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196PSI Spieswho could help both him and the unit, said members.“Verona selectively read on all those who could help him, includingpoliticians,” said Morehouse. “He did not read onthose people who could really have used our intelligence. Hehad become a politician.”The Psi Spies said Verona took a number of steps to ensurehis total control over the unit, including replacing militarymembers of the unit with civilians and appointinga civilian administrator who was acquiescent to Verona.In the military, the mission is paramount, unit membersexplained—whereas, to civilian government employees,pleasing the boss and getting promotions are paramount.Verona, who continues to work with the government, declinedto be interviewed.In at least one instance, it was clear that certain individualsdid not want the effectiveness of the Psi Spies to becomeknown. The unit was told to prepare a report for Congress onthe status of its work and its accuracy. Buchanan recalled:We did a two-month study of practice sessions,pulling out every single perception in every viewer’ssummaries and checking them against feedback foraccuracy. The results showed conclusively that wehad an average accuracy rating of 72.8 percent. Fernsaw the data and made me start changing “Ys” to “Ns”in the database until we showed an accuracy rating of24 percent. I made a copy of the database and changedits name, in order to have a backup copy of the originalbefore changes. What happened to the renameddatabase I don’t know, but I’m sure it is in a box in somewarehouse, still undiscovered.