Jim Marrs - PSI Spies - Amazon S3

Penetrating the Impenetrable 101interest of the project under discussion are, first, thesearch for and development of exceptionally gifted individualswho can approximate perfect success in ESP testperformance, and, second, in the statistical concentrationof scattered ESP performance, so as to enable an ultimatelyperfect reliability and application. 12The CIA continued its interest in the use of psychic phenomenawhen, in 1966, an agency-trained psychic toldGhanaian President Kwame Nkrumah that the stars were rightfor a proposed trip to China. While out of the country,Nkrumah was deposed by a military general more favorableto the United States. 13A 1972 CIA report released in later years showed thatagency officials were most concerned about Soviet psychicresearch despite the skeptics. As quoted by the editors ofTime-Life, the report stated:Soviet efforts in the field of psi research, sooner orlater, might enable them to do some of the following: (a)Know the contents of top secret U.S. documents, themovements of our troops and ships and the locationand nature of our military installations. (b) Mold thethoughts of key U.S. military and civilian leaders at adistance. (c) Cause the instant death of any U.S. officialat a distance. (d) Disable, at a distance, U.S. militaryequipment of all types, including spacecraft.” 14According to Time-Life and author McRae, the CIA hadabout six case officers whose job was to keep tabs on researchwithin the parapsychology field and report anybreakthroughs with a possible military or intelligence application.These officers, members of the Office of Strategic