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

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ category: "Other"
 tags:
   - Person
 summary: "In 1980, 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 Peruvian President Alan Garcia."
+born: 1934-12-03
+died: 2021-09-11
+location: "Mollendo, Arequipa, Peru"
 ---
 
 [[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]

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

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "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."
+born: 1905-03-19
+died: 1981-09-01
+location: "Mannheim, Germany"
 ---
 
 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].

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

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Military
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "Major General Albert Stubblebine was a U.S."
+born: 1930-02-06
+died: 2017-02-06
+location: "New York, USA"
 ---
 
 

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

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - WW2
   - Nazi
 summary: "In September 1988, Ari Ben-Menashe met with Stroessner to persuade him to close down Cardoen Industries' chemical plant in Paraguay, which was producing chemical weapons for Iraq."
+born: 1912-11-03
+died: 2006-08-16
+location: "Encarnación, Paraguay"
 ---
 
 [[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]

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

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ tags:
   - Israel
   - Military
 summary: "Nir resigned from his TV job to work as a public relations adviser for Peres during the 1981 elections."
+born: 1950-12-08
+died: 1988-11-30
+location: "Israel"
 ---
 
 [[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]

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

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - Skeptic
 summary: "Amnon Rubinstein was a prominent Israeli legal scholar, politician, and television talk show host."
+born: 1931-09-05
+died: 2024-01-18
+location: "Tel Aviv, Israel"
 ---
 
 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].

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Anastasio Somoza.md

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ tags:
   - Contra_War
   - Dark_Alliance_Investigation
 summary: Anastasio Somoza Debayle was the dictator of Nicaragua whose family ruled the country for forty-six years until the Sandinista revolution in July 1979, after which his dispersed National Guard officers became the founding cadre of the Contras.
+born: 1925-12-05
+died: 1980-09-17
+location: "León, Nicaragua"
 ---
 Anastasio Somoza Debayle was the dictator of [[Nicaragua]] whose family ruled the country for forty-six years.[^1] His overthrow by the [[Sandinistas]] in July 1979 triggered the events that led to the Contra war and the [[Dark Alliance]] drug trafficking network.
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Hugo Spadafora.md

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ tags:
   - Contra_War
   - Event_Murder
 summary: Dr. Hugo Spadafora was a Panamanian revolutionary doctor and Contra fighter who was tortured and decapitated in September 1985 while attempting to publicly expose Manuel Noriega's cocaine trafficking operations with the Contras.
+born: 1940-09-06
+died: 1985-09-13
+location: "Chitré, Herrera, Panama"
 ---
 Dr. Hugo Spadafora was a dashing young [[Panama|Panamanian]] doctor who became a hero to many Panamanians as an unusual mix of revolutionary warrior and middle-class professional. He fought alongside [[Eden Pastora]] against the Somoza dictatorship in the 1970s, leading an international brigade of jungle fighters, the Brigada Internacional Simón Bolívar, in support of Pastora's southern forces. The [[DEA]] called him "reportably the best known guerrilla fighter in Central America."[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/I. I. Rabi.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Physicist
   - Israel
 summary: "American physicist and Nobel laureate who visited Israel's Dimona reactor in 1961 and reported no evidence of a weapons facility."
+born: 1898-07-29
+died: 1988-01-11
+location: "Rymanów, Galicia (Austria-Hungary)"
 ---
 
 I. I. Rabi was an American physicist and Nobel laureate. He, along with [[Eugene Wigner]], was asked by the Israelis to visit the still-incomplete reactor at [[Dimona]] sometime early in 1961. They reported seeing no evidence of a weapons facility, and President [[John F. Kennedy]] expressed satisfaction with their conviction that the reactor was designed for peaceful purposes.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Ian Stuart Spiro.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - CIA
   - DoJ
 summary: "However, news reports, specifically from the *Oceanside Blade-Citizen*, noted that documents and U.S."
+born: 1946-12-14
+died: 1992-11-08
+location: "United Kingdom"
 ---
 [[Ian Stuart Spiro]] was a figure whose death was linked to a spy network and the [[Iran-Contra Affair]]. He was found dead of cyanide poisoning in the Anza-Borrego desert on November 8, 1992, one week after his wife and children were found shot to death in their Rancho Santa Fe home. His death was officially ruled a suicide, and the San Diego Sheriff's Department reportedly destroyed his files when the case was closed, stating he had no connection to the [[PROMIS]] software.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Ingo Swann.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ tags:
   - RemoteViewer
   - SRI
 summary: "Ingo Douglas Swann—born with just one N—was not far from the stereotypical image of the psychic."
+born: 1933-09-14
+died: 2013-01-31
+location: "Telluride, Colorado"
 ---
 
