Toward a Psycho-Civilized
Society
The background to the development of anti-personnel
electromagnetic weapons can be traced by to the early-middle 1940’s
and possibly earlier. The earliest extant reference, to my knowledge,
was contained in the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific Survey,
Military Analysis Division, Volume 63) which reviewed Japanese
research and development efforts on a "Death Ray."
Whilst not reaching the stage of practical application,
research was considered sufficiently promising to warrant the
expenditure of Yen 2 million during the years 1940-1945. Summarizing
the Japanese efforts, allied scientists concluded that a ray apparatus
might be developed that could kill unshielded human beings at a
distance of 5 to 10 miles. Studies demonstrated that, for example,
automobile engines could be stopped by tuned waves as early as 1943.
(1) It is therefore reasonable to suppose that this technique has been
available for a great many years. Research on living organisms (mice
and ground hogs) revealed that waves from 2 meters to 60 centimeters
in length caused hemorrhage of lungs, whereas waves shorter than two
meters destroyed brain cells.
However, experiments in behavior modification and mind
manipulation have a much more grisly past. Nazi doctors at the Dachau
concentration camp conducted involuntary experiments with hypnosis and
narco-hypnosis, using the drug mescaline on inmates. Additional
research was conducted at Aushwitz, using a range of chemicals
including various barbiturates and morphine derivatives. Many of these
experiments proved fatal.
Following the conclusion of the war, the U.S. Naval
Technical Mission was tasked with obtaining pertinent industrial and
scientific material that had been produced by the Third Reich and
which may be of benefit to U.S. interests. Following a lengthy report,
the Navy instigated Project CHATTER in 1947. Many of the Nazi
scientists and medical doctors who conducted hideous experiments were
later recruited by the U.S. Army and worked out of Heidelberg prior to
being secretly relocated to the United States under the Project
PAPERCLIP program. Under the leadership of Dr. Hubertus Strughold, 34
ex-Nazi scientists accepted "Paperclip" contracts, authorized by the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, and were put to work at Randolph Air Force
Base, San Antonio, Texas. By 1953 the CIA, U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army
Chemical Corps were conducting their own narco-hypnosis programs on
unwilling victims that included prisoners, mental patients,
foreigners, ethic minorities and those classified as sexual deviants.
(2)
It was not until the middle or late 1970’s that the
American public became aware of a series of hitherto secret programs
that had been conducted over the preceding two decades by the military
and intelligence community. (3) Primarily focusing on narco-hypnosis,
these extensive covert programs bore
the project titles MKULTRA, MKDELTA, MKNAOMI, MKSEARCH (MK being
understood to stand for Mind Kontrol), BLUEBIRD, ARTICHOKE and
CHATTER. The principal aim of these and associated programs was the
development of a reliable "programmable" assassin. Secondary aims were
the development of a method of citizen control. (4)
Particularly relevant was Dr. Jose Delgado’s secret work
directed towards the creation of a "psycho-civilized" society by use
of a "stimoceiver." (5) Delgado’s work was seminal, and his
experiments on humans and animals demonstrated that electronic
stimulation can excite extreme emotions including rage, lust and
fatigue. In his paper "Intracerebral Radio Stimulation and recording
in Completely Free Patients," Delgado observed that: "Radio
Stimulation on different points in the amygdala and hippocampus in the
four patients produced a variety of effects, including pleasant
sensations, elation, deep thoughtful concentration, odd feelings,
super relaxation (an essential precursor for deep hypnosis), colored
visions, and other responses."
