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Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP96-00789R001001420001-3 of psi? FEASIBILITY OF OPERATIONAL EMPLOYMENT The experiments of the 1970s should more than convince you of psi’s potential military uses. But why did Charles Honarton say in 1984 that, "psi has not reached the application stage?" (38:38) Probably because to use psi capabilities operationally requires: 1. the ability to control psi so it can be repeated on demand. 2. the ability to teach it and learn it. 3. the ability to practice it, gain confidence, improve our understanding, | and increase reliability. How close are we to satisfying these requirements? CONTROLLABILITY Psi is frequently criticized because it is so unpredictable. Psychics are not always successful, experiments are hard to replicate, and therefore use upon demand is unreliable. But is that reason to exclude it all together? We see it used mainly in situations where there are no,other alternatives. “The Defense Department used psychics in an attempt to find General Dozier, kidnaped by the Italian Red Brigades in January 1982." All attempts were unsuccessful and unrelated to his eventual rescue (33:16). But if 100 percent reliability is required, then no technique used today is acceptable either. A CIA commissioned independent evaluation following Approved EoPRelSsse BOIS Gia: RBP9s-00789R001001420001-3 mr