 Ingo Douglas Swann—born with just one N—was not far from the stereotypical image of the psychic. Growing up in Telluride, Colorado, he claimed to have out-of-body experiences and premonitions, to see people's auras, and to encounter supernatural beings. He was left-handed, intuitive, artistic, emotionally sensitive, curious about the unusual, and bored by the usual. He was considered odd and had few friends at school, later describing himself as "doubly, triply, quadruply freaky."[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/J. B. Rhine.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - Skeptic
 summary: "American botanist who founded the parapsychology lab at Duke University and is considered a father of modern parapsychology."
+born: 1895-09-29
+died: 1980-02-20
+location: "Waterloo, Pennsylvania"
 ---
 
 Joseph Banks Rhine, known as J. B. Rhine (1895–1980), was an American botanist who founded the parapsychology lab at [[Duke University]]. He is considered one of the fathers of modern [[Parapsychology|parapsychology]][^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/J. Robert Oppenheimer.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Physicist
   - Israel
 summary: "Oppenheimer's personal papers indicate he visited Israel in May 1958 to participate in ceremonies marking the opening of the Institute of Nuclear Science in Rehovot."
+born: 1904-04-22
+died: 1967-02-18
+location: "New York City, New York"
 ---
 
 J. Robert Oppenheimer was a prominent American theoretical physicist, widely known as the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role as the scientific director of the [[Manhattan Project]] during World War II. He and his colleagues, including [[John von Neumann]], were actively courted by [[Chaim Weizmann]] as early as 1947 to spend time doing research in [[Israel]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Jack P. Ruina.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "His panel's assignment was carefully weighted towards investigating the possibility that the VELA sighting had been a false alarm."
+born: 1923-08-19
+died: 2015-02-04
+location: "Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts"
 ---
 
 Jack P. Ruina was a professor of electrical engineering at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] and a longtime consultant to the [[Pentagon]] on military and scientific issues. He was chosen by [[Frank Press]] to direct an outside panel to study the [[VELA Satellite]] data after a probable nuclear explosion was detected on September 22, 1979. Ruina held many sensitive clearances and was known for his discretion.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/James R. Schlesinger.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "Secretary of Defense under Nixon and Ford who observed Kissinger's strategy during the 1973 Yom Kippur War of wanting Israel to succeed but bleed."
+born: 1929-02-15
+died: 2014-03-27
+location: "New York City, New York"
 ---
 
 James R. Schlesinger served as the Secretary of Defense under President [[Richard Nixon]] and later President [[Gerald R. Ford]]. During the 1973 [[Yom Kippur War]], [[Henry A. Kissinger]] told Schlesinger that his goal was to "let [[Israel]] come out ahead, but bleed." Schlesinger noted that [[Israel]]'s ammunition consumption rate was gauged for a seven-day war, reflecting [[Washington, D.C.]]'s confidence in the Israeli military. However, Kissinger's sudden and massive push for resupply led Schlesinger to conclude that Israeli use of a nuclear weapon was not out of the question, and that there was an assumption that [[Israel]] had a few nukes and might use them if there was a collapse.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/James Randi.md

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ tags:
   - Skeptic
   - Magician
 summary: "James Randi (1928–2020), known as 'The Amazing Randi,' was a Canadian-American stage magician, escape artist, and a prominent scientific skeptic."
+born: 1928-08-07
+died: 2020-10-20
+location: "Toronto, Ontario, Canada"
 ---
 
