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But as Ronson famously discovered, the truth is funnier than fiction—and far more disturbing. Beneath the punchline about psychic spies lies a true story of $20 million squandered on New Age mysticism, a Lieutenant Colonel who believed he could walk through walls, and a secret unit so delusional that it inadvertently paved the way for the torture scandals at Abu Ghraib.

But the system that funded them? That took a silly goat manual and turned it into a torture manual? That is the real horror.

In a University of California briefing in 1995, a former military intelligence officer presented Channon’s goat-staring manual to a new generation. By 2002, at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib, these "soft kill" techniques were being used on prisoners.

The next time you see the movie poster of George Clooney staring intently at a goat, remember: it happened. Not exactly like that, but it happened. And the laughter you feel is not just relief. It is a survival mechanism.

The most famous member of this group was a retired Vietnam War intelligence officer named Major General Albert Stubblebine. Stubblebine was the head of the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM). He was in charge of 14,000 spies and analysts. And he was convinced he had a problem: his physical body kept getting in the way.

Nevertheless, the story spread through the unit as a success. "The Men Who Stare at Goats" became a badge of honor. This is where the story stops being a comedy.

In the pantheon of bizarre military history, few chapters are as simultaneously hilarious and deeply unsettling as the one chronicled in Jon Ronson’s 2004 book, The Men Who Stare at Goats . For most people, the title conjures the image of Ewan McGregor and George Clooney in the 2009 Coen-brothers-esque comedy: a rag-tag group of Jedi warriors in desert fatigues trying to kill a goat with their minds.

This is the story of the First Earth Battalion. The story begins in 1979, at the height of the Cold War. The U.S. Army was demoralized after Vietnam. Recruits were undisciplined, and morale was subterranean. Enter Lieutenant Colonel James "Jim" Channon, a highly decorated Vietnam vet.

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But as Ronson famously discovered, the truth is funnier than fiction—and far more disturbing. Beneath the punchline about psychic spies lies a true story of $20 million squandered on New Age mysticism, a Lieutenant Colonel who believed he could walk through walls, and a secret unit so delusional that it inadvertently paved the way for the torture scandals at Abu Ghraib.

But the system that funded them? That took a silly goat manual and turned it into a torture manual? That is the real horror.

In a University of California briefing in 1995, a former military intelligence officer presented Channon’s goat-staring manual to a new generation. By 2002, at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib, these "soft kill" techniques were being used on prisoners. The Men Who Stare At Goats

The next time you see the movie poster of George Clooney staring intently at a goat, remember: it happened. Not exactly like that, but it happened. And the laughter you feel is not just relief. It is a survival mechanism.

The most famous member of this group was a retired Vietnam War intelligence officer named Major General Albert Stubblebine. Stubblebine was the head of the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM). He was in charge of 14,000 spies and analysts. And he was convinced he had a problem: his physical body kept getting in the way. But as Ronson famously discovered, the truth is

Nevertheless, the story spread through the unit as a success. "The Men Who Stare at Goats" became a badge of honor. This is where the story stops being a comedy.

In the pantheon of bizarre military history, few chapters are as simultaneously hilarious and deeply unsettling as the one chronicled in Jon Ronson’s 2004 book, The Men Who Stare at Goats . For most people, the title conjures the image of Ewan McGregor and George Clooney in the 2009 Coen-brothers-esque comedy: a rag-tag group of Jedi warriors in desert fatigues trying to kill a goat with their minds. That took a silly goat manual and turned

This is the story of the First Earth Battalion. The story begins in 1979, at the height of the Cold War. The U.S. Army was demoralized after Vietnam. Recruits were undisciplined, and morale was subterranean. Enter Lieutenant Colonel James "Jim" Channon, a highly decorated Vietnam vet.