Fox Island, Michigan
 ---
-
-### The North Fox Island Operation
-
-Francis Duffield Shelden belonged to an old-money establishment family in Michigan, with lineage tracing back to a governor, senator, and United States Secretary of War. Endowed with a trust fund, Shelden pursued a life of philanthropy that took a particular interest in youth charity. He served on the board of the Cranbrook Institute and Boys Republic, volunteered for Big Brother programs, and worked part-time as a geology professor at Wayne State University. Behind this respectable facade, Shelden owned a private island in Lake Michigan called North Fox Island, where in 1976 he established a summer camp called Brother Pauls Childrens Mission. The camp, incorporated through [[Adam Starchild]] and linked to a sham New Jersey church called The Church of New Revelation, was in reality an international child pornography and prostitution operation. When Michigan police arrested a gym teacher named [[Gerald Richards]] in July 1976, Richards confessed and implicated Shelden as a principal figure in a nationwide child exploitation network. Shelden fled Michigan before an arrest warrant could be authorised, transferring his assets into offshore trusts and escaping to Amsterdam.
+Francis Duffield Shelden belonged to an old-money establishment family in Michigan, with lineage tracing back to a governor, senator, and United States Secretary of War. Endowed with a trust fund, Shelden pursued a life of philanthropy that took a particular interest in youth charity. He served on the board of the [[Cranbrook Institute]] and [[Boys Republic]], volunteered for [[Big Brother]] programs, and worked part-time as a geology professor at Wayne State University. Behind this respectable facade, Shelden owned a private island in Lake Michigan called [[North Fox Island]], where in 1976 he established a summer camp called [[Brother Paul's Children's Mission]]. The camp, incorporated through [[Adam Starchild]] and linked to a sham New Jersey church called [[The Church of New Revelation]], was in reality an international child pornography and prostitution operation. When Michigan police arrested a gym teacher named [[Gerald Richards]] in July 1976, Richards confessed and implicated Shelden as a principal figure in a nationwide child exploitation network. Shelden fled Michigan before an arrest warrant could be authorised, transferring his assets into offshore trusts and escaping to [[Amsterdam]].
 
 ### From PAN to Spartacus International
 
-In Amsterdam, Shelden started a newsletter called PAN (Paedo Alert News) under the penname Frank Torey, a nod to the publishing legacy of [[Hermes]], the Chicago-based newsletter used to facilitate [[John David Norman]]s [[Odyssey Network]]. PAN served as the European equivalent, platforming an organisation called [[Spartacus International]]. The first edition of PAN was published in 1979 through a publishing house owned by [[John Stamford]], a defrocked Anglican priest who had fled Britain in 1972 after being convicted of operating a child pornography service through the mail. Stamford ran the [[Spartacus Club]] and published travel guides that functioned as a global child sex tourism business, sponsoring boy brothels in countries such as the Philippines and Thailand. The operation was exposed by Fleet Street press in the mid-1980s, leading to a raid of his Amsterdam estate where authorities discovered vast quantities of child pornography.
+In Amsterdam, Shelden started a newsletter called [[PAN (Paedo Alert News)]] under the penname Frank Torey, a nod to the publishing legacy of [[Hermes]], the Chicago-based newsletter used to facilitate [[John David Norman]]s [[Odyssey Network]]. PAN served as the European equivalent, platforming an organisation called [[Spartacus International]]. The first edition of PAN was published in 1979 through a publishing house owned by [[John Stamford]], a defrocked Anglican priest who had fled Britain in 1972 after being convicted of operating a child pornography service through the mail. Stamford ran the [[Spartacus Club]] and published travel guides that functioned as a global child sex tourism business, sponsoring boy brothels in countries such as the Philippines and Thailand. The operation was exposed by Fleet Street press in the mid-1980s, leading to a raid of his Amsterdam estate where authorities discovered vast quantities of child pornography.
 
 ### The Elm Guest House Connection
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Francis Shelden.md

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ born: 1928-09-05
 died: 1996-07-09
 location: "Wayne County, Michigan, USA"
 ---
-
 Francis Duffield Shelden, born September 5, 1928, in Wayne County, Michigan, was a member of an old money establishment family; his great-grandfather on his father's side was Michigan governor and U.S. Senator [[Russell A. Alger]], who served as Secretary of War from 1897-1899, and on his mother's side were the Duffields, an industrial dynasty. As such, Shelden was endowed with a trust fund that supported a leisurely life of philanthropy focused on youth charities. He worked part-time as a geology professor at Wayne State University, served on the board of the private Cranbrook Institute arts academy and boarding school, and volunteered with Big Brother programs. He owned commercial properties and had a net worth allowing him to pursue interests in sea-steading and offshore banking. Shelden fled Michigan in late 1976 amid investigations into his child pornography operations and was granted Dutch citizenship, protecting him from extradition. He died on July 9, 1996, in Amsterdam, at age 67.[^1]
 
 ### Criminal Operations

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Frank Nugan.md

@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ born: 1942-12-30
 died: 1980-01-27
 location: "Griffith, New South Wales, Australia"
 ---
-
-
 [[Frank Nugan]] was a co-founder of [[Nugan Hand Bank]] in [[Australia]], along with [[Michael Hand]] and officials of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]-owned [[Air America]].[^1]
 
 ### Footnotes

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Frank Press.md

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ born: 1924-12-04
 died: 2020-01-29
 location: "Brooklyn, New York, USA"
 ---
-
 Frank Press was the presidential science adviser during the [[Jimmy Carter|Carter]] administration. He was a seismologist who had worked for years on classified nuclear detection issues and knew the [[VELA Satellite]] program well. After a VELA satellite recorded probable evidence of a nuclear explosion on September 22, 1979, Press suggested convening an unbiased outside study to determine if it was a test. He was concerned about the political implications if it leaked that the administration had concluded there had been a nuclear explosion.[^1]
 
 ### Footnotes

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Gamal Abdel Nasser.md

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ born: 1918-01-15
 died: 1970-09-28
 location: "Alexandria, Egypt"
 ---
-
 [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] (1918–1970) was the second President of [[Egypt]], serving from 1956 until his death in 1970. He was a prominent figure in Arab nationalism and a key leader in the non-aligned movement during the [[Cold War]].[^1]
 
 **Rise to Power and Pan-Arab Vision**

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Garrison Rapmund.md

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ tags:
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "Garrison Rapmund was a Major General and the Assistant Surgeon General of the U.S."
 ---
-
 Garrison Rapmund was a Major General and the Assistant Surgeon General of the [[U.S. Army]]. In July 1984, after [[Albert Stubblebine]] was forced into early retirement and the [[Remote Viewing]] program was up for grabs, Rapmund engaged in discussions to move the program under his command within the [[Army Medical Research and Development Command]] at [[Fort Detrick]], Maryland[^1].
 
 His intention was to emphasize testing the physiology of the viewers. However, after several rounds of negotiations, the Office of the Surgeon General ultimately declined to take over the program[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Garry Nolan.md

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ tags:
   - UFO
 summary: "Garry Nolan is a leading research scientist at Stanford University, specializing in genetics, immunology, and bioinformatics."
 ---
-
 Garry Nolan is a leading research scientist at [[Stanford University]], specializing in genetics, immunology, and bioinformatics. He trained under Nobel Prize-winning biologist [[David Baltimore]] and has published over 200 research papers and holds twenty biotechnology patents[^1].
 
 Nolan is collaborating with [[Kit Green]] on a research project to study individuals who have experienced enigmatic injuries, such as burns, skin lesions, and cancers, and who have also had face-to-face encounters with [[Unidentified Aerial Phenomena|UAPs]]. Nolan has met and worked with many of Green's patients and confirmed that they were injured, observing physiological consequences of the harm they endured[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Gary Francis Powers.md

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ born: 1929-08-17
 died: 1977-08-01
 location: "Jenkins, Kentucky, USA"
 ---
-
 Gary Francis Powers was an American pilot whose [[U-2 Spy Plane]] was shot down over the [[Soviet Union]] on May 1, 1960, leading to a major international incident. Powers and his colleagues continued intermittently to overfly the [[Middle East]], and were steadily back at work in the area in 1958, when the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]'s photo interpreters began seeing significant activity at an Israeli Air Force practice bombing range south of [[Beersheba]], which turned out to be the early signs of the [[Dimona]] nuclear reactor.[^1]
 
