JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli magician and psychic Uri Geller worked as a CIA spy, a new documentary asserts.

The documentary by Vikram Jayanti says that Geller used his powers against Russia, including erasing Soviet floppy discs and changing the mind of an unnamed Russian leader in order to convince him to sign a nuclear arms reduction treaty, The Independent reported.

Geller admits during the film, called “The Secret Life of Uri Geller-Psychic Spy,” that his handlers asked him to use telepathy to stop a pig’s heart from beating, but he refused out of concern that he would be asked to do the same for to a human, according to reports.

“When Jimmy Carter was elected President, one of the first things he did was to have Uri Geller give him a four hour briefing on the Soviet psychic threat. America didn’t want a psychic gap and Uri was the go-to guy about these things,” Jayanti told the Independent. “Sometimes, you wonder whether Uri’s entire public career has actually been a front for his shadow world activities.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears in the film, talking about his many years of friendship with Geller.

Geller served in the Six Day War, and says he killed a Jordanian soldier to save his own life. He said he used his psychic powers to help Moshe Dayan search for archeological artifacts to add to his collection.

The film was screened at the Sheffield DocFest last week and will appear on BBC2 this summer.

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