 James Randi (1928–2020), known as "The Amazing Randi," was a Canadian-American stage magician, escape artist, and a prominent scientific skeptic. He dedicated much of his life to investigating and debunking paranormal and pseudoscientific claims, often challenging individuals who claimed to possess supernatural abilities[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Jean-Michel Nihoul.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Belgium
   - Dutroux
 summary: "Jean-Michel Nihoul (born 1941) was a Belgian businessman, political fixer, and organized crime figure described as a 'quasi-underworld figure' who operated at the intersection of organized crime, politics, and child trafficking networks during the 1980s and 1990s."
+born: 1941-04-23
+died: 2019-10-23
+location: "Belgium"
 ---
 
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Jimmy Savile.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - OrganizedCrime
 summary: "Jimmy Savile was a BBC Radio One DJ and prominent television personality whose death in October 2011 triggered a major police investigation into widespread child abuse at the BBC."
+born: 1926-10-31
+died: 2011-10-29
+location: "Leeds, Yorkshire, England"
 ---
 
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Joan Quigley.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "Joan Quigley was a San Francisco socialite and astrologer who advised President Ronald Reagan during his tenure at the White House."
+born: 1927-04-10
+died: 2014-10-21
+location: "Kansas City, Missouri"
 ---
 
 Joan Quigley was a San Francisco socialite and astrologer who advised President [[Ronald Reagan]] during his tenure at the [[White House]]. Her role was revealed in May 1988 by [[Donald T. Regan]], former White House chief of staff, and confirmed by press secretary [[Marlin Fitzwater]][^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Jody Powell.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "Jody Powell was President Jimmy Carter's press secretary."
+born: 1943-09-30
+died: 2009-09-14
+location: "Cordele, Georgia"
 ---
 
 Jody Powell was President [[Jimmy Carter]]'s press secretary. In October 1977, he publicly announced that "four years of continuing investigation" by the [[Atomic Energy Commission|AEC]], [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]], and General Accounting Office had "failed to reveal" a diversion of uranium to [[Israel]] from [[Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation|NUMEC]].[^1]

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

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - OrganizedCrime
 summary: "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."
+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]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/John von Neumann.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Physicist
   - Israel
 summary: "John von Neumann was a Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist who made significant contributions to quantum physics, functional analysis, set theory, economics, computer science, and nuclear physics."
+born: 1903-12-28
+died: 1957-02-08
+location: "Budapest, Hungary"
 ---
 
 John von Neumann was a Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist who made significant contributions to quantum physics, functional analysis, set theory, economics, computer science, and nuclear physics. He was a key figure in the [[Manhattan Project]], working alongside [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]]. As early as 1947, he was courted by [[Chaim Weizmann]] to spend time doing research in [[Israel]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Johnny Rosselli.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - PROMIS
   - CIA
 summary: "Organized crime leader enlisted by the CIA through Robert Maheu in 1960 to assist in assassination plots against Fidel Castro."
+born: 1905-07-04
+died: 1976-08-07
+location: "Esperia, Lazio, Italy"
 ---
 [[Johnny Rosselli]] was an organized-crime leader who was contacted by [[Robert Maheu]] in 1960 as part of [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] operations to assassinate [[Fidel Castro]]. Rosselli, along with [[Sam Giancana]] and [[Santos Trafficante, Jr.]], was enlisted to assist in these efforts, which involved Cuban exiles.[^1]
 

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

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ tags:
   - Military
   - Israel
 summary: "Pollard was an unhappy child in South Bend, Indiana, tormented and beaten in grade school for being Jewish."
+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]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Jose Bueso Rosa.md

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ tags:
   - 1980s
   - Contra_War
 summary: Honduran general and CIA collaborator on the Contra project who was convicted of plotting a cocaine-financed assassination and coup, then received extraordinary leniency through Oliver North's intervention.
+location: "Honduras"
 ---
 Jose Bueso Rosa was a Honduran general and [[Central Intelligence Agency]] collaborator on the [[Contras|Contra]] project who was convicted in 1984 for plotting to assassinate Honduran president Roberto Suazo Cordova and stage a coup financed by a giant cocaine sale. Despite the severity of his crimes, he received extraordinary leniency through [[Oliver North]]'s intervention.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Jules Stein.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - PROMIS
 summary: "Founder of MCA and longtime political supporter of Ronald Reagan who helped make Reagan a millionaire through inflated property deals."
+born: 1896-04-26
+died: 1981-04-29
+location: "South Bend, Indiana"
 ---
 [[Jules Stein]] was the founder of [[Music Corporation of America|MCA]]. He was a long-time political supporter of [[Ronald Reagan]]. Stein, along with [[Lew Wasserman]], negotiated the sale of Reagan's [[California]] properties at hugely inflated prices, which helped make Reagan a millionaire.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Karlis Osis.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "Karlis Osis was a Latvian-born parapsychologist with a PhD, known for his research into deathbed visions and his work with the U.S."
+born: 1917-12-26
+died: 1997-12-26
+location: "Riga, Latvia"
 ---
 