With regard to the "colored visions" citation, it is
reasonable to conclude he was referring to hallucinations -- an effect
that a number of so-called "victims" allude to. (7) As far back as
1969, Delgado predicted the day would soon arrive when a computer
would be able to establish two-way radio communication with the
brain -- an event that first occurred in 1974. Lawrence Pinneo, a
neurophysiologist and electronic engineer working for Stanford
Research Institute (a leading military contractor), "developed a
computer system capable of reading a person’s mind. It correlated
brain waves on an electroencephalograph with specific commands. Twenty
years ago
the computer responded with a dot on a TV screen. Nowadays it could be
the input to a stimulator (ESB) in advanced stages using radio
frequencies." (8)
In any event, narco-hypnosis was found, it is claimed,
to be less than reliable, although some writers and observers dispute
this. (9) Additional studies, conducted by Dr. Ewen Cameron and funded
by the CIA, were directed towards erasing memory and imposing new
personalities on unwilling patients. Cameron discovered that
electroshock treatment caused amnesia. He set about a program that he
called "de-patterning" which had the effect of erasing the memory of
selected patients. Further work revealed that subjects could be
transformed into a virtual blank machine (Tabula Rasa) and then be
re-programmed with a technique which he termed "psychic driving." Such
was the bitter public outrage, once his work was revealed (as a result
of FOIA searches), that Cameron was forced to retire in disgrace.
Also of interest is Dr. John C. Lilly (10), who was
asked by the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health to
brief the CIA, FBI, NSA and military intelligence services on his work
using electrodes to stimulate, directly, the pleasure and pain centers
of the brain. Lilly said that he refused the request. However, as
stated in his book, he continued to do "useful" work for the national
security apparatus. In terms of timing this is interesting, for these
events took place in 1953. Scientist Eldon Byrd, who worked for the
Naval Surface Weapons Office, was commissioned in 1981 to develop
electromagnetic devices for purposes including riot control,
clandestine operations and hostage removal. (11)
From 1965 through to 1970, Defense Advanced Projects
Research Agency (DARPA), with up to 70-80% funding provided by the
military, set in motion operation PANDORA to study the health and
psychological effects of low intensity microwaves with regard to the
so-called "Moscow signal." This
project appears to have been quite extensive and included (under U.S.
Navy funding) studies demonstrating how to induce heart seizures,
create leaks in the blood/brain barrier and production of auditory
hallucinations. Despite attempts to render the Pandora program
invisible to scrutiny, FOIA filings revealed memoranda of Richard
Cesaro, Director of DARPA, which confirmed that the program’s initial
goal was to "discover whether a
carefully controlled microwave signal could control the mind." Cesaro
urged that these studies be made "for potential weapons applications."
(12)
Following immense public outcry, Congress forbade
further research and demanded that these projects be terminated across
the board. But as former CIA agent Victor Marchetti later revealed,
the programs merely became more covert with a high element of
"deniability" built in to them, and that CIA claims to the contrary
are a cover story. (13) Despite the fact that many
of the aforementioned projects revolved around the use of narcotics
and hallucinogens, projects ARTICHOKE, PANDORA and CHATTER clearly
demonstrate that "psychoelectronics" were a high priority. Indeed,
author John Marks’ anonymous informant (known humorously as "Deep
Trance") stated that beginning in 1963 mind control research strongly
emphasized electronics.
An obscure District of Columbia corporation called
Mankind Research Unlimited (MRU) and its wholly owned subsidiary,
Systems Consultants Inc. (SCI), operated a number of classified
intelligence, government and Pentagon contracts, specializing in,
amongst other things: "problem solving in the areas of intelligence
electronic warfare, sensor technology and applications." (14)
MRU’s "capability and experience" is divided into four
fields. These include "biophysics -- Biological Effects of Magnetic
Fields," "Research in Magneto-fluid Dynamics," "Planetary
Electro-Hydro-Dynamics" and "Geo-pathic Efforts on Living Organisms."
The latter focuses on the induction of illness by altering the
magnetic nature of the geography. Also under research were
"Biocybernetics, Psychodynamic Experiments in Telepathy," "Errors in
Human Perception," "Biologically Generated Fields," "Metapsychiatry
and the Ultraconscious Mind" (believed to refer to experiments in
telepathic mind control), "Behavioural Neuropsychiatry," "Analysis and
Measurement of Human Subjective States" and "Human Unconscious
Behavioural Patterns."
Employing some old OSS, CIA and military intelligence
officers, the company also engages the services of prominent
physicians and psychologists including E. Stanton Maxey, Stanley R.
