(parts 2-6 here)

Alexander was an Army intelligence colonel who worked on programs to create super soldiers and psychic spies. The impetus for the programs — and now the movie — came from two sources. First, the fact that the Soviets had their own psychic spy program. Second, the military needed something to shake off the bad vibes from Vietnam, where Alexander commanded a Special Forces unit.

“It was exactly like they say. The army was coming out of the doldrums, Vietnam made it hollow. They were willing to look at anything and that was part of what was going on at the time,” Alexander said.

Jim Channon created what was known as the first Earth Battalion. It was more of a think tank than an operational unit, and the concepts it explored were so far out of the box, there was no box. Not all of them worked, but some did. Remote viewing, for instance, the ability to project one’s consciousness through space and time was real and was studied by both the Army and CIA for many years…

At my previous employer in the biotech industry, senior management decided to create a new product support website. It was their opinion that this website should require a few months of effort, and perhaps a few thousand dollars. When word of this plan filtered down to me, a lowly engineer, I was shocked. I remarked that I could have it all done in two days’ time.

The next day, my supervisor quietly told me to go ahead and do it. Less than two days and two hundred dollars later, the website was fully operational.

When the accolades and bonus never arrived, I learned the truth about the project. My boss had merely wanted to teach senior management a lesson. My work had never really been authorized by anyone else, nor was it subject to budgetary preapproval (because I was too efficient), and my contributions were ultimately not welcome. I was merely a pawn in their intrigues!

All this managed to take place within a heavily regulated organization of less than 100 employees. So you can probably guess how often it occurs, when your department contains tens of thousands. And when the mission is not software, but killing, and the secret projects operate under the color of government while answering to no one…there you have a recipe for disaster!

Duncan O’Finioan is obviously not a skilled public speaker. I would not expect him to be so, nor would I expect him to answer every demand for “evidence” issued by the Internet. It would be nice if he did, sure, but let’s be honest, “evidence” is cheap. The fate of nations has turned on fabricated evidence.

What we martial artists know for certain, is that extraordinary skills are a product of extraordinary training–training which would be considered abuse if it were not voluntarily undertaken. Ask Vladimir Vasiliev, or even Jackie Chan about this.

Wuxiafan, I agree.

It is interesting how people who test their hypothesises are mocked whereas those who just assume something wchich is commonly believed are considered of sound minds.

Duncan O’Finioan . . . victim of bad marketing, unskilled at fraud?