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10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Aharon Yariv.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - RemoteViewer
   - Military
 summary: "Aharon Yariv was a Brigadier General and the head of military intelligence in Israel."
+born: 1920-12-20
+died: 1994-05-07
+location: "Moscow, Russia"
 ---
 
 

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Ardeshir Zahedi.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Israel
   - Diplomat
 summary: "Iranian ambassador to the U.S. who served as a key intelligence source for Israel, reporting on American Middle East policy to the Shah."
+born: 1928-10-16
+died: 2021-11-18
+location: "Tehran, Iran"
 ---
 
 [[Ardeshir Zahedi]] was the [[Iran|Iranian]] ambassador to the [[United States|U.S.]]. He served as a vital source of information for [[Israel|Israeli]] intelligence, reporting directly back to the [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi|Shah's]] office in the Royal Court. His reports detailed discussions in [[Washington, D.C.]] regarding [[Middle East]] policy and [[United States|American]] initiatives with [[Anwar Sadat|Anwar Sadat's]] [[Egypt]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Caspar W. Weinberger.md

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ tags:
   - RemoteViewer
   - Military
 summary: "Secretary of Defense under Reagan whose military aide Lieutenant Colonel Higgins was abducted in Lebanon in 1988 with deep knowledge of classified matters."
+born: 1917-08-18
+location: "San Francisco, California"
 ---
 
 Caspar W. Weinberger (1917–1990) was an American politician and businessman who served as the Secretary of Defense under President [[Ronald Reagan]] from 1981 to 1987. He was a key figure in the Reagan administration's military buildup during the [[Cold War]][^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Caspar Weinberger.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "Caspar Weinberger served as the Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan."
+born: 1917-08-18
+died: 2006-03-28
+location: "San Francisco, California"
 ---
 
 Caspar Weinberger served as the Secretary of Defense under President [[Ronald Reagan]]. Following the Israeli bombing of the Iraqi nuclear reactor at [[Osirak bombing]] in June 1981, Weinberger proposed canceling the F-16 aircraft sale to [[Israel]] as a sanction. However, President Reagan privately disagreed with this course of action.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Chaim Weizmann.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - WW2
   - Nazi
 summary: "Chaim Weizmann was a Russian-Jewish biochemist and prominent Zionist leader."
+born: 1874-11-27
+died: 1952-11-09
+location: "Motol, Russian Empire (now Belarus)"
 ---
 
 Chaim Weizmann was a Russian-Jewish biochemist and prominent Zionist leader. He played a crucial role in the establishment of the [[Weizmann Institute of Science]] in [[Rehovot]], [[Israel]]. Weizmann actively sought to bring eminent scientists to [[Israel]], attempting to woo figures like [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]] and [[John von Neumann]] as early as 1947 to conduct research there.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Charles R. Work.md

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ tags:
   - Lawyer
   - DoJ
 summary: "Charles R. Work was Deputy Chief of the DC U.S. Attorney's Office Superior Court Division who co-directed the original PROMIS design team with Joan E. Jacoby and project manager Bill Hamilton in 1969, then served as Deputy Administrator of LEAA from 1973 to 1975 where he continued funding INSLAW and PROMIS expansion."
+born: 1940-06-21
+location: "Glendale, California"
 ---
 Charles "Chuck" R. Work was born June 21, 1940, in Glendale, California. He graduated from Wesleyan University (B.A., 1962), the University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 1965), and the Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., 1966), passing the bar in 1965.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Diana, Princess of Wales.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - PROMIS
 summary: "Princess of Wales whose 1997 death alongside Dodi Fayed is referenced in research tied to the PROMIS scandal and its web of interconnected intelligence figures."
+born: 1961-07-01
+died: 1997-08-31
+location: "Sandringham, Norfolk, England"
 ---
 
 [[Diana, Princess of Wales]] was romantically involved with [[Dodi Fayed]]. The couple died in a car crash in a Paris underpass in the early hours of August 31, 1997.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Don Walsh.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "Don Walsh is a renowned deep-sea explorer and former naval officer, known for achieving the deepest dive ever undertaken."
+born: 1931-11-02
+died: 2023-11-12
+location: "Berkeley, California"
 ---
 