Dean Berthold Eric Schwarz plus many more. MRU lists in its Company
Capabilities "brain and mind control." (15)
Despite vehement claims by MRU’s chairman that it is not a "front
organization for any branch of the United States Government..." (16)
one must treat these claims with a great deal of skepticism.
There followed an extensive hiatus in available informat
ion through the 1980’s up to the present day. This initially appears
to have closely paralleled Ronald Reagan’s presidency and not
surprisingly flowed onwards during President Bush’s term of office.
(17) As a result, the once user-friendly Freedom of Information Act
became less accessible and more
bureaucratic. Search costs soared and material that had been (or
scheduled to be) de-classified was reviewed and re-classified. This
phenomenon is not an unusual occurrence in the United States, and
tends to shadow the outward face of Congress. Public outrage leads to
a temporary liberalization, but as public memory recedes (all too
quickly) the old institutionalized covert ways quickly re-engage. We
thus move to more recent times.
During 1989 CNN aired a program on electromagnetic
weapons and showed a U.S. government document that outlined a
contingency plan to use EM weapons against "terrorists." Prior to the
show a DoD medical engineer sourced a story claiming that in the
context of conditioning, microwaves and other modalities had regularly
been used against Palestinians.
In 1993, Defense News announced that the Russian
government was discussing with American counterparts the transfer of
technical information and equipment known as "Acoustic
Psycho-correction." The Russians claimed that this device involves
"the transmission of specific commands via static or
white noise bands into the human subconscious without upsetting other
intellectual functions." Experts said that demonstrations of this
equipment have shown "encouraging" results "after exposure of less
than one minute," and has produced "the ability to alter behavior on
willing and unwilling subjects." The article goes on to explain that
combined "software and hardware associated with the (sic)
psycho-correction program could be
procured for as little as U.S. $80,000." The Russians went on to
observe that "World opinion is not ready for dealing appropriately
with the problems coming from the possibility of direct access to the
human mind."
Acoustic psycho-correction dates back to the mid 1970’s
and can be used to "suppress riots, control dissidents, demoralize or
disable opposing forces and enhance the performance of friendly
special operations teams." (18) One U.S. concern in relation to this
device was aired by Janet Morris of the Global Strategy Council, a
Washington-based think tank established by
former CIA deputy director Ray Cline. Morris noted that "Ground troops
risk exposure to bone-conducting sound that cannot be offset by
earplugs or other protective gear." In recent months I met with and
discussed Russian research efforts, with a contact who had visited
Russia earlier this year. He, in turn, met with a number of Russian
scientists who are knowledgeable in this field. I have few doubts that
the Defense News article cited earlier is fundamentally accurate.
In his pioneering work, Dr. Ross Adey determined that
emotional states and behavior can be remotely influenced merely by
placing a subject in an electromagnetic field. By directing a carrier
frequency to stimulate the brain and using amplitude modulation to
shape the wave to mimic a desired EEG frequency, he was able to impose
a 4.5 CPS theta rhythm on his
subjects. Drs. Joseph Sharp and Allen Frey experimented with
microwaves seeking to transmit spoken words directly into the audio
cortex via a pulsed-microwave analog of the speaker’s sound vibration.
Indeed, Frey’s work in this field, dating back to 1960, gave rise to
the so called "Frey effect" which is now more commonly referred to as
"microwave hearing." (19) Within the Pentagon this ability is now
known as "Artificial Telepathy."
(20) Adey and others have compiled an entire library of frequencies
and pulsation rates which can effect the mind and nervous system. (21)
During the siege at the Mt. Carmel church near Waco,
Texas, FBI agents discussed with Russian counterparts the use of
acoustic psycho-correction on David Koresh and the Branch Davidians.
It is understood that this contingency did not proceed. However, some
unusual EM weapons were deployed at Waco. BBC World News and FBI
film-footage in the possession of this
writer show both the Russian equipment being demonstrated, as well as
previously unseen noise generator and an unusual low frequency strobe
array in use at Waco.
