At the end, one of the CIA officials turned to Lawrence and said, “They certainly haven’t been wasting our money. Dr. Lawrence, what do you think about all this?” At that point, Lawrence’s investigation of psychic phenomena had introduced him to a colorful array of mystics and frauds. “You have been wasting your money,” he exploded in frustration. “Every damn dime of this is nonsense.” There was dead silence. Lukasik quickly changed the subject, and as Lawrence recalled, no one ever asked him to look at parapsychology again.
