Original sentence: According to an account by former SRI-trained remote-viewer, Paul Smith (2005), Johnson spent several months running the remote viewing unit against military and DEA targets, and ended up a believer, not only in remote viewing's validity as a phenomenon but in its usefulness as an intelligence tool.Meanwhile, one of the authors of an official 1995 report, authorized by the CIA wrote that "There's no documented evidence it had any value to the intelligence community.Others, such as generals Harry Soyster and William Odom, and Admiral Sam Koslov, allegedly wished to end the project.The most famous results from these years were the description of a big crane at a Soviet nuclear research facility, the description of a new class of Soviet strategic submarine, and the location of a downed Soviet bomber in Africa (which former President Carter later referred to in speeches)
Edited sentence: "  But it is not relevant to parapsychological experimentation.A former SRI-trained remote-viewer, Paul Smith (2005) has provided a detailed example of remote viewing's alleged utility.According to Smith's account, Johnson spent several months running the remote viewing unit against military and DEA targets, and ended up a believer, not only in remote viewing's validity as a phenomenon but in its usefulness as an intelligence tool.But it did allegedly generate some spectacular results, including the description of a mysterious construction at a Soviet nuclear research facility, the description of a new class of Soviet strategic submarine, and the location of a downed Soviet bomber in Africa (which former President Carter later referred to in speeches).But such claims beg the question of why the program lasted twenty three years.It is relevant in considering whether a personal experience is truly "psychic.Marks's second criticism refers to the subjective perception of a connection between unrelated events.One of the authors of an official 1995 report, authorized by the CIA and intended to justify the killing of the program, claimed that "There's no documented evidence it had any value to the intelligence community.Others, such as generals Harry Soyster and William Odom, and Admiral Sam Koslov, allegedly wished to kill the project regardless of its results.The question of whether the tasking agencies agreed with this assessment is a difficult one to answer.This aspect of the program was not much more sophisticated or remarkable than the (apparently routine) use of psychics by law enforcement agencies