George Clooney portrays a character loosely based on Las Vegas resident John Alexander in a movie coming out this year. But being played by a Hollywood heartthrob isn't enough to make the retired Army colonel happy with the film. Alexander criticizes the 2004 book as "5 percent true and the rest extrapolated beyond belief."
Alexander's 32-year military career included a stint as an intelligence officer with an "X Files" mission: exploring the use of psychokinesis and psychic abilities to create better soldiers and enhance intelligence collection.
The movie, "The Men Who Stare at Goats," is based on a book with the same title, a reference to a belief that some military researchers were experimenting with the use of the mind to kill or injure goats.
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