I know what the CIA is and I also know of their many atrocities they do each year. Many would agree with you that it is a terrible organization that many people not only here in American but around the world would like to end its program.

Nevertheless they too are studying the technics of mind reading and have a special on the history channel for those interested in it.

I think it's already being done. Probably a lot more than people realize.

I don't think it's going to be like a telephone connection where you actually hear the other person's thoughts in terms of audible words. It going to be more like a mere knowingness of what someone else is thinking or feeling. Many people already have descibed such experiences. So from that point of view it's already been well reported by layman as a very common phenomenon.

Whether it could be verified in a lab is hard to say. It would seem to me that it would be next to impossible to verify it scientifically for a number of reasons. But that most certainly should not be taken to mean that it doesn't occur.

Heck, as an amature aquarist I've learned of some fish species that no one has yet been able to breed in captivity. Should we then conclude from this that they don't breed in the wild either?

This could be the very same thing with psychic telepathy. Maybe it's such a fragile thing that it needs just the right ambiance and therefore will never be observed in a controlled experiment. But should we then conclude that it doesn't happen in the 'wild'?

James is going to say: "Physics"