 Karlis Osis was a Latvian-born parapsychologist with a PhD, known for his research into deathbed visions and his work with the U.S. government on [[Extrasensory Perception|ESP]] experiments with animals[^1][^2].

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Kermit Roosevelt.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Israel
   - Military
 summary: "CIA officer who orchestrated the 1953 coup that restored the Shah of Iran to power after the overthrow of Mohammed Mossadegh."
+born: 1916-02-16
+died: 2000-06-08
+location: "Buenos Aires, Argentina"
 ---
 
 [[Kermit Roosevelt]] was a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] officer who, along with [[Miles Copeland]], helped the [[Iran|Iranian]] military restore the [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi|Shah]] of [[Iran]] to power in 1953. This occurred after the [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi|Shah]] had been overthrown by [[Mohammed Mossadegh]] during the turmoil that followed the nationalization of [[Iran|Iranian]] oil.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Kim Roosevelt.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - PROMIS
   - CIA
 summary: "CIA officer who developed intelligence contacts with international arms merchant Adnan Khashoggi, a key figure in the Saudi-Israeli-American arms network."
+born: 1916-02-16
+died: 2000-06-08
+location: "Buenos Aires, Argentina"
 ---
 [[Kim Roosevelt]] was a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] officer who developed contacts with [[Adnan Khashoggi]], an international arms merchant and factotum for the House of Saud.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Kuhn Sa.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - OrganizedCrime
 summary: "Laotian warlord associated with the Golden Triangle drug trade, investigated in connection with CIA drug trafficking allegations."
+born: 1934-02-17
+died: 2007-10-26
+location: "Mongyai, Shan State, Burma"
 ---
 [[Kuhn Sa]] was a [[Laos|Laotian]] warlord associated with the [[Golden Triangle]] drug trade. [[Danny Casolaro]] was investigating [[Bo Gritz]]'s expose of [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] drug trafficking in the Golden Triangle and had requested to meet with a former police officer who had information on Kuhn Sa's Golden Triangle drug trade proposal to the [[United States]].[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Lewis L. Strauss.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "Strauss chose not to talk about the Israeli nuclear program because, as a Jew with deep feelings about the Holocaust, he privately approved of it."
+born: 1896-01-31
+died: 1974-01-21
+location: "Charleston, West Virginia"
 ---
 
 Lewis L. Strauss was an American businessman, public official, and naval officer who served as the chairman of the [[Atomic Energy Commission]] (AEC) from 1953 to 1958. He was a staunch Cold Warrior and adamantly opposed to the spread of nuclear weapons. Strauss was well-informed about [[Dimona]] and [[Israel]]'s nuclear program by the time he left the AEC, but there is no evidence he raised questions about it while in government or discussed it after leaving office.[^1]

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

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "Nuclear Intelligence Panel member who concluded the 1979 Vela satellite event was a South African-Israeli nuclear test and accused the White House of suppressing the finding."
+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]

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

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ tags:
   - 1980s
   - Drug_Trafficking
 summary: Military dictator of Panama who simultaneously served as a CIA asset and facilitated Colombian drug trafficking, was ousted by U.S. invasion in 1989, and had his 40-year sentence reduced to 10 years after former CIA officials testified on his behalf.
+born: 1934-02-11
+died: 2017-05-29
+location: "Panama City, Panama"
 ---
 Manuel Noriega was the military dictator of [[Panama]] who performed valuable work for the [[U.S. government]] in [[Central America]] during the 1980s while simultaneously facilitating Colombian [[cocaine]] trafficking.[^1]
 

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

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - OrganizedCrime
 summary: "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: 1981
+location: "Berlin, Germany"
 ---
 
