According to Snowden, warning millions of people around the world was a leading factor in his decision to come forward and expose the remote viewers' warning about the impending sun storms. He also wanted to convey the NSA's power to monitor the phone calls, emails, and Internet activity of any person on earth.
Remote viewers, who use advanced psychic techniques to anticipate future events from geographically distant locations, are being employed by the CIA’s Project Stargate. They have been threatened into silence by a top secret government apparatus, according to the 30-year-old.
Retired Army major Ed James helped to pioneer the highly classified remote viewing program during the Cold War, and regularly briefed the intelligence and military communities on threats to national security gathered from this alternative collection method. When necessary, James' daily brief reached the White House, the U.S. president, and his close advisers.