Hello,
The wiki article is really good. I would also recommend this site:
http://www.firedocs.com/
Also if you can rent a movie called "suspect 0" it has a good clip on the extras menu of a real world trial that will explain protocol and show the process. The movie is a bit overly dramatic in its presentation of the skill but still worth the time.
I have been studying and practicing RV for 15 years off an on. I was trained by a collegue who was at SRI during the early years with Puthoff and Targ. I have had good success with it in spite of my lazy approach to training and practice.
I know it works from my personal experience and no matter how many trials and targets I have done over the years...it still gives me goosebumps when I nail it.
The official protocol discourages anything but doubleblind targets so naming the target as "an actress" invalidates the experiment. Keep in mind this is just the "official" protocol and in my experience there is still value in front loading a target.
I am not heavily involved in the RV community mostly because its full of ex-spooks and in spite of the governments claims that they do not have such a program in place, i am very suspicious.
Finally I am not sure what RV has to do with PO. Can someone detail that for me?
Stuart
ps. barbara streisand?