[CTRL] Skousen On Vreeland & Red Mercury 4/12/02

[William Shannon]

http://www.joelskousen.com excerpted from- Joel Skousen’s World Affairs Brief US SPY DELMART (MIKE) VREELAND I have received numerous requests from subscribers asking that I comment upon the internet controversy surrounding the issue of whether or not terrorists possess a new "red mercury" fusion bomb, and whether self-professed US spy Mike Vreeland, who says that Russia and Iraq have red mercury technology, is legitimate or not. Vreeland is the American arrested in Canada, and later given asylum, who claims to be a US spy working for the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), which takes orders from the CIA. He demonstrated foreknowledge of the 9/11 terrorist event while in jail in Canada, which makes him of interest to those in America following up on leads about US government foreknowledge of the attacks on the WTC. One source I talked to suspects, however, that Vreeland got his information from a Cuban agent known to have visited his jail cell prior to 9/11. In any case, Vreeland’s case is so murky, unreliable and full of contradictions that no one can or should base any conclusion on his testimony--which is all over the map. Yes, there is evidence that he was working for US government in Russia (deep cover), and that the US is trying to cover up any relationship with him. One the other hand, Vreeland has admitted to contacting the Russian embassy for help after his arrest in Canada, indicating he had a relationship with them. He also has Cuban contacts, as mentioned above. In addition, Vreeland has a rap sheet a mile long, in six states, covering multiple decades, and is considered a homosexual predator. Members of his family don’t trust him and neither should we. I’m aware that having a criminal record is not a disqualifier for US government recruitment for deep cover work--in fact it’s considered a plus to the dark side of government, who runs these operations. As Mike Ruppert (www.copvcia.com), a staunch defender of Vreeland, correctly noted, "Mike Vreeland is not a saint. Covert operatives are not made from such material, and governments do not recruit or screen candidates for saintly qualities." Regarding Vreeland’s susceptibility to disinformation, Ruppert added, "Even by his own statements, Vreeland, now 35, was a relatively low ranking officer and an intelligence field operative. Never in the history of covert operations has any government entrusted field operatives with total strategic knowledge because the knowledge held by those who make the plans is compartmentalized and locked away. Perhaps 80 percent of all intelligence work is disinformation, and governments know that their field operatives risk capture, interrogation and torture. Quite often field operatives are themselves fed disinformation so that if they talk, they will still spread lies that serve a larger strategic purpose. Quite often they carry documents that are deliberately inaccurate and their capture is engineered to give those documents credibility. To the US government, Vreeland is totally expendable." However, even these excuses proferred by Ruppert do not come close to explaining away the vast contradictions and sleezy descrepancies in Vreeland’s actions, story and demeanor. It is my assessment after reviewing Vreeland’s extensive record of lying, fraud and sexual deviancy, that this man is totally untrustworthy and evil. The fact that Canada gave this guy asylum is also suspicious. The Canadian government is a lackey for NWO globalists, and highly susceptible to US influence and pressure. If the US really wanted this guy back, I have no doubt the Canadians would have turned him over. Canada’s courts are as controlled as ours. WHAT ABOUT RED MERCURY FUSION BOMBS? Before addressing the question of terrorist access to red mercury fusion technology, let’s review some of the basic differences between fusion and fission. Fusion is the bringing together of two or more nuclei, to form one larger nucleus. No private attempts to harness fusion in a powerful way have been successful, despite millions in funding. On the other hand, fission, the splitting of atom, is a well established technology that works. All existing nuclear weapons use fission technology. Fission gives off much more radiation than fusion. Red mercury, theoretically, allows for a fusion device to be built that rivals the punch of a small conventional nuclear fission bomb--but in a softball-sized package, making it ideal for terrorists. According to Sam Cohen, one of the designers of the neutron bomb, who was interviewed by J. R. Nyquist (www.jrnyquist.com), red mercury is "a compound of tremendous energy density" probably manufactured under ultra high pressure technology by which, Cohen theorizes, "You knock all these electrons out so it's not the same atom. It pulls a lot more energy per gram than any other explosive that I've ever heard of." However, there are no confirmed admissions or leaks by any government official, or by scientists working in any of the government labs, of a working red mercury fusion project, let alone a weapon. That doesn’t mean there isn’t some "black" secret project going on to those ends, but