Have weapons of this nature been developed and field
tested? Judging from the number of individuals and groups coming
forward with complaints of harassment, the answer appears to be "yes."
Kim Besley, of the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp, has compiled a
fairly extensive catalogue of effects that have resulted from low
frequency signals emanating from the U.S. Greenham Common base,
apparently targeted at the women protesters. These include: vertigo,
retinal bleeding, burnt face
(even at night), nausea, sleep disturbances, palpitations, loss of
concentration, loss of memory, disorientation, severe headaches,
temporary paralysis, faulty speech co-ordination, irritability and a
sense of panic in non-panic situations. Identical and similar effects
have been reported elsewhere and appear to be fairly common-place
amongst so-called "victims."
Many of these symptoms have been associated in medical literature with
exposure to microwaves and especially through low intensity or
non-thermal exposures. (22) These have been reviewed by Dr. Robert
Becker, twice nominated for the Nobel Prize, and a specialist in EM
effects. His report confirms that the symptoms mirror those he would
expect to see had Microwave weapons been deployed.
The April 1994 issue of Scientific American carried an
article entitled "Bang! You’re Alive" which briefly described some of
the known arsenal of "Less Than Lethal" weapons presently available.
These include laser rifles and low-frequency infrasound generators
powerful enough to trigger nausea or diarrhea. Steve Aftergood of the
Federation of American Scientists (FAS) noted that non-lethal weapons
have been linked to "mind control" devices and that three of the most
prominent advocates of non-lethality share an interest in psychic
phenomena. (23)
Current Projects include SLEEPING BEAUTY, directed
towards the battlefield use of mind-altering electromagnetic weapons.
This project is headed by Jack Verona, a highly placed Defense
Intelligence Agency (DIA) officer. Dr. Michael Persinger of Laurentian
University is also employed on the project. Other sources have
revealed a project entitled MONARCH which, supposedly, is directed
towards the deliberate creation of severe multiple personality
disorder. (24)
It is now the opinion of many that these and related
programs have been brought under the banner of non-lethal weapons,
otherwise known as "less than lethal," which are now promulgated in
connection with the doctrine of low intensity conflict, a concept for
warfare in the 21st century. It is clear that many of these Pentagon
and related LTL programs operate under high classification. Others
consider many similar or related "black" programs are funded from the
vast resources presently available under the U.S. counter-drug law
enforcement policy which has a FY 1995 budget of $13.2 billion. (25)
On 21 July 1994, Defense Secretary William J. Perry
issued a memorandum on non-lethal weapons which outlined a tasking
priority list for use of these technologies. Second on the list was
"crowd control". Coming in at a poor fifth was "Disable or destroy
weapons or weapon development/production
processes, including suspected weapons of mass destruction." It is
therefore clear that non-lethality is fundamentally seen as
anti-personnel rather than anti-material.
In July 1996, the Spotlight, a widely circulated
right-wing U.S. newspaper, reported that well-placed DoD sources have
confirmed a classified Pentagon contract for the development of
"high-power electromagnetic generators that interfere with human brain
waves." The article cited the memorandum of
understanding dated 1994 between Attorney General Janet Reno, and
Defense Secretary William Perry for transfer of LTL weapons to the law
enforcement sector. A budget of under $50 million has been made
available for funding associated "black" programs. Dr. Emery Horvath,
a professor of physics at Harvard University, has stated in connection
to the generator that interferes with human brain waves that "These
electronic ’skull-zappers’ are designed to invade the mind and short
circuit its synapses... in the hands of government technicians, it may
be used to disorient entire crowds, or to manipulate individuals into
self destructive acts. It’s a terrifying weapon." (26)
In a 1993 U.S. Air Command and Staff College paper
entitled Non Lethal Technology and Air Power, authors Maj. Jonathan W.
Klaaren (USAF) and Maj. Ronald S. Mitchell (USAF) outlined selected
NLT weapons. These included "Acoustic" (pulsed/attenuated
high-intensity sound, infrasound (very low
frequency) and Polysound (high volume, distracting) as well as
high-power microwaves (HPM) that possessed the ability to deter or
incapacitate human beings.