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Marco Rubio.md

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ tags:
   - UFO
   - Politician
 summary: "Senator Rubio was the chief sponsor of the bill that mandated the Director of National Intelligence to produce an unclassified report on UAP, which led to the landmark June 2021 'Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena.' He has been a vocal advocate for taking the UAP issue seriously,"
+born: 1971-05-28
+location: "Miami, Florida"
 ---
 [[Marco Rubio]] is a United States Senator from Florida who has played a crucial role in the recent legislative efforts to increase transparency and oversight of the [[Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena]] (UAP) issue. As the acting chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, he was a key figure in the passage of the historic UAP legislation in the 2021 and 2022 National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAAs).[^1]
 

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

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - CIA
   - Military
 summary: "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."
+born: 1920
+died: 2003-10-24
+location: "Washington, D.C. area"
 ---
 
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Mel Riley.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Military
   - Stargate
 summary: "U.S. Army staff sergeant and one of the original remote viewers in the Stargate Project, known for his artistic rendering of psychic impressions."
+born: 1946
+died: 2020-04-25
+location: "Racine, Wisconsin"
 ---
 
 Mel Riley was a U.S. Army staff sergeant and one of the original six remote viewers in the [[STARGATE PROJECT]]. He was recruited into the program, then codenamed [[STARGATE PROJECT|Gondola Wish]], in 1977 by [[Frederick Atwater|Skip Atwater]] and [[Murray Watt|Scotty Watt]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Menachem Schneerson.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - CIA
   - Israel
 summary: "Large amounts of money were funneled through his institutions to Drexel Burnham, a brokerage house where Michael Milken built his junk-bond fortune."
+born: 1902-04-18
+died: 1994-06-12
+location: "Nikolaev, Russian Empire (now Mykolaiv, Ukraine)"
 ---
 
 [[Menachem Schneerson]], also known as the Lubavitcher Rebbe, was a prominent orthodox Jewish leader based in Brooklyn, [[New York City]]. His financial institutions were enlisted by the [[Likud Party]]-controlled [[Iran-Israel Joint Committee]] to funnel money for housing projects in the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]] for Jewish settlers, drawing from the slush fund generated by arms sales to [[Iran]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Milan Ryzl.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "Milan Ryzl was a Czech parapsychologist active in psi research in the mid-1960s."
+born: 1928
+died: 2011
+location: "Prague, Czechoslovakia"
 ---
 
 Milan Ryzl was a [[Czech]] parapsychologist active in psi research in the mid-1960s. He conducted an experiment that seemed to confirm [[I. M. Kogan]]'s communications-oriented approach to psi phenomena.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.md

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ category: "Other"
 tags:
   - Person
 summary: "Under the Shah, Iran maintained good relations with 'moderate pro-American Arab countries' such as Egypt, Jordan, and the Emirates."
+born: 1919-10-26
+died: 1980-07-27
+location: "Tehran, Iran"
 ---
 
 [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]], also known as the Shah of [[Iran]], ruled for nearly 40 years. His departure from [[Iran]] on January 16, 1979, marked a tumultuous upheaval in the [[Middle East]] and led to a new threat to [[Israel|Israel's]] existence.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Moshe Sharett.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Israel
   - Military
 summary: "Moshe Sharett was the second Prime Minister of Israel, serving from 1954 to 1955."
+born: 1894-10-15
+died: 1965-07-07
+location: "Kherson, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)"
 ---
 
 Moshe Sharett was the second Prime Minister of [[Israel]], serving from 1954 to 1955. He differed significantly from [[David Ben-Gurion]] in his approach to the Arab question, believing that peace with the Arab world was possible through military restraint and potential [[United Nations]] intervention. As prime minister, he initiated secret peace negotiations with [[Gamal Abdel Nasser|Nasser]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Muammar Qaddafi.md

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ category: "Other"
 tags:
   - Person
 summary: "Libyan leader who pressured African nations to cut ties with Israel and was linked to the disappearance of Shi'ite leader Sheikh Mussa Sadr."
+born: 1942
+died: 2011-10-20
+location: "Qasr Abu Hadi, near Sirte, Libya"
 ---
 