 Don Walsh is a renowned deep-sea explorer and former naval officer, known for achieving the deepest dive ever undertaken. In 1960, along with a crewmate, he descended to the bottom of the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean, a feat that would not be replicated for another fifty-two years[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Edward Teller.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Physicist
   - Israel
 summary: "Edward Teller was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist who is widely known as the 'father of the hydrogen bomb.' He and other American nuclear weapons designers understood well before the end of World War II that a far more powerful nuclear device, with fission as merely a first step, was theo"
+born: 1908-01-15
+died: 2003-09-09
+location: "Budapest, Hungary"
 ---
 
 Edward Teller was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist who is widely known as the "father of the hydrogen bomb." He and other American nuclear weapons designers understood well before the end of World War II that a far more powerful nuclear device, with fission as merely a first step, was theoretically possible. This new weapon, code-named "Super," was the hydrogen bomb, or fusion device.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Elmo Zumwalt.md

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ tags:
   - RemoteViewer
   - Soviet
 summary: "Elmo Zumwalt (1920–2000) was an American naval officer who served as the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 1970 to 1974."
+born: 1920-11-29
+died: 2000-01-02
 ---
 
 Elmo Zumwalt (1920–2000) was an American naval officer who served as the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 1970 to 1974. He was a key figure in modernizing the [[U.S. Navy]] during the [[Cold War]][^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Eugene Wigner.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Physicist
   - Israel
 summary: "Eugene Wigner was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate."
+born: 1902-11-17
+died: 1995-01-01
+location: "Budapest, Hungary"
 ---
 
 Eugene Wigner was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate. He, along with [[I. I. Rabi]], 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/(T-Z)/Ezer Weizman.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ tags:
   - Israel
   - Military
 summary: "Israeli Defense Minister under Begin who negotiated the SIMWA wartime alliance with South Africa and later became President of Israel."
+born: 1924-06-15
+died: 2005-04-24
+location: "Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine"
 ---
 
 [[Ezer Weizman]] was an [[Israel|Israeli]] politician and military leader. He served as Defense Minister under [[Menachem Begin]] and later became President of [[Israel]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Fred Zachariasen.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ tags:
   - RemoteViewer
   - Stargate
 summary: "Fred Zachariasen was a physics professor at Caltech and a ranking member of the Department of Defense's elite JASON Committee."
+born: 1931
+died: 1999
+location: "Chicago, Illinois"
 ---
 
 Fred Zachariasen was a physics professor at [[California Institute of Technology|Caltech]] and a ranking member of the [[Department of Defense]]'s elite [[JASON Committee]]. He was a member of the new science panel for the [[STARGATE PROJECT|Sun Streak]] program, which was established on January 31, 1986[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Gary Webb.md

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ tags:
   - United_States
   - Dark_Alliance_Investigation
 summary: "Investigative reporter for the San Jose Mercury News whose 1996 Dark Alliance series exposed links between CIA-backed Contras, Nicaraguan cocaine traffickers, and the crack explosion in Los Angeles."
+born: 1955-08-31
+died: 2004-12-10
+location: "Corona, California"
 ---
 [[Gary Webb]] was an investigative reporter for the [[San Jose Mercury News]] whose 1996 "Dark Alliance" series exposed the links between [[Central Intelligence Agency]]-backed [[Contras|Contra]] forces in [[Nicaragua]], Nicaraguan cocaine traffickers, and the explosion of [[Crack Cocaine]] in [[Los Angeles]] and other American cities.[^1] His reporting drew on federal court records, [[DEA]] and [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] documents, grand jury testimony, and congressional hearing transcripts.
 

