  The counterfactuality of the recently proposed protocols for direct quantum
communication is analyzed. It is argued that the protocols can be
counterfactual only for one value of the transmitted bit. The protocols achieve
a reduced probability of detection of the particle in the transmission channel
by increasing the number of paths in the channel. However, this probability is
not lower than the probability of detecting a particle actually passing through
such a multi-path channel, which was found to be surprisingly small. The
relation between security and counterfactuality of the protocols is discussed.
An analysis of counterfactuality of the protocols in the framework of the
Bohmian interpretation is performed.