 [[Muammar Qaddafi]] was the leader of [[Libya]]. He played a role in [[Africa|African]] politics, promising money to black [[Africa|African]] nations if they cut ties with [[Israel]]. This led to a deterioration of relations between [[Israel]] and [[Uganda]] under [[Idi Amin]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Ninel Kulagina.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - Skeptic
 summary: "Ninel Kulagina (1926–1990), also known as Nina Kulagina, was a celebrated Soviet psychic and a decorated World War II hero, having served as a front-line soldier and tank radio operator for the Red Army."
+born: 1926-07-30
+died: 1990-04-11
+location: "Leningrad, Soviet Union"
 ---
 
 # Ninel Kulagina

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Oliver North.md

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ tags:
   - Israel
   - Dark_Alliance_Investigation
 summary: "Marine lieutenant colonel and National Security Council staff member who ran the illegal Contra resupply operation from the White House, central figure in the Iran-Contra Affair implicated in drug trafficking, arms dealing, and obstruction of justice."
+born: 1943-10-07
+location: "San Antonio, Texas"
 ---
 [[Oliver North]] was a Marine lieutenant colonel and National Security Council staff member who ran the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]'s illegal Contra resupply operation from the White House during the 1980s, making him a central figure in the [[Iran-Contra Affair]].[^1][^2] North oversaw the covert arms and funding pipeline to the [[Contras]] during periods when Congress had prohibited such assistance, operating what became known as "the Enterprise."
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Olof Palme.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Israel
   - Military
 summary: "Prime Minister of Sweden whose government was involved in military equipment sales to Iran through Israel before refusing to continue."
+born: 1927-01-30
+died: 1986-02-28
+location: "Östermalm, Stockholm, Sweden"
 ---
 
 [[Olof Palme]] was the Prime Minister of [[Sweden]]. His government was involved in the sale of military equipment to [[Iran]] through [[Israel]]. However, [[Olof Palme|Palme]] eventually refused to continue these sales.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Paul Kurtz.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - Skeptic
 summary: "Paul Kurtz (1925–2012) was an American philosopher and a prominent figure in the skeptical movement."
+born: 1925-12-21
+died: 2012-10-20
+location: "Newark, New Jersey"
 ---
 
 Paul Kurtz (1925–2012) was an American philosopher and a prominent figure in the skeptical movement. He was a co-founder of the [[Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal]] (CSICOP), along with [[Carl Sagan]], [[Martin Gardner]], [[Ray Hyman]], and [[James Randi]][^1].

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

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ tags:
   - RemoteViewer
   - Soviet
 summary: "While the effective bit rate for this experiment was very low (about one word per day), it was considered an impressive proof-of-concept, suggesting that the claims made in the Nautilus story might not have been entirely farfetched."
+born: 1931
+location: "Prague, Czechoslovakia"
 ---
 
 

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

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - OrganizedCrime
 summary: "Peter Righton was a social services director and the top UK government adviser on child protection services."
+born: 1926-04-14
+died: 2007-10-12
+location: "United Kingdom"
 ---
 
 Peter Righton was a social services director and the top UK government adviser on child protection services. He held a senior post with the National Children's Bureau and was described as "a respected figure in the child care field." Righton had been a member of the [[Pedophile Information Exchange]] (PIE), which was named in the VIP pedophile dossier from 1983 that [[Geoffrey Dickens]] handed to Home Secretary [[Leon Brittan]]. The dossier contained allegations about members of parliament and the Queen's royal staff being part of a VIP pedophile ring with ties to PIE. Righton's position as a government adviser on child protection services gave him unprecedented access to child protection policies and children's homes across the UK, allowing him to operate within the very system designed to protect vulnerable children.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Pinhas Sapir.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "Pinhas Sapir was an Israeli politician who, along with Levi Eshkol, dominated the Israeli budget process for more than fifteen years."
+born: 1906-10-15
+died: 1975-08-12
+location: "Suwałki, Poland"
 ---
 
 Pinhas Sapir was an Israeli politician who, along with [[Levi Eshkol]], dominated the Israeli budget process for more than fifteen years. He was a perennial critic of [[Israel]]'s nuclear program, viewing the Egyptian arms buildup as the most compelling argument against investing money at [[Dimona]]. Sapir saw a nuclear-armed [[Israel]] as financial madness and believed it would only lead to conflicts with the [[United States]] and a lessened flow of American contributions.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Qian Xuesen.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "Chinese rocket scientist who contributed to U.S. missile programs before deportation, later advocating paranormal research as the father of China's rocket program."
+born: 1911-12-11
+died: 2009-10-31
+location: "Shanghai, China"
 ---
 