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/General Torrijos.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - PROMIS
 summary: "Panamanian leader whose family members were reportedly involved in the cocaine trade, shielded from U.S. scrutiny during the Panama Canal treaty negotiations."
+born: 1929-02-13
+died: 1981-07-31
+location: "Santiago, Veraguas, Panama"
 ---
 
 [[General Torrijos]] was a figure in [[Panama]] whose family members were reportedly heavily involved at the highest levels of the world cocaine trade. During [[Jimmy Carter]]'s presidency, the Carter administration was reportedly reluctant to pursue Torrijos due to its determination in 1977 to sign a [[Panama Canal]] treaty with him.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Harry S. Truman.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Politician
   - Israel
 summary: "33rd U.S. President who declined Israeli military offers during the Korean War, reportedly fearing a binding security arrangement with Israel."
+born: 1884-05-08
+died: 1972-12-26
+location: "Lamar, Missouri"
 ---
 
 Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the [[United States]], serving from 1945 to 1953. He declined [[David Ben-Gurion]]'s offer to send Israeli troops to fight alongside [[United Nations]] forces in South Korea, reportedly fearing it would back him into a security arrangement with [[Israel]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Jacques Vallee.md

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ tags:
   - Military
   - SRI
 summary: "Jacques Vallée is a French-born computer scientist, astronomer, and UFOlogist."
+born: 1939-09-24
+location: "Pontoise, France"
 ---
 
 Jacques Vallée is a French-born computer scientist, astronomer, and [[UFOlogist]]. He worked at [[Stanford Research Institute|SRI]] and carried a top-secret security clearance, being assigned to the SRI psychic research program as a "de facto unpaid consultant"[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Jerome B. Wiesner.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "President Kennedy's science adviser who was deliberately excluded from intelligence about Israel's Dimona nuclear reactor at David Ben-Gurion's request."
+born: 1915-05-30
+died: 1994-10-21
+location: "Detroit, Michigan"
 ---
 
 Jerome B. Wiesner was President [[John F. Kennedy]]'s science adviser. He was Jewish, but was totally cut out of the intelligence about [[Dimona]], and assumed that [[David Ben-Gurion]] had requested that he not deal with that issue in the White House. Wiesner played a major role on disarmament issues for the [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]] administration and had served as a board member of the [[Weizmann Institute of Science]]. He frequently ran into Ben-Gurion on visits to [[Israel]], who would always ask him two questions: "Can computers think? And should we build a nuclear weapon?" Wiesner consistently answered "no" to the latter, which he believed marked him as a liberal in Ben-Gurion's eyes and limited his access.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/John Tower.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - CIA
   - Military
 summary: "After the Iran-Contra Affair scandal broke, Tower was appointed to head a presidential commission of inquiry into the affair."
+born: 1925-09-29
+died: 1991-04-05
+location: "Houston, Texas"
 ---
 
 [[John Tower]] was a [[United States|U.S.]] Senator and a prominent figure with connections to [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] circles. He served as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/John Vorster.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "John Vorster was the Prime Minister of South Africa."
+born: 1915-12-13
+died: 1983-09-10
+location: "Jamestown, Cape Colony, South Africa"
 ---
 
 John Vorster was the Prime Minister of [[South Africa]]. He had sided with [[Germany]] during World War II. In 1976, he visited [[Israel]], marking the first official state visit by a South African prime minister to [[Israel]]. This visit resulted in a renewal of full diplomatic relations, as well as secret arms transfer agreements that would enable the two countries to work together in defiance of international opinion and [[United Nations]] sanctions.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Karl Maria Wiligut.md

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ tags:
   - Nazi
   - Occult
 summary: "Karl Maria Wiligut (1866–1946) was an Austrian occultist and SS-Brigadeführer who advised Heinrich Himmler on esoteric matters within Nazi Germany."
+born: 1866-12-10
+died: 1946-01-03
+location: "Vienna, Austria"
 ---
 
 Karl Maria Wiligut (1866–1946) was an Austrian occultist and SS-Brigadeführer who advised [[Heinrich Himmler]] on esoteric matters within [[Nazi Germany]]. Himmler, fascinated with the occult since his college days, hired Wiligut in 1925 to advise him on these subjects[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Karl Zener.md

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "American psychologist and parapsychologist who developed the Zener Cards, a standard ESP testing tool, and collaborated with J.B. Rhine at Duke University."
+born: 1903
+died: 1964
 ---
 
 [[Karl Zener]] was an American psychologist and parapsychologist. He is best known for developing the [[Zener Cards]] in the early 1930s, which became a standard tool for testing [[ESP]] (extrasensory perception) in [[Parapsychology|parapsychological]] experiments. Zener collaborated with [[J. B. Rhine]] at the [[Duke University Parapsychology Laboratory]].[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Leonid L. Vasilev.md