 ### Footnotes

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Gary Sick.md

@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 ---
-category: "Intelligence & Government"
+category: Intelligence & Government
 created: 2024-04-25
 updated: 2026-05-01
 tags:
   - Person
-  - October Surprise
+  - October_Surprise
   - Iran
   - NSC
   - Author
-summary: "Gary Sick was the principal White House aide for Iran on the Carter National Security Council during the 1979-1981 hostage crisis, and subsequently authored October Surprise (1991), the book that launched congressional investigations into allegations that Reagan's campaign secretly negotiated with Iran to delay the hostages' release."
+summary: Gary Sick was the principal White House aide for Iran on the Carter National Security Council during the 1979-1981 hostage crisis, and subsequently authored October Surprise (1991), the book that launched congressional investigations into allegations that Reagan's campaign secretly negotiated with Iran to delay the hostages' release.
 born: 1935-04-04
-location: "USA"
+location: USA
 ---
-Gary Sick is a retired U.S. Navy captain who served as the principal staff member of the National Security Council responsible for Iran during the administrations of Presidents Ford, Carter, and Reagan. He was the NSC's primary Iran analyst throughout the 444-day hostage crisis of 1979-1981, serving at the nexus of all diplomatic and intelligence information regarding the hostage situation as it developed.[^1]
+Gary Sick is a retired U.S. Navy captain who served as the principal staff member of the [[National Security Council]] responsible for [[Iran]] during the administrations of Presidents [[Gerald R. Ford|Ford]], [[Jimmy Carter|Carter]], and [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]]. He was the NSC's primary Iran analyst throughout the 444-day hostage crisis of 1979-1981, serving at the nexus of all diplomatic and intelligence information regarding the hostage situation as it developed.[^1]
 
 After his government service, Sick became a Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University's Middle East Institute within the School of International and Public Affairs. He also wrote *All Fall Down: America's Tragic Encounter with Iran* (1985), a detailed account of Carter's handling of the Islamic Revolution and the hostage crisis drawn from his direct participation.[^1]
 
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ After his government service, Sick became a Senior Research Scholar at Columbia
 
 In an April 1991 op-ed in the New York Times, Sick publicly alleged that the Reagan 1980 presidential campaign had secretly negotiated with Iranian representatives to delay the release of the 52 American hostages past Election Day in exchange for arms and unfrozen assets. The op-ed drew on three years of interviews conducted in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East, and triggered immediate congressional attention. The resulting book, *October Surprise: America's Hostages in Iran and the Election of Ronald Reagan* (Times Books, 1991), provided the most systematic case for the allegation and served as the primary evidentiary foundation for both congressional investigations.[^1][^2]
 
-Sick identified [[William J. Casey]], Reagan's campaign manager, as the principal American negotiator, and the Hashemi brothers (Cyrus and Jamshid) as the key Iranian intermediaries who arranged meetings in Spain in July 1980. He placed a final meeting in Paris in October 1980 at which the deal was sealed. He acknowledged that his principal witness, [[Ari Ben-Menashe]], was subsequently found not credible by congressional investigators.[^1]
+Sick identified [[William J. Casey]], Reagan's campaign manager, as the principal American negotiator, and the [[Hashemi brothers]] (Cyrus and Jamshid) as the key Iranian intermediaries who arranged meetings in Spain in July 1980. He placed a final meeting in Paris in October 1980 at which the deal was sealed. He acknowledged that his principal witness, [[Ari Ben-Menashe]], was subsequently found not credible by congressional investigators.[^1]
 
 The House [[October Surprise]] Task Force (1992-1993) found "no credible evidence" substantiating Sick's central allegations. Sick acknowledged the Task Force's limitations, citing the withheld Madrid embassy cable and the Russian intelligence report that arrived after the Task Force had closed.[^2]
 
 ### Post-Investigation Reassessment
 
-In a March 2023 essay in *The New Republic* titled "It's All but Settled: The Reagan Campaign Delayed the Release of the Iranian Hostages," Sick wrote that the Ben Barnes/[[John Connally]] revelation -- documenting a parallel Reagan-campaign effort to delay the hostage release via Middle East intermediaries, confirmed by travel records in the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library -- had convinced him the core allegation was "all but settled." He cited this development as independent corroboration that had emerged decades after his original research.[^1]
+In a March 2023 essay in *The New Republic* titled "It's All but Settled: The Reagan Campaign Delayed the Release of the Iranian Hostages," Sick wrote that the [[Ben Barnes]]/[[John Connally]] revelation - documenting a parallel Reagan-campaign effort to delay the hostage release via Middle East intermediaries, confirmed by travel records in the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library - had convinced him the core allegation was "all but settled." He cited this development as independent corroboration that had emerged decades after his original research.[^1]
 
 ### Footnotes
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Genady Sergeyev.md

@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@ tags:
   - Skeptic
 summary: "Genady Sergeyev was a Soviet military doctor who oversaw experiments with the renowned psychic Ninel Kulagina."
 ---
-
-# Genady Sergeyev
-
-Genady Sergeyev was a Soviet military doctor who oversaw experiments with the renowned psychic [[Ninel Kulagina]]. He is prominently featured in a classified film from March 10, 1970, at the Ukhtomskii Military Institute in Leningrad, which depicted Kulagina allegedly stopping a frog's heart with her mind[^1].
+Genady Sergeyev was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] military doctor who oversaw experiments with the renowned psychic [[Ninel Kulagina]]. He is prominently featured in a classified film from March 10, 1970, at the [[Ukhtomskii Military Institute]] in [[Leningrad]], which depicted Kulagina allegedly stopping a frog's heart with her mind[^1].
 
 During the experiment, Sergeyev monitored Kulagina's physiological responses, which included a heart rate of 240 and elevated blood pressure, as she concentrated on stopping the frog's heart. According to declassified documents, the heart activity ceased after approximately 7 minutes in the first experiment and 22 minutes in a second. She was also reportedly able to "reactivate" the heart[^1].
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Gerald G. Oplinger.md

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ tags:
   - Israel
 summary: "Aide to National Security Advisor Brzezinski present at the White House situation room meeting responding to the 1979 Vela satellite nuclear test detection."
 ---
-
 Gerald G. Oplinger was an aide to [[Zbigniew Brzezinski]] for global issues. He had retired from the Foreign Service and worked at the [[Nuclear Regulatory Commission|NRC]] before joining Brzezinski's staff. Oplinger was summoned back to an urgent meeting in the White House situation room after a [[VELA Satellite]] recorded two distinctive bright flashes of light over the South Indian Ocean on September 22, 1979, probable evidence of a nuclear explosion. He recalled that [[Zbigniew Brzezinski|Brzezinski]] was present at the meeting, where the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] and [[Defense Intelligence Agency|DIA]] stated that the odds were at least ninety percent that it had been a nuclear explosion. Oplinger personally had no doubt that it was a nuclear event.[^1]
 
 ### Footnotes

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Gertrude Schmeidler.md

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ born: 1912-06-15
 died: 2009-03-09
 location: "USA"
 ---
-
 Gertrude Schmeidler was an experimental psychologist with a PhD from [[Harvard University]]. In 1942, she conducted an experiment on anomalous mental phenomena with psychology students at [[City University of New York]]. Her analysis of the data led her to coin the terms "sheep" and "goats" to categorize individuals based on their beliefs about [[Extrasensory Perception|ESP]] and [[Psychokinesis|PK]][^1].
 
 "Sheep" referred to individuals who were confident about the possible reality of ESP and PK, while "goats" referred to those who doubted the existence of any so-called anomalous mental phenomena. This explicit difference between believers and disbelievers has existed in the upper echelons of the U.S. military and intelligence communities since [[World War II]][^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Ghaith R. Pharaon.md

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ born: 1940-09-07
 died: 2017-01-06
 location: "Riyadh, Saudi Arabia"
 ---
-
 Ghaith R. Pharaon was a flamboyant [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International|BCCI]] front man and a [[Saudia Arabia|Saudi]] financier.[^1] He acquired [[Georgia National Bank]] and [[Independence Bank of Encino]], and was a shareholder in [[Attock Oil]], BCCI, and [[CenTrust Savings Bank]].[^2]
 
 ### Business Ventures and BCCI Involvement

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Grigori Rasputin.md

@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ born: 1869-01-22
 died: 1916-12-30
 location: "Pokrovskoye, Siberia, Russian Empire"
 ---
-
-
 Grigori Rasputin was a Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who exerted significant influence over the late Russian Imperial family. In the context of [[Soviet Union|Soviet Russia]], his story served as a cautionary tale, framing all twentieth-century forays into the mystical, magical, or supernatural[^1].
 