I have no confirmation from any reliable source. Because of the inherent difficulties with fusion, I am very skeptical of claims by Cohen and a few others that red mercury fusion weapons exist, though I respect Cohen’s former scientific work. Nyquist asked Cohen about Vreeland's statement that a two-megaton device could be made using red mercury technology. Cohen said, "The answer is it's possible, but not advisable...If you wanted to do damage, a dirty [fission] bomb is better." Cohen is right. If terrorists want to make a big splash, they will build a "dirty" fission bomb, put it aboard a ship, and sail it into one of America’s major harbors. Cohen believes that Russia has red mercury technology, and maybe Iraq too. He claims that US weapons inspectors have found evidence of red mercury transactions between Iraq and Russia. I doubt Cohen’s claims for a couple of reasons. First of all, this sort of intelligence information about such a critical military research endeavor in Russia would be impossible to obtain without reliable defectors. I know of no Russian defectors who have ever confirmed that Russia has red mercury technology--though rumors abound about many "pie in the sky" technologies; I have no doubt the Russians may be working on it. We have precious few intelligence agents working inside Russia, thanks to the gutting of our intelligence services under Stansfield Turner and other globalists who followed him as heads of the CIA. Russia knows we now rely almost exclusively on electronic and space survelliance; and, therefore, keeps all of its best military projects underground, away from the prying eyes of US satellites and sensors. Secondly, even if the Russians have succeeded in producing red mercury, they would not be giving this dangerous technology away to the Iraqis (who can’t hold a secret for long) unless the Russians themselves were maintaining direct control over its use. One of the most prolific items of disinformation is that terrorists groups are running around with weapons of mass destruction, compliments of the major powers. Not so--at least not independently. The US, Russia and China keep tight control of the "big" and powerful stuff--especially when they allow client states to act as their surrogates. I doubt that Cohen has any reliable evidence or first-hand knowledge in this regard. Cohen has been on the outside of the establishment nuclear community since becoming a vociferous critic of the US government, so I don’t think he is getting any crucial information from anyone still on the inside. He felt betrayed when the US said they decided not to deploy his neutron bomb (which puts out copious amounts of radiation while doing little physical damage--thus, killing troops but not destroying or polluting the land, long-term). I think the US has actually lied about this issue, though. Every other nuclear power has deployed neutron bombs. I’m sure the US built them as well, but has simply hid them away rather that declare them to the disarmament community. Warning: I strongly suspect that the Bush administration will be looking for another trigger event (a major terrorist act this year) to justify the planned offensive against Saddam Hussein. As I have detailed in prior issues, there is evidence of US foreknowledge and collusion in the events of 9/11 and thus, it is not unlikely that another provocative terror event should follow suit. As I have continued to point out, there is a strange anomaly present in America’s so-called "war on terrorism"--there have been no bona-fide Al Qaeda acts of terror in the US since 9/11, which does not match the pattern of any known terrorist group in the world--especially a group supposedly as large and well financed as Al Qaeda. Frankly, I’m suspicious of everything the US claims about Al Qaeda. All the facts surrounding Al Qaeda, including its existence, size, make-up and financing, come only from US intelligence sources, who created this monster in the first place. How much of this information is real versus manufactured to justify the current war, we may never know. One thing I am sure of: terrorism in the US is a controlled phenomenon. Who’s pulling the strings and why cannot yet be proven, though the clear benefactors of the 9/11 attacks have been those in the US government eager to trample over Americans’ constitution rights, as demonstrated in the radical passage of the egregiously misnamed US Patriot Act. Red mercury may be a disinformation tool used to prepare the public for some explosive event coming in the future. Vreeland may have been used as a vehicle for spreading this kind of disinformation. If I’m correct about the controlled nature of US terrorism, the next attack will come as another high profile target, so most of my readers living in towns or small to medium-sized cities don’t have to worry about being victims of the attack itself. Those in major metros on the coast with open harbors, like New York, Boston, San Francisco or Los Angeles, etc should make contingency plans to get out of harm’s way. Of course, all Americans should be highly concerned about the predictable loss of liberty and increased war expenditures that will be generated in the wake of another attack.