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ tags:
   - Researcher
   - Parapsychology
 summary: "Vasilev asserted that the publication of articles like Jacques Bergier's 'Thought Transfer, Weapon of War' and 'The Secret of the Nautilus' in French journals stimulated Soviet parapsychology research."
+born: 1891-04-12
+died: 1966-02-08
+location: "Russia"
 ---
 
 Leonid L. Vasilev was a leading Russian [[Parapsychology|parapsychology]] researcher who played a significant role in the [[Soviet Union]]'s efforts to investigate [[Extrasensory Perception|ESP]]. He is noted for his statements in April 1960, where he claimed that Soviet scientists had conducted extensive, unreported investigations into telepathy under the Stalin regime, predating American efforts[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Leonid Vasiliev.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Researcher
   - Parapsychology
 summary: "By the early 1960s, Vasiliev was heading a well-funded parapsychology laboratory, and his work soon concentrated on 'remote-influencing' experiments, such as attempting to telepathically induce sleep in a distant receiver."
+born: 1891-04-12
+died: 1966-02-08
+location: "Russia"
 ---
 
 

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Leslie Ronald Young.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "Leslie Ronald 'Jimmy' Young was a veteran British broadcaster for BBC Radio 2, known for his show *The Jimmy Young Show*, which had a wide audience across England, Ireland, and Scotland."
+born: 1921-09-21
+died: 2016-11-07
+location: "Cinderford, England"
 ---
 
 Leslie Ronald "Jimmy" Young was a veteran British broadcaster for [[BBC Radio 2]], known for his show *The Jimmy Young Show*, which had a wide audience across England, [[Ireland]], and [[Scotland]][^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Lew Wasserman.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - OrganizedCrime
 summary: "Wasserman was a major contributor to and sat on the board of the Reagan presidential library, along with Edwin Meese and others."
+born: 1913-03-22
+died: 2002-06-03
+location: "Cleveland, Ohio"
 ---
 
 [[Lew Wasserman]] was the Chairman of [[Music Corporation of America|MCA]] Corporation. He was a powerful figure in Hollywood and a long-time political supporter of [[Ronald Reagan]]. Wasserman represented Reagan during the actor's early days in Hollywood, and along with [[Jules Stein]], [[Music Corporation of America|MCA]]'s founder, negotiated the sale of Reagan's [[California]] properties at hugely inflated prices, which helped make Reagan a millionaire.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Llewellyn Thomas.md

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ tags:
   - RemoteViewer
   - Soviet
 summary: "Llewellyn Thomas (1903–1972) was an American diplomat who served as the U.S."
+died: 1972-02-06
+location: "Las Animas, Colorado"
 ---
 
 Llewellyn Thomas (1903–1972) was an American diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to the [[Soviet Union]] from 1957 to 1962 and again from 1967 to 1969. He was one of the ambassadors who was subjected to the [[Moscow Signal]], a microwave beam aimed at the [[U.S. Embassy in Moscow]] by the Soviets[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Louis de Wohl.md

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ tags:
   - Nazi
   - Occult
 summary: "Louis de Wohl was a German-born Hungarian astrologer and British citizen who became a key figure in Allied black propaganda during World War II."
+born: 1903-01-24
+died: 1961-06-02
+location: "Berlin, Germany"
 ---
 
 Louis de Wohl was a German-born Hungarian astrologer and British citizen who became a key figure in Allied black propaganda during [[World War II]]. He was one of the most high-profile astrologers in the Western world, with admirers including [[Lord Halifax]], Britain's Foreign Secretary, and the Duke of Alba, the ambassador from [[Spain]][^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Mordecai Vanunu.md

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "Vanunu began working as a technician at Dimona in August 1977 and spent much of the next eight years assigned to various tasks inside the reprocessing plant, formally known as Machon 2 and informally as the Tunnel."
+born: 1954-10-14
+location: "Marrakech, Morocco"
 ---
 