 In 1910, [[Czar Nicholas II]] brought Rasputin into his court after Rasputin allegedly stopped the bleeding in the czar's hemophiliac son. From that point, Rasputin began advising the czar on matters of state, including battle plans during [[World War I]]. His ability to survive multiple assassination attempts contributed to his mythical status, but he was eventually killed by a group of conspirators who poisoned, shot, and drowned him in the icy Neva River[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Hal Puthoff.md

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ summary: "American engineer and parapsychologist who led the SRI remote viewing
 born: 1936-06-20
 location: "Chicago, Illinois, USA"
 ---
-
 Harold E. "Hal" Puthoff is an American engineer and parapsychologist. In the early 1950s, as a junior high school student in Miami, he was a shy and quiet kid who loved tinkering with electronics, building gadgets, and operating a ham radio. He played the electric steel Hawaiian guitar in a band and dreamed of becoming a radio deejay. His father had passed away, and he lived with his mother and aunt, with limited financial resources. He attended a vocational high school.[^1]
 
 Two decades later, Puthoff earned a Ph.D. from Stanford University and became a lecturer in its electrical engineering department. He held a patent for a tunable infrared laser and co-authored an influential textbook, *Fundamentals of Quantum Electronics*. By his early thirties, he was a recognized figure in laser physics and engineering. Despite his technical prowess, he had a creative and energetic reputation, but also a quiet concern for deeper meanings, having explored Gestalt psychology and visited the Esalen Institute. He became bored with academia and his first marriage was failing. In 1969, Puthoff left Stanford and joined [[Stanford Research Institute]] (SRI), a scientific think tank with close ties to Stanford and significant government contracts. Initially working on laser-related projects, he soon developed an interest in conducting psi experiments to explore quantum theory. He secured initial funding of ten thousand dollars from philanthropist Bill Church, co-owner of Church's Fried Chicken.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Harry Reid.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Senator Reid's interest in the UAP topic was sparked by his position as the sena
 
 ### Funding for AATIP
 
-In 2007, Senator Reid, along with Senators [[Ted Stevens]] of Alaska and [[Daniel Inouye]] of Hawaii, secured $22 million in funding for the [[Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program]] (AAWSAP), the precursor to AATIP. These three men controlled congressional spending for "black budget" Pentagon programs, and their bipartisan support was essential for the program's creation. Reid continued to be a champion for the program, later securing an additional $10 million in funding for AATIP, though the funds were ultimately diverted to another program.[^1]
+In 2007, Senator Reid, along with Senators [[Ted Stevens]] of Alaska and [[Daniel Inouye]] of Hawaii, secured $22 million in funding for the [[Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program]] (AAWSAP), the precursor to [[AATIP]]. These three men controlled congressional spending for "black budget" Pentagon programs, and their bipartisan support was essential for the program's creation. Reid continued to be a champion for the program, later securing an additional $10 million in funding for AATIP, though the funds were ultimately diverted to another program.[^1]
 
 ### Support for Disclosure
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Harry Soyster.md

@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ summary: "Major General Harry Soyster was the INSCOM commander who ultimately en
 born: 1935-06-06
 location: "Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA"
 ---
-
-
 Major General [[Harry Soyster]] was the [[United States Army Intelligence and Security Command|INSCOM]] commander who ultimately ended the [[U.S. Army]]'s participation in the [[STARGATE PROJECT|Stargate Project]]. His decision marked a significant turning point for the program, leading to its eventual transfer and later declassification.[^1]
 
 ---

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Harry Stump.md

@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ born: 1923
 died: 1998
 location: "Netherlands"
 ---
-
-# Harry Stump
-
 Harry Stump was a Dutch sculptor and channeler who gained the attention of [[Andrija Puharich]] and his wealthy benefactors due to his purported psychic abilities, particularly his capacity to enter trance states and produce automatic writings and drawings[^1].
 
 Stump was a [[World War II]] resistance fighter in his native Holland, honored by the Dutch government for his work against the [[Nazi Germany|Nazis]]. He was captured, beaten, and tortured by the [[Gestapo]] during the war[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Hedrick Smith.md

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ tags:
   - Israel
 summary: "Hedrick Smith was a Washington correspondent for the *New York Times*."
 ---
-
 Hedrick Smith was a Washington correspondent for the *New York Times*. In July 1970, he wrote a front-page story that provided the American public with its first account of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]'s assessment of the Israeli nuclear arsenal. The article stated that the U.S. government had been conducting its [[Middle East]] policy on the assumption that [[Israel]] either possessed an atomic bomb or had component parts available for quick assembly. Smith's story also described [[Israel]]'s progress in developing its [[Jericho I]] missile system and revealed a manufacturing plant near [[Tel Aviv]] for solid propellants and engines.[^1]
 
 Smith had tried for two years to get the article published, and succeeded after [[Stuart Symington]] acknowledged on a Sunday television interview show that there was "no question that [[Israel]] is doing its best to develop nuclear weapons." Despite the significance of the article, it attracted little attention from other media or Congress, which astonished Smith.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Helene Smith.md

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ died: 1929-06-10
 location: "Martigny, Switzerland"
 ---
 
-
 [[Helene Smith]] was a famous French medium, whose real name was Catherine-Elise Müller. She was extensively studied by the Swiss psychology professor [[Theodore Flournoy]] from 1894 to 1898. Smith was known for her claims of automatic writing, where she would produce texts in various languages, and for her alleged psychic travel to Mars, whose landscapes she painted and whose language she claimed to speak and write.[^1]
 
 Flournoy attributed her abilities to [[Cryptomnesia]] and [[Glossolalia]], arguing that the content she produced originated from forgotten memories and unconscious processes rather than genuine psychic phenomena. Despite this, her case was highly influential in the early study of psychical research.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Herbert Alwyn Smith.md

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ tags:
 summary: "Convicted British arms dealer acting for the CIA who offered Ari Ben-Menashe $2 million and U.S. citizenship for his silence."
 died: 1992
 ---
-
 [[Herbert Alwyn Smith]] was a convicted British arms dealer. He contacted [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] through an informant in early 1991, while [[Ari Ben-Menashe|Ben-Menashe]] was in [[Lexington]], [[Kentucky]].[^1]
 
 [[Herbert Alwyn Smith|Smith]], acting on behalf of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]], offered [[Ari Ben-Menashe|Ben-Menashe]] a deal: $2 million and [[United States|U.S.]] citizenship in exchange for his silence and a signed statement that he had no legal claims or allegations against the [[United States|U.S.]] government. [[Ari Ben-Menashe|Ben-Menashe]] received a letter of credit for the amount but did not accept the deal.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Herbert Pollack.md

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ tags:
   - Soviet
 summary: "Herbert Pollack was a medical consultant for the State Department."
 ---
-
 Herbert Pollack was a medical consultant for the [[State Department]]. He advocated on behalf of the victims of the [[Moscow Signal]] in a Senate subcommittee investigation. The Moscow Signal was a microwave beam aimed at the [[U.S. Embassy in Moscow]] by the [[Soviet Union]], which was believed to have caused adverse health effects in embassy personnel[^1].
 
 Pollack stated that every lawsuit filed by U.S. embassy employees against the government for exposure to the Moscow Signal was eventually withdrawn, "without a penny being paid." This occurred despite concerns raised by some scientists, like [[Robert O. Becker]] and [[Allan H. Frey]], about the potential lethality of the microwave signals[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Howard Rosenberg.md

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ tags:
   - Stargate
 summary: "Howard Rosenberg was a staff member for *60 Minutes*, a prominent American television newsmagazine."
 ---
-
 Howard Rosenberg was a staff member for *60 Minutes*, a prominent American television newsmagazine. He interviewed [[David Morehouse]] at [[Walter Reed Army Medical Center]] in Washington, D.C., in June 1994[^1].
 
 Morehouse, a former member of the [[Remote Viewing]] unit, was preparing to do an interview with *60 Minutes* in which he would claim that the [[Defense Intelligence Agency|DIA]]'s remote-viewing program at [[Fort Meade]] had made him crazy. Rosenberg's interview was part of the newsmagazine's investigation into the program[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Ian Smart.md

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ tags:
   - Israel
 summary: "Ian Smart was a young British diplomat who served as third secretary of the British embassy in Tel Aviv in the late 1950s."
 ---
-
 Ian Smart was a young British diplomat who served as third secretary of the British embassy in [[Tel Aviv]] in the late 1950s. He later became an international expert in nonproliferation. During his time in [[Israel]], he became curious and suspicious about the activities at [[Dimona]]. By the end of 1960, he was reporting his "suspicion" that the site looked like a nuclear reactor, prompted by its visible progress and the palpable French presence in [[Beersheba]].[^1]
 
 ### Footnotes

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Isabelle Pettie.md

@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ tags:
   - CIA
 summary: "Isabelle Pettie was a CIA employee and the late wife of Marion Pettie, the leader of The Finders."
 ---
-
-
 Isabelle Pettie was a CIA employee and the late wife of [[Marion Pettie]], the leader of [[The Finders]]. Her employment with the CIA established a direct connection between the intelligence community and the leadership of The Finders, a relationship that became central to investigations into the group's activities and potential intelligence links.[^1]
 
