10 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
The Central Intelligence Agency — the primary US foreign intelligence service created in 1947 — which funded 20+ years of parapsychology research (Stargate, Grill Flame, Center Lane) based on evidence from the SRI remote viewing program that anomalous cognition might provide intelligence value.
American behavior analyst and former military intelligence professional — whose work on behavior profiling, compliance, and nonverbal communication has been presented on MW as a framework for understanding influence and human behavior.
American Air Force veteran and former intelligence official who in 2023 testified before Congress that the US government possesses non-human craft and biological remains — triggering the most significant institutional engagement with UAP claims since Roswell.
American intelligence contractor who in 2013 leaked classified NSA documents revealing the existence of PRISM and other mass surveillance programs — triggering a global debate about digital privacy, government transparency, and the obligations of conscience.
American law enforcement official who served as the first director of the FBI for 48 years, building it into a powerful domestic intelligence agency while conducting systematic surveillance and disruption of political dissidents through COINTELPRO.
The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency's early classified remote viewing program (1978–1983) — the direct predecessor to STARGATE — using operationally trained military remote viewers for intelligence purposes.
The U.S. government's classified intelligence program (1978–1995) researching remote viewing — the claimed ability to perceive distant locations psychically — as an intelligence-gathering tool during the Cold War.
American theoretical physicist and genomics researcher — former VP Research at Michigan State — co-founder of Genomic Prediction — who works on the genomics of cognitive traits and has argued that polygenic screening for intelligence is both possible and ethical.
President of Russia (2000–2008, 2012–present) — former KGB intelligence officer — who rebuilt Russian state power after the chaos of the 1990s, invaded Ukraine (2022), suppressed political opposition, and made Russia the central geopolitical challenge to the Western order.
Israeli intelligence official — former head of the Mossad's technology division — analyst on Israeli national security and intelligence matters.