 [[Mordecai Vanunu]] was a former technician at a nuclear facility near [[Dimona]], [[Israel]], who became a whistleblower, exposing details of [[Israel|Israel's]] nuclear program to the _London Sunday Times_ in 1986.[^1][^2]

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Patricia Wald.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ tags:
   - DoJ
   - INSLAW
 summary: "Patricia Wald was the Chief Judge of the U.S."
+born: 1928-09-16
+died: 2019-01-12
+location: "Torrington, Connecticut"
 ---
 
 Patricia Wald was the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. She played a direct role in the events surrounding the non-reappointment of [[George Francis Bason, Jr.|Judge Bason]], which became a central point of contention in the [[PROMIS Software Scandal]] due to allegations of improper influence by the [[Department of Justice|DOJ]].

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Paul C. Warnke.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "Assistant Secretary of Defense who pressured Israel to sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and directly confronted Israel about its nuclear weapons program."
+born: 1920-01-31
+died: 2001-10-31
+location: "Webster, Massachusetts"
 ---
 
 Paul C. Warnke served as the assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs. He was involved in intense pressure on [[Israel]] to sign the [[Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty|NPT]] in exchange for F-4 fighter jets. Warnke directly questioned [[Yitzhak Rabin]], then [[Israel]]'s ambassador to [[Washington, D.C.]], about [[Israel]]'s nuclear capabilities, stating, "we are shocked at the manner in which you are dealing with us.… You, our close ally, are building nuclear bombs in [[Israel]] behind our back."[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Paul Vanden Boeynants.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - Belgium
 summary: "Paul Vanden Boeynants, born 1919 in Brussels, Belgium, served as Prime Minister from 1978 to 1981 and held earlier roles including Minister of the Interior."
+born: 1919-05-22
+died: 2001-01-09
+location: "Brussels, Belgium"
 ---
 
 Paul Vanden Boeynants, born 1919 in Brussels, Belgium, served as Prime Minister from 1978 to 1981 and held earlier roles including Minister of the Interior. A key figure in the Christian Social Party (CSP), Vanden Boeynants focused on security and anti-communist efforts during the Cold War. In the [[X-Dossier]], witness [[Regina Louf]] (X1) accused him of raping her as a child at her grandmother [[Cecile Beernaert]]'s brothel in Knokke-Heist, near the [[Royal Zoute Golf Club]]. Louf described Vanden Boeynants arriving from golf rounds for private sessions where he engaged in sexual acts with her. X1 claimed he attended orgies at the Dolo nightclub and Faulx-les-Tombes chateau organized by [[Jean-Michel Nihoul]], where he sodomized her and participated in violent acts. Vanden Boeynants denied the accusations, calling them political fabrications.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Paul Wilcher.md

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ tags:
   - Lawyer
   - INSLAW
 summary: "On or about May 21, 1993, Wilcher hand-delivered a 100-page letter to Janet Reno, the Attorney General, claiming that holdover DOJ employees from the Reagan-Bush era were responsible for a number of government cover-ups, unbeknownst to the Attorney General and President Bill Clinton."
+died: 1993-06-23
+location: "Washington, D.C."
 ---
 
 [[Paul Wilcher]] was a Washington D.C. attorney who investigated the [[October Surprise]] incident based on the claims of his client, [[Gunther Karl Russbacher]]. He was also investigating possible government involvement in a variety of questionable activities, including the [[INSLAW]] case, with his research leading him into areas that [[Danny Casolaro]] had covered earlier.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Peter Tompkins.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "American journalist, former OSS officer, and co-author of the 1973 bestseller The Secret Life of Plants on plant sentience."
+born: 1919-04-19
+died: 2007-01-23
+location: "Athens, Georgia"
 ---
 
 

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/R. Gordon Wasson.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - Researcher
 summary: "Wasson and his wife, Valentina, a pediatrician, had been investigating a mushroom cult in Mexico."
+born: 1898-09-22
+died: 1986-12-23
+location: "Great Falls, Montana"
 ---
 
 R. Gordon Wasson was an American ethnomycologist and vice president at J.P. Morgan & Company bank, known for his pioneering research into the use of psychedelic mushrooms in shamanistic rituals. His work became central to the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]'s [[Project MKUltra|MKULTRA Subproject 58]]'s quest for the *teonanáctl* (God's flesh) mushroom[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Richard Thornburgh.md

