Beyond Cyber War: Are NSA 'Spooks' in Space?

According to two independent sources and a CIA document, the NSA is pursuing 'spooky' spying.

UPDATED 01/21/2012 04:38 GMT CUT

(STARpod.org) -- Following the confirmation of National Security Agency involvement with the paranormal -- which was confirmed in an article published by CIA's internal journal Studies in Intelligence -- STARstream Research is re-examining a report provided to us by investigative author Gus Russo.

Russo is the credited reporter for PBS Frontline's "Who was Lee Harvey Oswald?" -- and is the author of numerous books about the JFK assassination.

In 2007, while researching a new book, Russo met with an established source who provided information about an alleged clandestine NSA psychic spy project. Although declassified government documents had identified NSA interest in paranormal phenomena in the 1970s and 1980s, it had been assumed that the shutdown of the STAR GATE psychic program by the CIA in 1995 had ended government involvement with the paranormal.

According to Russo, his source claimed to know a psychic spy "remote viewer" who was involved with NSA's paranormal projects.

Russo wrote to us, "NSA considers remote viewing a valid SIGINT tool. The program was relocated from CIA and is one of the most highly classified at NSA."

A second, independent source, already known for providing psychic data to MI5 and other British authorities, confirmed the NSA program. According to this second source, NSA stepped up their psychic spy activities following the terror attacks of September 11, 2001.

In 2007, Russo advised to us that his source told him the NSA program was "definitely ongoing at NSA," later adding, "The source says the program encountered problems when when foreign targets were being blocked by an extraterrestrial source that has never been identified."

Recently, I asked Russo to clarify his understanding about the extraterrestrial source.

Russo replied, "Interference from space, either from intelligent sources or some sort of natural phenomenon. My impression was they didn't know which."

When asked about the veracity of his source for the NSA story, Russo noted they had been in contact for several years, adding that the source's "accuracy re: facts has never been in question (10 out of 10)."

In writing this article, I consulted with guidelines used by the Washington Post, knowing that the combination of paranormal activity with confidential sources would leave many readers questioning the veracity of my report.

According to established guidelines, the editors at the Washington Post tell their writers:

"We prefer at least two sources for factual information in Post stories that depends on confidential informants, and those sources should be independent of each other. We prefer sources with first-hand or direct knowledge of the information. A relevant document can sometimes serve as a second source."

Regarding the likely existence of a National Security Agency psychic spy operation, we have two independent confidential sources, and the previously mentioned 1997 CIA article, where author and historian Gerald K. Haines writes, "There is a DIA Psychic Center and the NSA studies parapsychology, that branch of psychology that deals with the investigation of such psychic phenomena as clairvoyance, extrasensory perception, and telepathy."

In addition, both of our originating sources are independent of each other, and one claims to have had first hand experience with the NSA program. The person known to Russo's source was also directly involved with the NSA program.

Both of the independent sources have mentioned the "extraterrestrial" issue, although the nature of the alleged interference remains unclear.

According to Russo's source, his acquaintance was "sent to a University level course on RV [remote viewing]."

Our second independent source told us the persons involved with the NSA program were "extremely knowledgeable about the topic of remote viewing."

Additional information was provided to us on background by other sources in support of the claims.

Rumors of a post 9/11 psychic spy program were reported by author Jon Ronson in his book The Men Who Stare at Goats. However, Ronson did not identify the National Security Agency; instead he focused on a clue provided by psychic Uri Geller, who Ronson says claimed to have been "reactivated" by a man named Ron.

It is widely assumed that Ron is actually Ronald S. Pandolfi, who has worked with CIA, the National Intelligence Council, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, according to open source government-related materials and mainstream newspapers.

When I contacted Dr. Pandolfi about the claim found near the beginning of Ronson's book, Pandolfi denied reactivating anyone into a psychic spy program.

Towards the end of his book, Ronson relates receiving a phone call from an unnamed source, who told Ronson about a new psychic spy effort, involving remote viewing while in the field and during special operations.

STAR GATE psychic spy files released by the CIA under the Freedom of Information Act mention interest in the use of remote viewing as a communication tool on the battlefield by Special Operations. The STAR GATE files document the US government's paranormal research and spying activities from the early 1960s to the mid-1990s, when the program was located at the Defense Intelligence Agency.

Information we were provided by our sources indicates the NSA program is "office based," leaving open the possibility of multiple new psychic spy efforts throughout the government. Past efforts, according to the CIA released archive, included the USAF, The US Navy, The Army, CIA, NSA, and others. The timeline for these programs was outlined in a document produced for the US Senate prior to the closure of the final STAR GATE program in 1995.

Since this article was originally published, we have confirmed a relationship between UK psychic spy Christopher Robinson, and former senior NSA official Thomas A. Drake. According to Robinson, he worked with Drake on psychic intelligence collection from late 2001 until early 2008, when Drake was accused of whistle-blowing NSA secrets to a reporter from the Baltimore Sun. Espionage Act charges against Drake were later dropped by the Justice Department. Robinson first learned of Drake's NSA affiliation from mainstream media publicity surrounding the Justice Department indictment. Another source identified John L. Petersen's The Arlington Institute with Drake and a possible NSA linkage to a next generation of U.S. government psychic spying. According to Robinson, he worked with persons associated with U.S. intelligence agencies, including the Defense Intelligence Agency, where the original STAR GATE psychic spy program was based, and he also was introduced to an Undersecretary of Defense following 9/11.

For more about the government's paranormal efforts, see SPIES LIES and POLYGRAPH TAPE -- Knowing the Future: The UFO Spy Games Book.

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