These and other classified weapons are being passed to
domestic law enforcement agencies, as shown by the 1995 ONDCP (Office
of National Drug Control Policy) International Technology Symposium,
"Counter-Drug Law Enforcement: Applied Technology for Improved
Operational Effectiveness," which outlined the "Transition of advanced
military technologies to the civil law enforcement environment." There
are some observers who fear that
the burgeoning narcotics industry is an ideal "cover" in which to
"transit" Non Lethal Technologies to domestic political tasks. Whether
this is merely a misplaced "Orwellian" fear remains to be seen.
However, organized crime is so globally "organized" that experts now
believe it is impossible to eradicate or even effectively combat. (27)
The foregoing gives some necessary background to the
origins and timing surrounding the development of anti-personnel
electromagnetic weapons, and in particular demonstrates that the
United States has an intense and
long-established interest in mind control and behavior modification
that spans five decades. As we have seen, fragmentary information has
surfaced for brief spells, only to disappear, once more, from public
scrutiny. It remains to be said that a great many advances in the
realm of electromagnetic field technology and mind control techniques
have, apparently, been made during the sixties, seventies and
eighties. In particular, veterans of the Vietnam war are still coming
forward with
bizarre stories, which collectively (if true) point to a leap in
knowledge that largely remains hidden behind the thick curtain of
security classification. (28)
Major Edward Dames, formerly with the Pentagon’s Defense
Intelligence Agency until 1992, was a long-serving member of the
highly classified operation GRILL-FLAME, a program that focused on
some of the more bizarre possibilities of intelligence gathering and
remote interrogation. Known as "remote viewers," GRILL-FLAME personnel
possessed a marked psychic ability that was put to use "penetrating"
designated targets and gathering
important intelligence on significant figures. The program operated
with two teams: one working out of the top secret NSA facility at Fort
George Meade in Maryland, and the other at SRI. Results are said to
have been exemplary.
Following the Oliver North debacle, the Secretary of
Defense officially terminated GRILL-FLAME, fearing bad publicity if
the program were to become known to the public. The leading members of
the project -- including Dames -- immediately relocated to the
privately owned and newly formed Psi-Tech,
and continue their work to this day, operating under government
contract. In the course of his work, Dames was (and remains) close to
many the leading figures and proponents anti-personnel electromagnetic
weapons, especially those that operate in the neurological field.
During NBC’s "The Other Side" program, Dames stated that "The U.S.
Government has an electronic device which could implant thoughts in
people." He refused to comment further. The program was broadcast
during April 1995.
This overview is merely a fragmentary glimpse of
programs that have been, and continue to be, blanketed under tight
security classification. Where information was available through FOIA
filings, a great deal of additional information (in fact the greatest
bulk) was deliberately destroyed or otherwise lost. However, this
writer considers that what is available is
sufficient to draw the conclusion that ongoing research, development
and deployment of EM weapon systems that impact on the biological
functions of the body, or more importantly, interfere with the human
mind, are cause for the greatest humanitarian concern.
In an age where the threat of global warfare has
diminished as a result of the easing of tension between east and west,
it can be anticipated that some form of introspection will occur in
the developed western nations. Societies that have been generationally
and economically honed for warfare do not, on the whole, assume "for
peace" production with such vigor and ability. Why this is so is not
the subject of this paper. Unable to so
readily project the "shadow" outwards onto another nation, the enemy
without soon distills to become the enemy within. (29) In the United
States, (30) for example, there is a rapidly developing trend of
co-operation between the military and law enforcement agencies in LTL
weaponry. While it is clear that this is driven to some extent by
budgetary considerations, there remain legitimate concerns regarding
the long-term effects on democracy.