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ tags:
   - DoJ
   - Lawyer
 summary: "Richard Thornburgh (1932-2020) served as U.S. Attorney General from 1988 to 1991 under Presidents Reagan and Bush, succeeding Edwin Meese, and was named alongside Meese in the House Judiciary Committee's 1992 INSLAW report as having blocked or restricted congressional inquiries into the PROMIS software theft, ignored two court findings against the DOJ, and refused to seek appointment of an independent counsel."
+born: 1932-07-16
+died: 2020-12-31
+location: "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"
 ---
 Richard Lewis Thornburgh was born July 16, 1932, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He earned a B.S. in engineering from Yale University in 1954 and an LL.B. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1957. He served as United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania from 1969 to 1975, appointed by President Nixon, and as Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division under President Ford from 1975 to 1977. He was elected Governor of Pennsylvania in 1978, serving two successive terms from January 16, 1979 to January 20, 1987 -- the first Republican to serve consecutive terms as Pennsylvania governor -- managing the March 1979 [[Three Mile Island]] nuclear incident during his first term. Richard Thornburgh died December 31, 2020, in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, at age 88.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Robert Van de Castle.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ tags:
   - RemoteViewer
   - SRI
 summary: "Robert Van de Castle was a civilian psychologist who, along with George Lawrence and Ray Hyman, traveled to SRI to test Uri Geller's purported psychic abilities for ARPA."
+born: 1927-11-16
+died: 2014
+location: "Rochester, New York"
 ---
 
 Robert Van de Castle was a civilian psychologist who, along with [[George Lawrence]] and [[Ray Hyman]], traveled to [[Stanford Research Institute|SRI]] to test [[Uri Geller]]'s purported psychic abilities for [[DARPA]]. Their conclusion, later reported in *Time* magazine, was that anyone who believed in Geller's powers was falling for the "ridiculous"[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Romeo Vasquez Velasquez.md

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ tags:
   - Military
   - General
 summary: "Vásquez Velásquez attended the School of the Americas (SOA/WHINSEC) at least twice, in 1976 and 1984."
+location: "Siguatepeque, Honduras"
 ---
 
 [[Romeo Vasquez Velasquez]] was a Brigadier General and head of the armed forces of [[Honduras]]. He was sacked by President [[Manuel Zelaya]] on June 25, 2009, for refusing to allow the armed forces to help in conducting a referendum on a constitutional change proposed by President Zelaya. He, along with [[General Daniel Lopez Carballo]], was identified as a coup leader who ousted [[Manuel Zelaya]] and placed [[Roberto Micheletti]] in office.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Russell Targ.md

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ tags:
   - RemoteViewer
   - SRI
 summary: "Russell Targ is a physicist who, in the early 1970s, joined Hal Puthoff at Stanford Research Institute (SRI) to lead the remote viewing research program."
+born: 1934-04-11
+location: "Chicago, Illinois"
 ---
 
 Russell Targ is a physicist who, in the early 1970s, joined [[Hal Puthoff]] at [[Stanford Research Institute]] (SRI) to lead the remote viewing research program. He was a laser physicist who had previously worked at Sylvania Corporation, which manufactured televisions and lightbulbs. The ivory tower atmosphere of SRI seemed to suit him better, as he was described as the "very picture of the intense scientist, the thinker disengaged from prosaic reality." He had a "frizzy and wavy mass of red-brown hair" and a deep, monotonal voice that conveyed a sense of authority. He wore extraordinarily thick, eye-magnifying glasses. His sister had married the chess master Bobby Fischer, and it was easy to imagine some of Fischer's "neurotic cerebrality" had rubbed off on him. He had apparently been having spontaneous psychic experiences since he was a child, which contributed to his interest in the field.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Santos Trafficante, Jr..md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - PROMIS
   - CIA
 summary: "Organized crime leader recruited by Robert Maheu in 1960 for CIA operations to assassinate Fidel Castro alongside Sam Giancana and Johnny Rosselli."
+born: 1914-11-15
+died: 1987-03-17
+location: "Tampa, Florida"
 ---
 