 

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

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ tags:
   - Politician
   - Soviet
 summary: "Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974."
+born: 1913-01-09
+died: 1994-04-22
+location: "Yorba Linda, California"
 ---
 
 Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the [[United States]], serving from 1969 to 1974. His presidency was marked by significant foreign policy initiatives, including opening relations with [[China]] and pursuing détente with the [[Soviet Union]].[^1]

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

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - PROMIS
 summary: "General and co-conspirator of Oliver North in Iran-Contra who moved weapons from Israel to the Nicaraguan Contras."
+born: 1932-07-06
+died: 2024-10-15
+location: "LaRue, Ohio"
 ---
 [[Richard Secord]] was a General and a co-conspirator of [[Oliver North]] in the [[Iran-Contra Affair]]. The [[United States]] Tower Commission probe into Iran-gate revealed that [[Monzer Al-Kassar]], a Syrian kingpin and arms dealer, had been paid $1.2 million by Secord to move weapons from [[Israel]] to the Nicaraguan [[Contras]].[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Ronald Reagan.md

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ tags:
   - OctoberSurprise
   - IranContra
 summary: "40th President of the United States who authorized CIA operations in Nicaragua, oversaw the Contra war and the secret drug-crimes reporting exemption, while simultaneously prosecuting the War on Drugs."
+born: 1911-02-06
+died: 2004-06-05
+location: "Tampico, Illinois"
 ---
 Ronald Reagan was the 40th President of the [[United States]], serving from 1981 to 1989. His administration's first [[Middle East]] crisis involved the Israeli bombing of the Iraqi nuclear reactor at [[Osirak bombing]] in June 1981. Upon being informed of the bombing by his national security adviser, [[Richard V. Allen]], Reagan privately expressed delight, remarking, "Well. Boys will be boys."[^1] Despite public condemnation from the [[State Department]] and proposals from some of his high command, including [[Caspar Weinberger]], to sanction [[Israel]] by canceling F-16 aircraft sales, Reagan had no intention of taking such steps. The suspension of F-16 deliveries was lifted two months later.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Shimon Peres.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "Peres's rise to influence began in late 1953, when David Ben-Gurion appointed the then thirty-year-old Shimon Peres as director general of the ministry of defense."
+born: 1923-08-02
+died: 2016-09-28
+location: "Wiszniew, Poland"
 ---
 
 [[Shimon Peres]] was a prominent [[Israel|Israeli]] politician who served as Defense Minister and later as Prime Minister. He was a key figure in [[Israel|Israel's]] political and military landscape for decades, playing particularly significant roles in the country's nuclear program and various covert operations.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Shlomo Gazit.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Israel
   - General
 summary: "Major General Shlomo Gazit was the Director of Israeli Military Intelligence."
+born: 1926-10-22
+died: 2020-10-08
+location: "Istanbul, Turkey"
 ---
 
 Major General [[Shlomo Gazit]] was the Director of [[Mossad]]. He commended [[Ari Ben-Menashe]] and other members of the [[Unit 8200]] Iranian desk after they successfully broke the [[Iran|Iranian]] diplomatic code.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Stephan Schwartz.md

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ tags:
   - RemoteViewer
   - Soviet
 summary: "Stephan Schwartz is a former naval officer and researcher who became deeply involved in psychic research, particularly in the area of Remote Viewing."
+born: 1942-01-10
 ---
 
 # Stephan Schwartz

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Stuart Symington.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "Stuart Symington was a Democratic Senator from Missouri."
+born: 1901-06-26
+died: 1988-12-14
+location: "Amherst, Massachusetts"
 ---
 