 The discovery of Isabelle Pettie's CIA employment occurred during the broader investigation into The Finders following the February 1987 arrests of group members in Florida. As investigators examined Marion Pettie's background, they learned that his wife had worked for the CIA, and that one of their sons had worked for Air America, a CIA cutout used to traffic heroin in the golden triangle region during the Vietnam War. These family connections to intelligence operations raised questions about whether The Finders maintained formal or informal links to the agency.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Jake Stewart.md

@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ tags:
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "In September 1979, Stewart brought Hal Puthoff and Skip Atwater satellite photographs of a large industrial facility at the port of Severodvinsk in northern Russia."
 ---
-
-
 [[Jake Stewart]] was a Navy lieutenant commander on the [[National Security Council|National Security Council]] staff during the [[Jimmy Carter]] administration. He was an enthusiastic supporter of the [[STARGATE PROJECT|Grill Flame]] program and played a key role in tasking remote viewers with sensitive intelligence problems.[^1]
 
 In September 1979, Stewart brought [[Hal Puthoff]] and [[Frederick Atwater|Skip Atwater]] satellite photographs of a large industrial facility at the port of Severodvinsk in northern [[Soviet Union|Russia]]. He tasked the remote viewers, particularly [[Joe McMoneagle]], to determine what was happening inside Building 402, a massive structure at the facility. McMoneagle's remote viewing sessions accurately described a very large submarine under construction, including its unique features and even the method of its launch. This information, later confirmed by satellite photos, sparked a lively debate within the NSC about the value of remote viewing, with Stewart being a strong believer in its utility as a national asset.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Janice Rand.md

@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ tags:
   - Stargate
 summary: "Army captain selected for the Gondola Wish/Grill Flame remote viewing unit at INSCOM Fort Meade."
 ---
-
-
 [[Janice Rand]] was an Army captain who worked in one of the [[United States Army Intelligence and Security Command|INSCOM]] offices at [[Fort Meade]]. She was among the initial group of ten or eleven candidates selected by [[Frederick Atwater|Skip Atwater]] and [[Murray Watt|Scotty Watt]] for the experimental [[STARGATE PROJECT|Gondola Wish]] (later [[STARGATE PROJECT|Grill Flame]]) remote viewing unit.[^1]
 
 ---

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Jill Robinson.md

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ summary: "Jill Robinson was a 12-year-old girl abducted in Oakland County, Michi
 died: 1976
 location: "Birmingham, Michigan"
 ---
-
 Jill Robinson was a 12-year-old girl abducted in Oakland County, Michigan. She was one of four victims attributed to the [[Oakland County Child Killer]] between February 1976 and March 1977. All victims, including Jill Robinson, shared physical characteristics such as shoulder-length hair and fair complexions, which investigators noted as potential selection criteria by the perpetrator.[^1]
 
 Jill Robinson resided in the Birmingham, Michigan area of Oakland County, Michigan, during the mid-1970s. She was identified as the second victim in a series of child murders that prompted the formation of a special task force known as Operation Burial Ritual. Unlike the male victims [[Mark Stebbins]] and [[Timothy King]], who were bound, sexually assaulted with foreign objects, and suffocated, Jill Robinson's case differed in method, with no evidence of sexual assault reported.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Jim Salyer.md

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ tags:
   - DIA
 summary: "Jim Salyer was a deputy to Dale Graff at the DIA."
 ---
-
 Jim Salyer was a deputy to [[Dale Graff]] at the [[Defense Intelligence Agency|DIA]]. He raised significant concerns about the operational structure and effectiveness of the [[Remote Viewing]] unit at [[Fort Meade]], particularly regarding the lack of scientific understanding and experience within the Army group[^1].
 
 In his "Secret Working Papers," Salyer outlined "existing problems" at Fort Meade, stating that "Whereas the [[Stanford Research Institute|SRI]] group is managed by scientists with extensive experience in understanding and researching [[Psi]] phenomena, the Army group has no one associated with it who has any understanding of psi phenomena or experience in researching or utilizing remote viewing." He criticized the unit as being composed of "amateurs, led by another amateur, and being trained by yet another amateur," which he believed explained the lack of astounding results[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/John David Norman.md

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ born: 1927-10-13
 died: 2011-05-22
 location: "Dallas, Texas"
 ---
-
 John David Norman (1927-2011) was the mastermind behind the [[Odyssey Network]], a sophisticated child trafficking and prostitution operation based in [[Dallas, Texas]], during the 1970s. Known under the alias Steven Gurwell, Norman led the [[Odyssey Foundation]], a front for pairing adult "sponsors" with boy "fellows" for educational trips that in reality facilitated sexual exploitation. His criminal enterprise, later rebranded as the Delta Project, represented one of the most extensive child trafficking networks uncovered in the United States, with connections to multiple high-profile murder cases including the [[Dean Corll]] and [[John Wayne Gacy]] investigations.[^1]
 
 Norman's operations involved recruiting vulnerable runaways, producing child pornography, and distributing materials via mail-order systems. He used coded advertisements in gay magazines and underground publications to attract clients, maintaining a database of thousands of index cards with names and addresses of nationwide clients, including prominent individuals and federal employees in [[Washington, D.C.]]. The network coordinated interstate trafficking, making boys dependent on traffickers, and distributed catalogs like "Fellows 1973" containing photos and descriptions of available boys.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/John Stamford.md

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ tags:
 summary: "John Stamford was a British former Anglican priest who became one of the most significant figures in international child trafficking networks during the 1970s through the 1990s."
 location: "United Kingdom"
 ---
-
 John Stamford was a British former Anglican priest who became one of the most significant figures in international child trafficking networks during the 1970s through the 1990s. Operating primarily from [[Amsterdam]], Stamford built a global criminal enterprise that combined legitimate publishing operations with extensive child trafficking and pornography distribution networks.[^1]
 
 ### Transition from Priesthood to Criminal Enterprise

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/John Szyc.md

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ born: 1957
 died: 1977-01-20
 location: "Des Plaines, Illinois"
 ---
-
 John A. Szyc, full name inscribed on his Maine West High School graduation ring as 'J.A.S.', served as a key identifier in the investigation linking him to [[John Wayne Gacy]]. This ring, discovered during the December 13, 1978, search of Gacy's [[Norwood Park]] home at 8213 West Summerdale Avenue, confirmed Szyc's association with Gacy's construction operations. The inscription matched records from Maine West High School, where Szyc graduated in 1975, providing dental records for later body identification.[^1]
 
 John Szyc graduated from Maine West High School in 1975 at age 18, establishing his roots in the Des Plaines, Illinois, area before entering the workforce. By early 1977, at age 19, Szyc secured employment with [[John Wayne Gacy]]'s [[Painting Decorating Maintenance]] company, performing labor tasks at job sites around [[Norwood Park]]. This position placed him in direct contact with Gacy's household, including live-in employees like [[Michael Rossi]] and [[David Cram]], who shared the home office space at 8213 West Summerdale Avenue.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Jonathan Pollard.md

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ born: 1954-08-07
 location: "Galveston, Texas"
 
 ---
-
 [[Jonathan Pollard]] was a junior civilian analyst with the [[United States|U.S.]] Navy who became a paid spy for [[Israel]]. He began working in 1979 as a civilian employee of U.S. Navy intelligence and was recruited as an operative in the fall of 1981, three years earlier than he and the Israeli government have admitted. He was then working as an intelligence specialist with the Navy's Field Operations Intelligence Office.[^2]
 
 ### Early Life and Motivation

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Leon Siff.md

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ tags:
 summary: "In October 1989, Ari Ben-Menashe visited Siff in Los Angeles."
 location: "Los Angeles, California"
 ---
-
 [[Leon Siff]] was a retired probation officer from [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], who became involved in charitable work. He was the chief organizer of "One Universe," a non-profit alliance that included "National Food Relief," "Homes for the Homeless," and "Counseling Without Walls." His organization, also known as "Friends of the Universe," aimed to help the homeless living in and around [[Venice Beach]], [[Los Angeles]].[^1]
 
 [[Leon Siff|Siff]] was a Jewish man with a son who became a Buddhist monk in [[Sri Lanka]]. He met [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] in [[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]], in July 1989, where he was observed dancing alone in a hotel lobby. [[Leon Siff|Siff]] later invited [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] to visit his operations in [[Los Angeles]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Lewis Sialle.md

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ tags:
   - OrganizedCrime
 summary: "Lewis Sialle served as an associate of Troop 137 in New Orleans during the mid-1970s."
 ---
-
 Lewis Sialle served as an associate of [[Troop 137]] in New Orleans during the mid-1970s. He was involved in the boy prostitution ring connected to the scout troop. Sialle provided testimony in court proceedings related to the case.[^1]
 
