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Dave Hartley
http://www.Asheville-Computer.com
http://www.ioa.com/~davehart
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During
the period 1975 through 1977 a series of events led to disclosure that
U.S. government agencies were funding various mind control experiments
which included the testing of LSD, brainwashing, narco-hypnosis,
electronic stimulation of the brain, and other technologies designed to
control human behavior. These programs had been conducted since at least
World War II, and included the Central Intelligence Agency, Office of
Naval Investigation, Air Force Intelligence, the Army Chemical Corps,
Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Institute of Health, the
National Institute of Justice, and the Atomic Energy Commission. The most
notorious of these programs was conducted under the CIA codename MKULTRA.
Director of Central Intelligence Richard Helms testified to Congress that
he had ordered the resulting files on 149 subprojects burned in 1973,
claiming that he did not want to "embarrass" the many psychiatrists and
universities which had participated, and that they didn't learn very much
anyway. Skepticism remains about that and many other statements which the
CIA has made about this subject. What is certain is that Mind Control
research did not completely stop, but rather was continued under other
codenames like MKCHICKWIT, MKNAOMI, etc., and that some continued under
the nominal control of other agencies. In the 1990's, at least some mind
control research was still being conducted by the military's "non-lethal
weapons program" but all details are classified. Congressional hearings into these projects in 1975
and 1976 resulted in legislation intended to provide more stringent
oversight of the CIA. However, in the aftermath of many very shocking
revelations, no criminal indictments were issued despite sometimes lethal
experiments on subjects who included prisoners and psychiatric patients.
Meanwhile, rumors of similar experiments on prisoners of war from the
Vietnam and Korean eras (alleging abuse by Soviet, U.S. and other
intelligence agencies) persisted. Since the time of these disclosures there has been
no congressional oversight of this type of research in America with the
exception of a 1984 hearing of the Committee on Science and Technology,
which dealt primarily with subliminal communication
technology. The publication of books and articles on mind
control research in recent times has drawn mostly from declassified files
from the late 1970's and earlier, testimony of persons who say they are
victims of government experiments, and unverifiable "sources" within the
intelligence or scientific community. Therefore, data here is especially
error prone. Also, a penumbra of mentally ill people are attracted to this
subject as a possible explanation for their own very real problems. This
adds further to the general confusion. So be cautious evaluating
allegations in the mind control research domain, but be not naive either.
Systematic, well funded research has been done in this area for decades,
by governments, by advertisers, and by cults among others. It is reported that duplicate, dummy programs are
run by governments to confuse any investigations; funding is dispersed
through third party or "cut out" organizations, and compartmentalization
of projects insures that only a very few people at the top know the
overall scope and results of this research. Modern research involves a
number of universities and private companies which are funded through the
university grant system or the awarding of lucrative government contracts,
then made to sign secrecy oaths. Current mind control and exotic warfare research
is reported to include the use of brainwashing; hypnosis and
narco-hypnosis; electro-convulsive therapy; narcotics, psychedelics and
other behavioral altering drugs; high production behavior and
neuro-linguistics programming; remote telepathy including "astral
projection" and other psychic phenomena; computer generated telepathy;
biomedical engineering; low frequency sound; microwaves; electromagnetic
pulses; Radio Hypnotic Intercerebral Control - Electronic Dissolution of
Memory; very low frequency sound; ultrasonics; high powered microwave
pulses, oscillating magnetic fields, and other lesser known
technologies. Other types of mind control cases include the
alleged Monarch Project, which was designed to take children at a very
early age and program them through brainwashing, narco-hypnosis, torture,
and fragmenting of the personality (creating multiple personality
disorder). This was reportedly done to create "sex-slaves," couriers, drug
mules, assassins, and agents whose memories could be erased after they
completed their assigned missions. This paradigm, called "trauma-based
programming," has also been alleged to occur in some satanic groups, which
may have been experimenting with such methods of mind control for many
generations. The whole subject of cults becomes relevant here,
because they are often the masters of mind control, without usually
resorting to exotic technical aids. Space is limited, so we will not enter
that domain further here, but note that it is important. Another important sub-topic in the quest to
understand mind control research was the program to import Nazi scientists
into America's national security establishment shortly after World War II.
At the time, it seemed necessary, because both Russians and Americans were
scrambling to seize the most valuable German scientific "assets" (both
technical and human) in preparation for what would become the Cold War. In
retrospect, the infusion of large numbers of very highly skilled and
sometimes dedicated Nazi's into both U.S. and S.U. security systems
appeared to damage the devotion to higher ideals which each side at least
occasionally maintained. The most famous U.S. plan, which imported at
least 1600 German scientists and their families into America, and gave
many of them very top secret security clearances and full-time jobs in our
weapons and spy programs, was called operation "PAPERCLIP." Two official
quotes on MKULTRA and PAPERCLIP follow.
