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couldn't even hear. It was like standing in an empty water tank and hearing people talk. And they made me endure that. Their final coup de grace was that they discharged me and required me to write the Family Caring Manual." Then an orchestrated campaign to discredit Morehouse was started, with anonymous letters being written to the book publish- er and the movie production company that bought the rights to his book, Psychic Warrior. for Joe, they actively went after me. They posted my name and Social Security number on the Internet. They publicly called me a criminal, taking unsubstantiated allegations from the government and posting it on the Internet." Have they done this to anybody else? "Never," says Morehouse. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE: AN OXYMORON "There are reams and reams of documents that show that this [RV] phenomenon exists," says Morehouse. "A great deal of it is classified. Ed May claims that he has it all. He's a physicist who heads up the Cognitive Sciences Research Laboratories. It's a research facility for remote viewing and other paranormal phe- nomena that deal with the mind. He claims he's not on the gov- ernment payroll, but he still carries a top-secret clearance." Continuing the CIA-orchestrated harassment, Ed May bran- dished documents at Morehouse prior to a talkshow on which they would both appear. He threatened Morehouse against reopening his court-martial case, saying that they'd take him to Federal court and prosecute him for violating his security. May also allegedly told Morehouse, "There are people out there that can get to you." "Such is the case with all these guys: Jim Schnabel, John Alexander and Ed May," says Morehouse. "Ed May works for the CIA. He told the Gordon Elliott show that he was the owner of the military remote-viewing training program. I never saw this guy or heard of his name while I was working there." CIA HARASSMENT AND DISINFORMATION After his decision to go public, David Morehouse was subjected to plenty of CIA harassment and character assassination. He says that one of the primary character assassins was a man by the name of John Alexander, the subject of a glowing report in Wired maga- zine in 1995. "Depending on who you talked to, John Alexander was, early in his career, a Special Forces officer in Vietnam," says Morehouse. "He commanded a Montagnard battalion which essentially meant he advised them. Somebody else would say he was a member of the Phoenix project in Vietnam [the notorious CIA assassination program]. "When he came out, he worked with the intelligence communi- ty and he never left. So this is an SF guy who went intel and never went back. You have a guy who's been connected with the Company [the CIA] for a great deal of time. "I met him through Ed Dames who was his friend. John Alexander used to meet with Ed Dames in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Ed Dames was convinced that there were aliens underground in New Mexico. And so began an abuse of tax dollars—buying plane tickets to Albuquerque whenever he wanted. "Ed Dames was part of Torn Image and he would fly out there. He would meet with John Alexander who would hand him a pho- tograph and try to do some remote viewing. "With the exception of Jim Schnabel and Ed Dames, John Alexander has no friends in the remote-viewing community. Most think he's a shyster except for guys like Russell Targ and Hal Puthoff, who are still drawing government paychecks. They were both laser physicists, the original takers of Central Intelligence Agency money to work for remote-viewing projects. "Three guys accessed the Freedom of Information Act before my book came out: John Alexander, the retired Colonel still working for the CIA, Jim Schnabel and Joe McMoneagle. Except New Mexico. And so began an abuse of tax dollars—buying A BATTLE OF NERVES plane tickets to Albuquerque whenever he wanted. So why did it get so personal? "Ed Dames was part of Torn Image and he would fly out there. "You have a credible third-generation Army officer whom He would meet with John Alexander who would hand him a pho- superior officers labelled as ‘destined to wear stars’, someone who tograph and try to do some remote viewing. came out of a Ranger battalion and stepped into the intelligence "With the exception of Jim Schnabel and Ed Dames, John community," says Morehouse referring of course to himself. Alexander has no friends in the remote-viewing community. To undermine his credibility? Most think he's a shyster except for guys like Russell Targ and "Yes, fabricating stories about me and my wife, for instance," Hal Puthoff, who are still drawing government paychecks. They continues Morehouse. "There isn't an author around who spends were both laser physicists, the original takers of Central days, literally days, posting user groups. There were hundreds of Intelligence Agency money to work for remote-viewing projects. postings made by Schnabel. Then John Alexander got into the "Three guys accessed the Freedom of Information Act before fray and started doing the same thing. Then they started writing my book came out: John Alexander, the retired Colonel still anonymous letters to Interscope, which bought movie rights to the working for the CIA, Jim Schnabel and Joe McMoneagle. Except book, and St Martin's Press, the publisher. "And then there's Paul Smith. _ He actually said this to a reporter: ‘What I told Dave is that if he would stop talking about the unit, me tees ans eS es ed we would get him a medical dis- BUST eons Oe ae on Css. a) charge.’ Paul Smith was one of the OF BOO ON. MAY . a = remote viewers from the unit still L TAKE A _——7 — working for DIA." So why did it take so long for Morehouse to resign? "I thought I was going to face the charges and beat them," he says. "We looked at everything the gov- ernment had. I| didn't know we would be ambushed with the other charges. That's when I got the phone call that came at night, from a brigadier colonel friend of mine who said, 'You still have friends. . We're holding the door open, but Se We can't hold it open forever. This meen 2 Vidi 38 = NEXUS OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 1997