 ### Testimony

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Louis H. Roddis, Jr..md

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ born: 1918-09-09
 died: 1991-09-15
 location: "United States"
 ---
-
 Louis H. Roddis, Jr. played a major role in [[America]]'s postwar nuclear weapons development. He was a member of the Nuclear Intelligence Panel (NIP). Roddis concluded that the 1979 [[South Africa]]n-Israeli nuclear test had taken place on a barge or on one of the islands in the South Indian Ocean archipelago. He expressed anger at [[Frank Press]] and the White House for what he saw as a deliberate effort to downplay and manipulate the facts surrounding the event.[^1]
 
 ### Footnotes

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Lynn Schroeder.md

@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ tags:
   - Soviet
 summary: "Schroeder and Ostrander's work, which included accounts from figures like Eduard Naumov, contributed to the growing awareness and concern within the U.S."
 ---
-
-
 [[Lynn Schroeder]] is an American author who, along with [[Sheila Ostrander]], co-authored the 1970 book *Psychic Discoveries Behind the Iron Curtain*. This book played a significant role in popularizing Soviet and Eastern European [[Parapsychology|psi]] research in the West. The book portrayed a "veritable frenzy of psychic research" going on in the [[Soviet Union|USSR]], with investigators uncovering powerful natural clairvoyants, psychokinetic prodigies, and dowsers whose talents could potentially be employed against the West.[^1]
 
 Schroeder and Ostrander's work, which included accounts from figures like [[Eduard Naumov]], contributed to the growing awareness and concern within the U.S. intelligence community about a potential "psi gap" with the Soviet Union, ultimately influencing the decision to fund and initiate programs like the [[STARGATE PROJECT|Stargate Project]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Manuel Schadwald.md

@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ summary: "Manuel Schadwald was a 12-year-old German boy who disappeared from Ber
 born: 1981
 location: "Berlin, Germany"
 ---
-
-
-### Overview
-
 Manuel Schadwald was a 12-year-old German boy who disappeared from Berlin in July 1993, becoming one of Europe's most infamous missing child cases and a pivotal figure in exposing international child trafficking networks. Born in 1981, Schadwald lived in Berlin with his family until his mysterious disappearance, which would eventually reveal connections between German, Dutch, and British child trafficking operations and implicate senior government officials in these criminal networks.[^1]
 
 ### Initial Investigation and Police Response

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Marcella Miller du Pont.md

@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ born: 1903-09-09
 died: 1985-09-17
 location: "Denver, Colorado"
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-
 Marcella Miller du Pont was an heiress to the [[du Pont]] chemical and weapons production conglomerate and a passionate supporter of [[Extrasensory Perception|ESP]] research. She was a key financial backer of [[Andrija Puharich]]'s [[Round Table Foundation]] and held the honorary title of "mother of magic" within the organization.[^1]
 
-According to documents from the Library of Congress, it was du Pont who first brought the Round Table Foundation to the attention of top-tier government officials, including Admiral John E. Gingrich, the director of security and intelligence for the Atomic Energy Commission.[^1]
+According to documents from the Library of Congress, it was du Pont who first brought the Round Table Foundation to the attention of top-tier government officials, including Admiral [[John E. Gingrich]], the director of security and intelligence for the [[Atomic Energy Commission]].[^1]
 
 ---
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Marion Pettie.md

@@ -9,17 +9,15 @@ born: 1920
 died: 2003-10-24
 location: "Washington, D.C. area"
 ---
+Marion Pettie was the leader of [[The Finders]], a group that law enforcement and researchers have described as a commune or cult operating in the Washington D.C. area. The children in the group called him the game-caller. Pettie was a former [[U.S. Air Force]] Master Sergeant, a background that provided him with military training and connections that would later become relevant to investigations into the group's activities.[^1]
 
-
-Marion Pettie was the leader of [[The Finders]], a group that law enforcement and researchers have described as a commune or cult operating in the Washington D.C. area. The children in the group called him the game-caller. Pettie was a former Air Force Master Sergeant, a background that provided him with military training and connections that would later become relevant to investigations into the group's activities.[^1]
-
-Pettie's personal connections extended into the intelligence community. His late wife, [[Isabelle Pettie]], had been a CIA employee. One of his sons had worked for Air America, a CIA cutout used to traffic heroin in the golden triangle region during the Vietnam War. These family connections to intelligence operations became central to inquiries into whether The Finders maintained operational links to the CIA or functioned as an unacknowledged asset.[^1]
+Pettie's personal connections extended into the intelligence community. His late wife, [[Isabelle Pettie]], had been a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] employee. One of his sons had worked for [[Air America]], a CIA cutout used to traffic heroin in the golden triangle region during the Vietnam War. These family connections to intelligence operations became central to inquiries into whether The Finders maintained operational links to the CIA or functioned as an unacknowledged asset.[^1]
 
 The investigation into The Finders intensified in February 1987 when two members of the group were arrested in Florida for transporting children. U.S. Customs agents and Metropolitan Police in Washington D.C. discovered preexisting information from an informant stating that a group calling themselves the Finders were conducting brainwashing techniques and that children were used in rituals. Search warrants were secured for a warehouse and a nearby duplex house owned by Pettie, which were raided on February 5.[^1]
 
-Inside the warehouse, investigators discovered hot tub and sauna facilities, various film sets, a video screening room, a library containing books on mind control, and a room full of networked computer equipment with a satellite link on the roof. Files seized during the raids contained detailed instructions for obtaining children for unspecified purposes, including the impregnation of female members of the community, purchasing children, trading, and kidnapping. Other files contained printouts of telex messages sent to networked computer terminals across the United States and abroad, including a purchase order for two children in Hong Kong to be arranged through an official at the Chinese Embassy.[^1]
+Inside the warehouse, investigators discovered hot tub and sauna facilities, various film sets, a video screening room, a library containing books on mind control, and a room full of networked computer equipment with a satellite link on the roof. Files seized during the raids contained detailed instructions for obtaining children for unspecified purposes, including the impregnation of female members of the community, purchasing children, trading, and kidnapping. Other files contained printouts of telex messages sent to networked computer terminals across the United States and abroad, including a purchase order for two children in [[Hong Kong]] to be arranged through an official at the [[China|Chinese Embassy]].[^1]
 
-The 1993 Department of Justice inquiry into CIA involvement with The Finders revealed that Future Enterprises had provided software training for CIA employees, and that an employee of the company named Robert Garder Terrell was a member of The Finders who had been let go in February 1987. The Washington Times published an article in December 1993 citing a Metropolitan Police document dated February 19, 1987, quoting a CIA agent as confirming that the agency was sending personnel to a Finders Corp., Future Enterprises, for training in computer operations.[^1]
+The 1993 [[Department of Justice]] inquiry into CIA involvement with The Finders revealed that Future Enterprises had provided software training for CIA employees, and that an employee of the company named [[Robert Garder Terrell]] was a member of The Finders who had been let go in February 1987. The Washington Times published an article in December 1993 citing a Metropolitan Police document dated February 19, 1987, quoting a CIA agent as confirming that the agency was sending personnel to a [[Future Enterprises]], for training in computer operations.[^1]
 
 ### Footnotes
 [^1]: Dovey, S. (2023). Eye of the Chickenhawk. United States: Thehotstar.

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Mark Stebbins.md

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ summary: "Mark Stebbins was a 12-year-old boy from Ferndale, Michigan, identifie
 died: 1976-02-19
 location: "Ferndale, Michigan"
 ---
-
 Mark Stebbins was a 12-year-old boy from Ferndale, Michigan, identified as the first victim in the series of murders attributed to the [[Oakland County Child Killer]]. His case drew significant attention due to the brutal nature of the crime and its connection to a broader pattern of child abductions in the region during the mid-1970s. Stebbins' murder was later linked to suspected pedophile [[Christopher Busch]], whose associate [[Gregory Greene]] confessed that Busch had killed him during a trip to a family cabin near Ess Lake. Evidence at Busch's residence included a handdrawn portrait of a boy in a parka coat screaming, resembling Stebbins, along with ropes cut to lengths matching binding marks on his body.[^1]
 
 ### Abduction and Discovery

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Martin Smollners.md

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ tags:
   - OrganizedCrime
 summary: "Martin Smollners was a particularly sadistic pedophile and client of Lothar Glandorf's child trafficking operation who murdered a boy in 1986."
 ---
-
 Martin Smollners was a particularly sadistic pedophile and client of [[Lothar Glandorf]]'s child trafficking operation who murdered a boy in 1986. Smollners represented the most extreme and violent end of the child exploitation spectrum, engaging not only in child abuse but also in producing torture pornography. [^1]
 
 The investigation into Lothar Glandorf's operations revealed that Smollners had rented a boy from Glandorf's brothels specifically to use in the production of torture pornography. The specific torture method described involved wiring the boy's testicles to a generator and slowly increasing the electrical current. [^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Masihur Rahman.md