 Stuart Symington was a Democratic Senator from [[Missouri]]. He was a strong backer of [[Adlai E. Stevenson]] for the Democratic presidential nomination. Paradoxically, Symington later emerged as an ardent supporter of a nuclear-armed [[Israel]] while also authoring key Senate legislation to limit the spread of such weapons.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Ted Stevens.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - UFO
   - Politician
 summary: "As a long-serving and powerful senator, Stevens was a key member of the bipartisan trio that controlled congressional spending for 'black budget' programs within the Pentagon."
+born: 1923-11-18
+died: 2010-08-09
+location: "Indianapolis, Indiana"
 ---
 [[Ted Stevens]] was a United States Senator from Alaska who, along with Senators [[Harry Reid]] and [[Daniel Inouye]], was instrumental in securing the initial funding for the [[Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program]] (AAWSAP), the precursor to the [[Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program]] (AATIP).[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Walter Pincus.md

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ tags:
   - 1990s
   - Dark_Alliance_Investigation
 summary: Washington Post national security reporter who led the newspaper's attack on the Dark Alliance series and had a documented history as a CIA operative and propagandist during the Cold War.
+born: 1932-12-24
+location: "Brooklyn, New York"
 ---
 Walter Pincus was a national security reporter for the [[Washington Post]] who wrote the first major newspaper attack on the [[Dark Alliance]] series and had a documented history as a [[Central Intelligence Agency]] operative.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Walter Schellenberg.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "Walter Schellenberg (1910–1952) was an SS-Brigadeführer and the head of foreign intelligence for Nazi Germany during World War II."
+born: 1910-01-16
+died: 1952-03-31
+location: "Saarbrücken, Germany"
 ---
 
 Walter Schellenberg (1910–1952) was an SS-Brigadeführer and the head of foreign intelligence for [[Nazi Germany]] during [[World War II]][^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Yitzhak Rabin.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "As army chief of operations, Yitzhak Rabin was among the old-fashioned military men, including Yigal Allon and Ariel Sharon, who believed that Israel's essential advantage over the Arabs was the quality and training of its military personnel."
+born: 1922-03-01
+died: 1995-11-04
+location: "Jerusalem"
 ---
 
 [[Yitzhak Rabin]] was an [[Israel|Israeli]] politician and military leader who served as Prime Minister of [[Israel]] and Defense Minister. He was a rival of [[Shimon Peres]] within the [[Labor Party]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Yitzhak Shamir.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ tags:
   - Israel
   - Soviet
 summary: "Israeli Prime Minister and former LEHI member who authorized intelligence sharing with the Soviet Union and oversaw covert arms deals with Iran and the Iran-Israel Joint Committee."
+born: 1915-10-22
+died: 2012-06-30
+location: "Ruzhany, Belarus"
 ---
 
 [[Yitzhak Shamir]] was a prominent [[Israel|Israeli]] politician who served as Prime Minister of [[Israel]]. He was a former member of [[LEHI]] (Stern Gang), a Jewish terrorist group, and later became a prominent figure in [[Mossad]], serving as operations chief for [[Europe]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Yuval Neeman.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Physicist
   - Israel
 summary: "Yuval Neeman was an Israeli physicist and defense ministry intelligence officer."
+born: 1925-05-14
+died: 2006-04-26
+location: "Tel Aviv"
 ---
 
 Yuval Neeman was an Israeli physicist and defense ministry intelligence officer. He was directly involved in [[Israel]]'s nuclear weapons program. Neeman was responsible for drafting [[David Ben-Gurion]]'s responses to [[John F. Kennedy]]'s increasingly sour correspondence regarding [[Dimona]]. Neeman described the exchange as "not a friendly exchange" and that Kennedy was "writing like a bully. It was brutal."[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Zalman Mordecai Shapiro.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "Zalman Mordecai Shapiro was an American Jew and owner of the Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC), a privately owned nuclear enriching plant in Apollo, Pennsylvania."
+born: 1920-05-12
+died: 2016-07-16
+location: "Canton, Ohio"
 ---
 
 Zalman Mordecai Shapiro was an American Jew and owner of the [[Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation]] (NUMEC), a privately owned nuclear enriching plant in [[Apollo]], [[Pennsylvania]]. He was suspected by the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] and others of having smuggled more than two hundred pounds of weapons-grade uranium to [[Israel]], enough for four bombs. This alleged diversion was a major factor in [[Carl E. Duckett]]'s [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] estimates of [[Israel]]'s nuclear arsenal.[^1]