 [[Santos Trafficante, Jr.]] 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]]. Trafficante, Jr., along with [[Sam Giancana]] and [[Johnny Rosselli]], was enlisted to assist in these efforts, which involved Cuban exiles.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Sir Hubert Wilkins.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "Wilkins conducted experiments in Mind-to-Mind Telepathy, which he documented in his book *Thoughts Through Space: A Remarkable Adventure in the Realm of Mind*."
+born: 1888-10-31
+died: 1958-11-30
+location: "Mount Bryan East, South Australia"
 ---
 
 

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Stansfield Turner.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - CIA
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "Stansfield Turner (1923–2018) was an American admiral who served as the DCI under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981."
+born: 1923-12-01
+died: 2018-01-18
+location: "Highland Park, Illinois"
 ---
 
 Stansfield Turner (1923–2018) was an American admiral who served as the [[Director of Central Intelligence|DCI]] under President [[Jimmy Carter]] from 1977 to 1981. His tenure at the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] was marked by significant changes, including a reduction in [[Human Intelligence|HUMINT]] capabilities, which was seen as being on the wane following a number of scandals in the mid-1970s, including revelations of domestic spying.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Ted Gunderson.md

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ category: "Other"
 tags:
   - Person
 summary: "Gunderson became deeply involved in the investigation of corruption and drug rings within Mariposa County, California, after being approached by the D.I.G."
+born: 1928-11-07
+died: 2011-07-31
+location: "Colorado Springs, Colorado"
 ---
 
 

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Wernher von Braun.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - WW2
   - Nazi
 summary: "Wernher von Braun (1912–1977) was a German-American aerospace engineer and space architect, widely regarded as one of the fathers of rocket technology and space science in both Nazi Germany and the United States."
+born: 1912-03-23
+died: 1977-06-16
+location: "Wyrzysk, Germany (now Poland)"
 ---
 
 

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Wilhelm Wulff.md

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ tags:
   - Nazi
   - Occult
 summary: "Wilhelm Wulff was a German astrologer who became a personal astrologer to Heinrich Himmler, the Reichsführer-SS."
+born: 1893-03-27
+died: 1979-06-09
+location: "Hamburg, Germany"
 ---
 
 Wilhelm Wulff was a German astrologer who became a personal astrologer to [[Heinrich Himmler]], the Reichsführer-SS. He was ensnared in "[[Special Action Hess]]" (Sonderaktion Heß), the mass arrest of astrologers and other occult practitioners initiated by [[Adolf Hitler]] following [[Rudolf Hess]]'s flight in 1941[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/William F. Weld.md

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ tags:
   - CIA
   - Lawyer
 summary: "This document advised Weld that the PROMIS software was being provided to an Arab Sheik for resale and general distribution in his region, contingent upon specific conditions, including a 'soft arrival' without paperwork or customs delays, and equipped with a special data retrieval unit."
+born: 1945-07-31
+location: "Smithtown, New York"
 ---
 
 [[William F. Weld]] was the [[United States Attorney|U.S. Attorney]] in Boston, Massachusetts. He received a document dated May 16, 1985, signed by [[William Bradford Reynolds]], Assistant [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] in the Civil Rights Division of the [[Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice]].

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/William J. Casey.md

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ tags:
   - Iran-Contra
   - Dark_Alliance_Investigation
 summary: "William J. Casey was Reagan's 1980 campaign manager and CIA Director from 1981 to 1987 who, among other disputed roles, is alleged to have secretly negotiated with Iranian representatives in Madrid and Paris in 1980 to delay the release of American hostages past Election Day -- the core allegation of the October Surprise -- and who died of a brain tumor in May 1987 as the Iran-Contra scandal unfolded."
+born: 1913-03-13
+died: 1987-05-06
+location: "Elmhurst, Queens, New York"
 ---
 William Joseph Casey was born March 13, 1913, in Elmhurst, Queens, New York. He attended St. John's University and Fordham Law School, becoming a corporate and tax attorney. During World War II he served in the [[OSS|Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS) under William "Wild Bill" Donovan, rising to head the OSS's Secret Intelligence operations in Europe and coordinating the infiltration of agents into Nazi-controlled territory. After the war he became a wealthy lawyer and author of tax shelter guides. President Nixon appointed him Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1971, a post he held through 1973. He managed [[Ronald Reagan]]'s 1980 presidential campaign. Reagan appointed him Director of Central Intelligence in January 1981, and he served as DCI until resigning due to illness in January 1987. He died May 6, 1987, at a hospital in Glen Cove, New York, having suffered a seizure in December 1986 and subsequently undergone brain surgery. He was subpoenaed to testify before the Senate Iran-Contra investigating committee but died before he could appear.[^5]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/William James.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "James was also deeply interested in psychic phenomena and was one of the founders of the American Society for Psychical Research (ASPR) in 1885."
+born: 1842-01-11
+died: 1910-08-26
+location: "New York City, New York"
 ---
 