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ tags:
 summary: "Masihur Rahman was the former chief financial officer of BCCI."
 location: "Abu Dhabi, UAE"
 ---
-
 Masihur Rahman was the former chief financial officer of [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International|BCCI]].[^1] He explained the financial legerdemain that resulted in the disappearance of billions of dollars.[^2] Rahman later testified before a Senate subcommittee.[^3]
 
 ### Role at BCCI

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Melissa Russo.md

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ born: 1987
 died: 1996
 location: "Charleroi, Belgium"
 ---
-
 Melissa Russo, aged eight, disappeared from her hometown of Charleroi, Belgium, on July 22, 1995, alongside her friend [[Julie Lejeune]], who was also eight years old. The two girls vanished while riding bicycles near a local school, an incident that prompted immediate police involvement but yielded no leads until the broader investigation into [[Marc Dutroux]] intensified. Dutroux, an unemployed electrician with a history of child-related offenses, had kidnapped them on orders linked to his role in a child trafficking network, holding them captive in a hidden basement dungeon at his residence in Marcinelle, where they endured starvation and abuse for over a year.[^1]
 
 The basement, constructed with assistance from accomplice [[Claude Thirault]] in 1993 under the guise of drainage renovations, featured soundproofed cells disguised behind shelving. Surveillance began on August 10, 1995, under the Othello investigation led by Inspector [[Rene Michaux]], but officers failed to detect the girls despite screams heard during a December 1995 search while Dutroux was jailed for auto theft. Items seized included videotapes of rapes, a speculum, chains, and chloroform, all returned to Dutroux's wife [[Michelle Martin]], who later admitted feeding the captives sporadically during his incarceration.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Michael Dennis Rohan.md

@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ tags:
 summary: "Australian member of the Church of God who carried out the 1969 arson attack on Jerusalem's El Aqsa Mosque, allegedly connected to the Jewish Defense League."
 location: "Australia"
 ---
-
-[[Michael Dennis Rohan]] was an [[Australia|Australian]] member of the Church of God. In 1969, he was a volunteer at [[Kibbutz Mishmar Hasharon]] in [[Israel]], where he shared a room with [[Ari Ben-Menashe]]. [[Michael Dennis Rohan|Rohan]] believed he was destined to be the king of [[Israel]] and prepare the way for the return of Christ.[^1]
+[[Michael Dennis Rohan]] was an [[Australia|Australian]] member of the [[Church of God]]. In 1969, he was a volunteer at [[Kibbutz Mishmar Hasharon]] in [[Israel]], where he shared a room with [[Ari Ben-Menashe]]. [[Michael Dennis Rohan|Rohan]] believed he was destined to be the king of [[Israel]] and prepare the way for the return of Christ.[^1]
 
 [[Michael Dennis Rohan|Rohan]] was responsible for an arson attack on the [[El Aqsa Mosque]] in [[Jerusalem]] in August 1969. He believed that destroying the mosque was necessary for the rebuilding of the Third Temple and the return of Jesus. He was reportedly involved with the [[Jewish Defense League]] (JDL) in this act. [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] played a role in his apprehension, reporting him to the [[Israel|Israeli]] police.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Michael Salcido.md

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ summary: "Michael Salcido was as a victim of child sexual abuse by John David No
 died: 1979
 location: "Chicago, Illinois"
 ---
-
 Michael Salcido was as a victim of child sexual abuse by [[John David Norman]] in [[Chicago]]. Salcido experienced exploitation within Norman's network, which involved underage boys for prostitution and pornography production. The abuse occurred in the context of Norman's operations using apartments for recruitment and illicit activities.[^1]
 
 ### Report and Testimony

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Mike Russo.md

@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ tags:
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "Mike Russo was a physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) who, along with other Livermore personnel, experienced a series of bizarre, hallucination-inducing phenomena after their involvement with Uri Geller."
 ---
-
-
 Mike Russo was a physicist at [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]] (LLNL) who, along with other Livermore personnel, experienced a series of bizarre, hallucination-inducing phenomena after their involvement with [[Uri Geller]]. These apparitions included hovering, monochrome flying saucers and strange animals, such as large raven-like birds.[^1]
 
 Russo and others began to seriously question their sanity due to these experiences. He was part of the group that met with [[Richard Kennett]] of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] to discuss the unsettling events. Russo also complained about a telephone call from a strange metallic voice that demanded the Livermore group cease its research activities with Geller, after which the apparitions faded away.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Mohsen Rafiqdoost.md

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ summary: "Iranian minister for the Revolutionary Guards aligned with Prime Minis
 born: 1940
 location: "Tehran, Iran"
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-
 [[Mohsen Rafiqdoost]] was the minister for the [[Iranian Revolution]] in [[Iran]]. He was aligned with [[Mir Hossein Mousavi]], the Prime Minister of [[Iran]], and tried to open the second channel for arms sales to [[Iran]].[^1]
 
 ### Footnotes

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Nancy Stern.md

@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ tags:
   - Stargate
 summary: "Stern was present during the intense and monotonous remote viewing taskings related to the Iran hostage crisis (1979-1981)."
 ---
-
-
 [[Nancy Stern]] was an Army civilian photo-interpreter and one of the original members of the [[STARGATE PROJECT|Gondola Wish]] (later [[STARGATE PROJECT|Grill Flame]]) remote viewing unit. She was among the initial group of ten or eleven candidates selected by [[Frederick Atwater|Skip Atwater]] and [[Murray Watt|Scotty Watt]] for the experimental program, with a heavy emphasis on photo-interpreters due to their visual skills.[^1]
 
 Stern was present during the intense and monotonous remote viewing taskings related to the Iran hostage crisis (1979-1981). After the failed hostage rescue mission in April 1980, she became emotionally distraught, crying and expressing anger at the debacle, and subsequently left the unit. Her departure, along with that of [[Fern Gauvin]], highlighted the psychological toll of the relentless remote viewing operations.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Pat Price.md

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ born: 1918-12-08
 died: 1975-07-14
 location: "Salt Lake City, Utah"
 ---
-
 Pat Price was a retired police commissioner from Burbank, California, who joined the [[Stanford Research Institute]] (SRI) remote viewing program in 1973. He was a graying, semi-retired, somewhat grizzled-looking fellow in his fifties who lived at Lake Tahoe. He had a small building-contractor business and also raised Christmas trees to sell in the Bay Area. He met [[Hal Puthoff]] at a lecture and later while selling Christmas trees in Mountain View. Price considered himself a psychic, claiming to have developed important leads on difficult cases during his time as a police commissioner in Burbank, thanks to spontaneously received information. He would even sit in the police dispatcher's office, trying to get psychic impressions of criminals' hiding places.[^1]
 
 Price had a long history of psychic experiences, including using his abilities to help solve difficult cases when he was a police commissioner. He claimed to have psychic impressions about people and distant events almost every day. He also claimed the ancient shamanic power of being able to change the weather, creating or evaporating clouds at will, and believed he could make traffic lights change through psychokinesis. He also believed that his soul had once belonged to the American colonial orator Patrick Henry. He also believed that an alien civilization flew its silvery saucers into bases on the moon and Mars, and also here on Earth, under the oceans and beneath great mountains, including one under Mount Hayes in Alaska.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Patrick J. Parker.md

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ tags:
   - Soviet
 summary: "Deputy assistant secretary of defense for intelligence who assessed Soviet intentions during the 1973 Yom Kippur War nuclear alert."
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-
 Patrick J. Parker served as the deputy assistant secretary of defense for intelligence. He recalled a consensus among senior intelligence officials in the [[Pentagon]] that the Soviets were "understandably frightened of the situation and eager to contain it" during the 1973 [[Yom Kippur War]], specifically regarding the alleged Soviet warhead shipment to [[Egypt]].[^1]
 
 ### Footnotes

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Pavel Naumov.md

@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ tags:
   - Soviet
 summary: "Pavel Naumov was a Soviet military scientist who reportedly conducted a notable ESP experiment around 1956."
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-
-# Pavel Naumov
-
 Pavel Naumov was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] military scientist who reportedly conducted a notable [[Extrasensory Perception|ESP]] experiment around 1956. This experiment involved a mother rabbit, her newborn litter, a submerged Soviet submarine, and a research station on shore[^1].
 
 In this experiment, the baby rabbits were placed aboard the submarine, and electrodes were implanted in the mother rabbit's brain at the shore-based laboratory. When the baby rabbits were killed one by one, the mother rabbit's brain produced detectable and recordable reactions. The results of this experiment, if believed, suggested that [[Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) Waves|ELF]] might be an ESP information carrier channel[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Peter R. Phillips.md

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ tags:
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "Randi sent two young magicians, Steven Shaw and Michael Edwards, to Phillips's lab, where they pretended to possess psychokinetic abilities and simulated feats like spoon bending using sleight of hand."
 ---
-
 Peter R. Phillips was the director of the [[McDonnell Laboratory for Psychical Research]] at Washington University. His laboratory became the target of a hoax orchestrated by magician [[James Randi]] in 1983[^1].
 
