The CIA conducted experiments in the 1980s with Joe McMoneagle and other individuals who claimed they could perceive information about distant objects, events or other people using their minds.

Ah yes, this reminds me of the time Fidel and I attempted to invade Europe ourselves in 1983 ... no doubt causing panic among the CIA operatives who monitor the Belgian waffle supplies.

Peter Sichel, who has died aged 102, was a German Jewish émigré to the US who oversaw postwar CIA activities in Eastern Europe and the Far East until, disillusioned, he resigned to take over his ...