"Beginning in the early 1950's, the CIA engaged in
an extensive program of human experimentation, using drugs, psychological,
and other means in search of techniques to control human behavior. The CIA
claims it has found no evidence that radiation experiments on humans were
part of this program. However, CIA documents and a 1963 CIA Inspector
General report state quite clearly that MKULTRA was a program "concerned
with research and development of chemical, biological, and radiological
materials capable of employment in clandestine operations to control human
behavior." The program included unwitting experimentation on
humans with LSD, Brainwashing, and other interrogation methods."
"Project Paperclip was a postwar and Cold War
operation carried out by the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency.
Paperclip had two aims: to exploit German scientists for American
research, and to deny intellectual resources to the Soviet Union. At least
1600 scientists and their dependents were recruited and brought to America
by Paperclip and its successor projects through the early 1970's. The most
famous of these was Wernher von Braun. In recent years, it has been alleged that many of
these individuals were brought to the U.S.A. in violation of American
government policy not to permit the entrance of "ardent Nazis" into the
country, that many were security risks, and that some were implicated in
Holocaust-related activities." References Include: Secret Agenda: The U.S. Government, Nazi
Scientists, and Project PAPERCLIP,
by Linda Hunt, St.
Martin's Press, NY, 1991. The Church Committee Final Report of the Senate
Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with respect to
Intelligence Activities, U.S. Government
Printing Office, 1976. (on MKULTRA and many related
problems). Advisory Committee on Human Radiation
Experiments, Final Report. U.S. Government
Printing Office, October, 1995. Operation Mind Control, by Walter H. Bowart, Dell Publishing, 1978. This
has been reprinted by the Freedom of Thought Foundation, cited below which
Bowart runs, but the 1978 edition was one of the first really detailed
exposes on mind control research to reach the public. The Search for the Manchurian
Candidate, by John Marks, Bantam
Books, NY, 1978. Project MK ULTRA: Joint hearing before the
Select Committee on Health and Scientific Research of the Committee on Human Resources, U.S. Senate.
Government Printing Office, 1977. Journey Into Madness: The True Story of Secret
CIA Mind Control and Medical Abuse, by
Gordon Thomas, Bantam Books, New York, 1989.
Remember that the most powerful mind control
instrument yet developed for mass audiences, is the simple television.
Those who control information broadcast on TV, and that which is censored,
have enormous influence over public discussion and agendas. Also, note
that a company whose board is a who's who of spies purchased the firm
which maintains all internet domain names in 1996. These are professionals
at controlling information, and they are very highly resourced, so we
should simply recognize that they recognized the power of the internet
long before many people had heard of it. One of our foreign intelligence sources noted that
information warfare is already substantial on the internet, and there is
no doubt that information warfare has been a hot topic in security circles
for at least a generation. Information warfare includes basic propaganda,
far more sophisticated psychological warfare techniques, and a range of
other, more technical means for attempting destruction or confusion of
targeted "assets" (like inserting lethal viruses or covert trapdoors into
enemy computer systems, or merely blowing people's minds by technical
means). So, caveat emptor! as they say in the business world.
The most significant error for contemporary
citizens is the illusion that research on mind control techniques and
technologies stopped in the 1970's. Instead, programs were renamed,
shifted to other, even more secretive agencies, or contracted out to
non-governmental organizations. Remember that in 1996, for example, there
were line items in the Pentagon's budget for "Non-Lethal Weapons" for mind
control research. Organizations seeking to help mind control victims
have been identified including the: Freedom of Thought Foundation The International Network Against Mind
Control, A good internet node is the Mind Control Forum at:
www.mk.net/~mcf/index.htm Finally, we found a site so rich in data on mind control research, biological weapons, and other exotic but important subjects that we don't quite know what to make of it yet. Whoever they are, they are highly resourced and appear dedicated to ideals we certainly agree with. So you might try out the: (note from Dave: trufax is one of the finest collections of information on the 'net, in my not-so-humble opinion :) Leading Edge International Research Group, PO Box
7530, Yelm, WA 98597, USA; www.trufax.org. For surveillance,
privacy, and biological weapons issues, try Menu 7. Caution!!! Remember, All of these sources may contain errors as well as verifiable facts.
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