 Randi sent two young magicians, [[Steven Shaw]] and [[Michael Edwards]], to Phillips's lab, where they pretended to possess [[Psychokinesis|psychokinetic]] abilities and simulated feats like spoon bending using sleight of hand. Randi sent twenty-two letters to Phillips, warning him that spoon bending could easily be faked by skilled magicians and offering methods to catch those who were cheating, but Phillips never took him up on his offer[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Peter Squire.md

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ tags:
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "Peter Squire is a program officer in the Office of Naval Research (ONR)'s Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare and Combating Terrorism department."
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-
 Peter Squire is a program officer in the [[Office of Naval Research]] (ONR)'s Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare and Combating Terrorism department. In 2014, ONR embarked on a four-year, $3.85 million research program to explore the phenomena it calls [[Premonition]] and [[Intuition]], or "Spidey sense," for sailors and Marines[^1].
 
 Squire stated, "We have to understand what gives rise to this so-called ‘sixth sense,'" emphasizing that Navy scientists place less emphasis on trying to understand the phenomena theoretically and more on using technology to examine the mysterious process. The [[Pentagon]]'s focus is to maximize the power of the sixth sense for operational use[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Peter W. Rodman.md

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ born: 1943-11-24
 died: 2008-08-02
 location: "Boston, Massachusetts"
 ---
-
 Peter W. Rodman was a longtime assistant to [[Henry A. Kissinger]]. He was present during a meeting between Kissinger and [[Simcha Dinitz]], the Israeli ambassador, during the 1973 [[Yom Kippur War]], where Dinitz emphasized the desperate situation of the Israeli military and the need for more tanks and aircraft. Rodman, who could be trusted with sensitive information, was dismissed from the meeting when Dinitz insisted on speaking with Kissinger alone.[^1]
 
 ### Footnotes

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Rajesh Rao.md

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ summary: "Rajesh Rao is a computational neuroscientist who collaborated with And
 born: 1970-07-02
 location: "Madras, India"
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-
 Rajesh Rao is a computational neuroscientist who collaborated with [[Andrea Stocco]] at the [[Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences]] (I-LABS) at the [[University of Washington]] in [[Seattle]]. Their work focuses on [[Synthetic Telepathy]] and direct brain-to-brain communication[^1].
 
 On August 12, 2013, Rao's laboratory, in collaboration with Stocco, demonstrated synthetic telepathy between two human test subjects for the first time in human history[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Rasti Rostelli.md

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ tags:
   - Dutroux
 summary: "Rasti Rostelli was a hypnotist whose stage show preceded the kidnapping of An Marchal and Eefje Lambrecks by Marc Dutroux."
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-
 Rasti Rostelli was a hypnotist whose stage show preceded the kidnapping of [[An Marchal]] and [[Eefje Lambrecks]] by [[Marc Dutroux]]. On the evening of the kidnapping, [[An Marchal]] and [[Eefje Lambrecks]] attended a Rostelli hypnosis show in [[Blankenberge|Blankenberge, Belgium]] on the coast in August 1995. Both girls were hypnotised on stage at a casino during Rostelli's performance. Rostelli put the two girls under hypnosis for almost two hours on stage. The similarly hypnotized friends of the victims said it took them hours to fully recover from the hypnosis.[^1]
 
 Father Marchal, father of [[An Marchal]], initially insisted on Rostelli coming as a witness because he thought the girls had been lured by [[Marc Dutroux|Dutroux]] while still under the influence of hypnosis. The performance was recorded on video and described in a Dutch magazine article critical of Rostelli's techniques. The article described how Rostelli told [[Eefje Lambrecks]] she would feel everything he did with a doll in her body, then struck the head of a rag doll with a hammer while she was under hypnosis. [[An Marchal]] was described as running away screaming and having to be brought back by an assistant. After the show, security video footage recorded [[An Marchal]] and [[Eefje Lambrecks]] wandering around the casino in a daze. The same night they fell into the hands of [[Marc Dutroux]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Richard G. Stilwell.md

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ born: 1917-02-24
 died: 1991-12-25
 location: "Buffalo, New York"
 ---
-
 Richard G. Stilwell (1917–1991) was a retired [[U.S. Army]] four-star general who served as the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. He was a distinguished military figure, having participated in the Normandy Invasion in [[World War II]], served as head of the U.S. Military Assistance Command, Thailand during the [[Vietnam]], and commanded the United Nations Command in Korea[^1].
 
 In January 1981, Stilwell took an interest in Lieutenant Colonel [[John B. Alexander]]'s controversial article, "The New Mental Battlefield: Beam Me Up, Spock." After an informal meeting with Alexander, Stilwell arranged for his transfer to the [[United States Army Intelligence and Security Command|INSCOM]] under Major General [[Albert Stubblebine]]. This move formally brought Alexander into the realm of psychic research within the military[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Richard Lawson.md

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ created: 2026-05-14
 updated: 2026-05-14
 location: "Michigan, United States"
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-
 Richard Lawson was an individual who participated in child pornography networks operating in the [[Cass Corridor]] area of Detroit, Michigan, during the 1970s. He later became a cooperating informant in the long-running investigation of the [[Oakland County Child Killer]] (OCCK) cold case, providing statements to Michigan State Police detectives in 1988 and again in 2005 that represented significant new allegations about the network behind the murders.[^1]
 
 ### Connection to North Fox Island

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Robbie Van Der Plancken.md

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ tags:
   - Dutroux
 summary: "Robbie Van Der Plancken was a Belgian national who began as a child prostitute working for Lothar Glandorf and later 'graduated to become an exploiter himself' in the European child trafficking and pornography network."
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-
 Robbie Van Der Plancken was a Belgian national who began as a child prostitute working for [[Lothar Glandorf]] and later "graduated to become an exploiter himself" in the European child trafficking and pornography network. He emerged as a central figure connecting multiple major investigations during the 1990s, including the [[Marc Dutroux]] case and the [[Apollo Bulletin Board Service]]. Van Der Plancken operated across various European countries, maintaining connections to key figures in the international pedophile network while establishing himself as both a victim turned perpetrator and a crucial witness to systemic child exploitation operations spanning [[Belgium]], [[Germany]], [[Netherlands]], and [[Italy]].[^1]
 
 Van Der Plancken's criminal activities began under the tutelage of Lothar Glandorf, who operated a sophisticated child trafficking operation targeting vulnerable boys from [[Berlin]]. His progression from victim to perpetrator exemplified the cycle of abuse within these networks, where former victims often became recruiters and abusers themselves. This pattern was common in the European child trafficking scene, where established networks leveraged the trauma and dependency of their victims to ensure continued participation and silence. His position within multiple overlapping networks made him a valuable asset for trafficking operations while simultaneously making him a target for both law enforcement and rival criminal elements seeking to eliminate potential witnesses.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Robert Booth Nichols.md

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 ---
-category: "PROMIS Scandal"
+category: PROMIS Scandal
 created: 2024-04-25
 updated: 2026-05-01
 tags:
   - Person
   - PROMIS
   - CIA
-  - Organized Crime
-summary: "Robert Booth Nichols was an international intelligence operative and central figure in Danny Casolaro's Octopus investigation, with documented ties to NSC covert operations, organized crime networks including the Gambino and Bufalino families and the Yakuza, and arms development programs at the Wackenhut-Cabazon joint venture."
+  - Organized_Crime
+summary: Robert Booth Nichols was an international intelligence operative and central figure in Danny Casolaro's Octopus investigation, with documented ties to NSC covert operations, organized crime networks including the Gambino and Bufalino families and the Yakuza, and arms development programs at the Wackenhut-Cabazon joint venture.
 born: 1943
-location: "Loma Linda, California"
+location: Loma Linda, California
 ---
 Robert Booth Nichols was born in 1943 or 1944. He appeared repeatedly in the investigative threads pursued by journalist [[Danny Casolaro]] and in FBI and DOJ records as an individual straddling the boundaries of U.S. intelligence operations and international organized crime. Despite extensive FBI investigation and wiretap surveillance, Nichols reportedly had no arrest record as of the time of Casolaro's death in 1991.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Robert Parry.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ born: 1949-06-24
 died: 2018-01-27
 location: "Hartford, Connecticut"
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-Robert Parry was born June 24, 1949. He worked as a reporter at the Associated Press in the early 1980s, where he broke early stories on Contra drug trafficking and helped expose Iran-Contra, and subsequently at Newsweek. He founded Consortium News in 1995 after finding mainstream news organizations unwilling to continue investigating government secrecy, intelligence abuses, and the [[October Surprise]] allegation. He died January 27, 2018.[^1]
+Robert Parry was born June 24, 1949. He worked as a reporter at the [[Associated Press]] in the early 1980s, where he broke early stories on Contra drug trafficking and helped expose Iran-Contra, and subsequently at Newsweek. He founded Consortium News in 1995 after finding mainstream news organizations unwilling to continue investigating government secrecy, intelligence abuses, and the [[October Surprise]] allegation. He died January 27, 2018.[^1]
 