 

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/William Sessions.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ tags:
   - Lawyer
   - INSLAW
 summary: "William Sessions was the Director of the FBI."
+born: 1930-05-27
+died: 2020-06-12
+location: "Fort Smith, Arkansas"
 ---
 
 William Sessions was the Director of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]]. He became involved in the [[PROMIS Software Scandal]] due to allegations that the FBI's Field Office Information Management System ([[FOIMS]]) was a pirated version of [[INSLAW|Inslaw]]'s [[PROMIS]] software.

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Wolfgang Pauli.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "Wolfgang Pauli (1900–1958) was an Austrian-American theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate, known for his pioneering work on quantum mechanics, particularly the Pauli exclusion principle."
+born: 1900-04-25
+died: 1958-12-15
+location: "Vienna, Austria"
 ---
 
 Wolfgang Pauli (1900–1958) was an Austrian-American theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate, known for his pioneering work on quantum mechanics, particularly the Pauli exclusion principle. He is also famously associated with the "Pauli effect," a phenomenon where technical equipment inexplicably malfunctions or breaks in his presence[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Yakov Terletsky.md

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ tags:
   - RemoteViewer
   - Soviet
 summary: "Yakov Terletsky was the chairman of theoretical physics at Moscow University and a winner of the Laureate of the State Prize in the Soviet Union."
+born: 1912
+died: 1993
+location: "Soviet Union"
 ---
 
 Yakov Terletsky was the chairman of theoretical physics at [[Moscow University]] and a winner of the Laureate of the State Prize in the [[Soviet Union]]. He was working on hypotheses involving a subatomic particle called a [[Tachyon]], which is proposed to be superluminal, or faster-than-light[^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Yekutiel Adam.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Israel
   - Military
 summary: "General Yekutiel Adam was an Israeli military leader who was in line to take over as Director of Mossad in 1981."
+born: 1927-11-03
+died: 1982-06-10
+location: "Tel Aviv, Israel"
 ---
 
 General [[Yekutiel Adam]] was an [[Israel|Israeli]] military leader who was in line to take over as Director of [[Mossad]] in 1981. However, he was assassinated by his own people, according to [[Rafi]], who claimed it was an inside job. The old guard in [[Mossad]] were reportedly afraid of him because he had told people in the [[Prime Minister's Office]] that he would make a clean sweep of the intelligence network.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Yigael Yadin.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Nuclear
   - Israel
 summary: "Yigael Yadin served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Israel."
+born: 1917-03-20
+died: 1984-06-28
+location: "Jerusalem"
 ---
 
 Yigael Yadin served as the Deputy Prime Minister of [[Israel]]. He joined [[Yitzhak Hofi]] and [[Yehoshua Saguy]] in their futile dissent against the Israeli bombing of the Iraqi nuclear reactor at [[Osirak bombing]] in June 1981.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Zayed bin Sultan AL-Nahayan.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - BCCI
 summary: "Zayed bin Sultan AL-Nahayan was the Head of Abu Dhabi's ruling family and president of the United Arab Emirates."
+born: 1918-05-06
+died: 2004-11-02
+location: "Abu Dhabi"
 ---
 
 Zayed bin Sultan AL-Nahayan was the Head of [[Abu Dhabi]]'s ruling family and president of the [[United Arab Emirates]].[^1]