 ### Iran-Contra Reporting
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Robert Piest.md

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ born: 1963-03-16
 died: 1978-12-11
 location: "Des Plaines, Illinois"
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-
 Robert Piest was a 15-year-old student at Maine West High School and employee at a pharmacy in Des Plaines, Illinois. Piest lived with his family and worked part-time at the Nisson Pharmacy owned by [[Phil Torf]]. Piest's disappearance on December 11, 1978, triggered the investigation into [[John Wayne Gacy]]. Piest was a classmate of [[Joseph Kozenczak]]'s son at Maine West High School.[^1]
 
 ### Disappearance and Investigation

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Rodolfo Stange.md

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ born: 1925-09-30
 died: 2023-11-26
 location: "Puerto Montt, Chile"
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-
 [[Rodolfo Stange]] was a General and chief of the Chilean Carabineros (paramilitary police). He was a significant figure in the Chilean government during the period of [[Augusto Pinochet|Pinochet's]] rule and was involved in the country's arms trade and intelligence operations.[^1]
 
 [[Rodolfo Stange|Stange]] was present at a meeting in [[Santiago]], [[Chile]], in late 1986, with [[Carlos Cardoen]], [[Robert Gates]], Senator [[John Tower]], and [[Pieter Van Der Westhuizen|Gen. Pieter Van Der Westhuizen]] (South African Military Intelligence). At this meeting, [[United States|U.S.]] officials reaffirmed their intention to maintain arms channels to [[Iraq]] through [[South Africa]] and [[Chile]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Rosemary Smith.md

@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ tags:
   - Soviet
 summary: "Remote viewer associated with the Stargate Project who in 1976 allegedly located a lost Soviet spy plane."
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-
-
 [[Rosemary Smith]] was a [[Remote Viewing|remote viewer]] associated with the [[STARGATE PROJECT|Stargate Project]]. In 1976, she allegedly located a lost [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] spy plane, an event that is noted in the project's timeline. While details of this specific success are not extensively elaborated in the *Remote Viewers* narrative, her inclusion in the timeline suggests her significance within the program's history.[^1]
 
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10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Sheikh Mussa Sadr.md

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ summary: "Shi'ite leader from southern Lebanon who disappeared during a 1978 vis
 born: 1928
 location: "Qom, Iran"
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-
 [[Sheikh Mussa Sadr]] was a Shi'ite leader from southern [[Lebanon]]. He disappeared on a visit to [[Libya]] in 1978. The [[Libya|Libyans]] were believed to have killed him for preaching Shi'ite [[Islam]] rather than their own brand of the religion.[^1]
 
 His disappearance became a point of contention during [[Abdul Salam Jalloud|Maj. Abdul Salam Jalloud's]] visit to [[Iran]] after the [[Iranian Revolution]], with [[Iran|Iranian]] hosts demanding an explanation from [[Muammar Qaddafi|Col. Qaddafi's]] right-hand man.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Sheila Ostrander.md

@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ tags:
   - Soviet
 summary: "Ostrander and Schroeder's work, which included accounts from figures like Eduard Naumov, contributed to the growing awareness and concern within the U.S."
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-
-
 [[Sheila Ostrander]] is an American author who, along with [[Lynn Schroeder]], co-authored the 1970 book *Psychic Discoveries Behind the Iron Curtain*. This book played a significant role in popularizing Soviet and Eastern European [[Parapsychology|psi]] research in the West. The book portrayed a "veritable frenzy of psychic research" going on in the [[Soviet Union|USSR]], with investigators uncovering powerful natural clairvoyants, psychokinetic prodigies, and dowsers whose talents could potentially be employed against the West.[^1]
 
 Ostrander and Schroeder's work, which included accounts from figures like [[Eduard Naumov]], contributed to the growing awareness and concern within the U.S. intelligence community about a potential "psi gap" with the Soviet Union, ultimately influencing the decision to fund and initiate programs like the [[STARGATE PROJECT|Stargate Project]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Shippi Strang.md

@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ tags:
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "Friend and early manager of Uri Geller who encouraged his first public psychic performance in a Tel Aviv school hall in 1969."
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-
-
 [[Shippi Strang]] was a friend and early manager of [[Uri Geller]]. He encouraged Geller to put on his first public performance of mind reading and metal-bending in a Tel Aviv school hall in 1969. Strang's encouragement was instrumental in Geller's decision to pursue a public career as a psychic entertainer, which eventually led to his international fame.[^1]
 
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10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Shira.md

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ tags:
 summary: "Daughter of Ari Ben-Menashe and Ora Ben-Shalom, born in 1988 during the period of her father's intelligence activities."
 born: 1988-07-22
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-
 [[Shira]] is the daughter of [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] and [[Ora Ben-Shalom]]. She was born on July 22, 1988.[^1]
 
 [[Shira|Shira]] was with her mother, [[Ora Ben-Shalom|Ora]], when [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] was arrested in [[Los Angeles]] in October 1989. [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] has not seen [[Shira|Shira]] since October 1989.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Silvio Berlusconi.md

@@ -14,14 +14,13 @@ born: 1936-09-29
 died: 2023-06-12
 location: "Milan, Italy"
 ---
-
-Silvio Berlusconi was born September 29, 1936, in Milan, [[Italy]], and died June 12, 2023. He founded the Fininvest business conglomerate and Mediaset media group, becoming one of Italy's wealthiest individuals, before entering politics in 1994. He served as Prime Minister three times: 1994-1995, 2001-2006, and 2008-2011, making him the longest-serving post-war Italian prime minister. His political career was defined by a series of criminal trials on charges including corruption, tax fraud, and sexual misconduct; he was convicted in some proceedings and acquitted in others, and was ultimately barred from public office for a period following a tax fraud conviction in 2013 before his political rights were restored.[^1]
+Silvio Berlusconi was born September 29, 1936, in Milan, [[Italy]], and died June 12, 2023. He founded the [[Fininvest]] business conglomerate and [[Mediaset]] media group, becoming one of Italy's wealthiest individuals, before entering politics in 1994. He served as Prime Minister three times: 1994-1995, 2001-2006, and 2008-2011, making him the longest-serving post-war Italian prime minister. His political career was defined by a series of criminal trials on charges including corruption, tax fraud, and sexual misconduct; he was convicted in some proceedings and acquitted in others, and was ultimately barred from public office for a period following a tax fraud conviction in 2013 before his political rights were restored.[^1]
 
 ### P2 Membership
 
-Berlusconi's most direct connection to this vault's subject matter is his membership in the [[P2]] (Propaganda Due) masonic lodge exposed by Italian police in 1981. The P2 membership list recovered from [[Licio Gelli]]'s villa in Arezzo contained Berlusconi's name, identifying him as member number 1816. P2 was not a conventional masonic lodge but a secret society within Italian Freemasonry that Gelli used to build a shadow network encompassing military officers, intelligence officials, politicians, bankers, and media figures committed to preventing a communist electoral victory and, in the view of parliamentary investigators, to establishing an authoritarian "State within the State."
+Berlusconi's most direct connection to this vault's subject matter is his membership in the [[P2]] (Propaganda Due) masonic lodge exposed by Italian police in 1981. The P2 membership list recovered from [[Licio Gelli]]'s villa in Arezzo contained Berlusconi's name, identifying him as member number 1816. P2 was not a conventional [[Freemason|masonic]] lodge but a secret society within Italian Freemasonry that Gelli used to build a shadow network encompassing military officers, intelligence officials, politicians, bankers, and media figures committed to preventing a communist electoral victory and, in the view of parliamentary investigators, to establishing an authoritarian "State within the State."
 
-The P2 membership's composition - including the heads of all three Italian intelligence services (SID, Sismi, Sisde), senior military figures, the chiefs of the financial police and Carabinieri, and prominent politicians and bankers - meant that Berlusconi was enrolled in the same organization as [[Gladio]]-connected figures, the bankers involved in the [[Banco Ambrosiano]] collapse, and the military figures implicated in the strategy of tension bombings of the 1970s-1980s.[^2]
+The P2 membership's composition - including the heads of all three Italian intelligence services ([[SID]], [[Sismi]], [[Sisde]]), senior military figures, the chiefs of the financial police and Carabinieri, and prominent politicians and bankers - meant that Berlusconi was enrolled in the same organization as [[Gladio]]-connected figures, the bankers involved in the [[Banco Ambrosiano]] collapse, and the military figures implicated in the strategy of tension bombings of the 1970s-1980s.[^2]
 
 ### Media and Political Power