The reality of a burgeoning and increasingly
impoverished lower class that results from "swords to shears"
economics, is certain to result in growing civil unrest, disobedience,
strife, inner city turmoil and quite possibly
much worse. (31) Rather than seeking to resolve the underlying causes
of these tensions, it is feared that governments will instead resort
to more durable measures to quell domestic dissent. Western industrial
nations are especially prone to these developments for a variety of
reasons. (32)
Less Than Lethal anti-personnel weapons (33) are seen in
some influential quarters as being the ideal remedy for future
domestic disturbances of this magnitude. (34) The danger with such
possibilities is that western democracy may begin to fail, or suffer
such severe set-backs in its traditional democratic forms that it will
become increasingly repressive
and oligarchic. (35) Armed with innovative technological weapons that
do not necessarily kill, (36) but which render disenfranchised
segments of society physically inactive, emotionally stupefied and
incapable of meaningful thought is a goal of those who favor a
"psycho-civilized society." This is a frightening and all too
realistic scenario. Whether by design or by default, such an outcome
is nothing short of a dictatorship.
Addendum: Following the preparation of this paper and
prior to its publication by Dr. Nick Begich in Earthpulse Flashpoints,
a small number of factual errors and miscellaneous comments have been
received and are now included below for the sake of accuracy.
1) Footnote 35. Noam Chomsky, in correspondence with
this writer, advises that: "...we don’t really ’argue that democracy
has already been replaced.’ Rather, that its functioning depends on an
authentic free press, and that it exists only in part. That there is a
one-party state -- in the sense that there are only factions of ’the
business party’ is not our idea; C. Wright Mills, among others, going
way back."
2) Chomsky also refers to my caveat about the Spotlight
article (see footnote 26) concerning the comments ascribed to Dr.
Horvath and observers that "It’s not the kind of comment that a
Harvard physicist would be likely to make." It’s such an glaring
observation that I wonder why I hadn’t thought of it myself. I still
haven’t heard back from Dr. Horvath, if indeed such a person exists.
This citation, therefore, needs to be taken
with even greater care. On the other hand, Dr. Steve Aftergood of the
Federation of American Scientists has now written to me advising:
"Spotlight is, to my mind, a thoroughly non-credible source (as you
suggest). Without being able to verify the rest of the article,
however, the quotation ascribed to me was accurate."
3) In a lengthy telephone call, British researcher Armen
Victorian pointed out a number of relevant and interesting facts: A)
Maj. General Stubblebine is no longer with Psi-Tech -- he was removed
in a "palace coup" engineered, Armen says, by Major Ed. Dames and Col.
John Alexander. B) In addition to his (DoD backed) Ad Hoc advisory
role on Non Lethality for NATO, Alexander has now moved to head up
multi-millionaire R. Bigelow’s new Nevada-based National Institute for
Discovery Science (NIDS). Bigelow is recruiting "top draw" personnel
to study fringe science subjects including Remote Viewing, UFO’s, etc.
Jacques Vallee, the renowned French-born UFO researcher, is also part
of the team. Armen will have a more in-depth article on these matters
published in a forthcoming issue of Robin Ramsay’s LOBSTER.
4) Project Monarch: Martin Cannon has more recently
written stating that he believes this project to be fabricated.
Footnotes:
1) Interestingly, this capability is now confirmed in
recent press reports in regard to LTL weapons.
2) For a fuller account of the Nazi experiments refer to
Resonance No 29 November 1995, published by the Bioelectromagnetic
Special Interest Group of American Mensa Ltd., and drawn from a series
of articles published by the Napa Sentinel, 1991 by Harry Martin and
David Caul.
3) In particular the publication of John Marks’ The
Search for the Manchurian Candidate (Penguin Books, London 1979) and
Walter Bowart’s Operation Mind Control (Fontana Books, London 1979).
4) Walter Bowart.
5) See Delgado’s "Physical Control of the Mind: Towards
a Psychocivilised Society", "Intracerebral Radio Stimulation in
Completely Free Patients" in Schiwitgebel & Schwitzgebel (eds.).
Speaking in 1966, Delgado asserted that
his research "supported the distasteful conclusion that motion,
emotion and behavior can be directed by electrical forces and that
humans can be controlled like robots by push buttons." (Think 32
July-August 1966). Delgado was funded by the Office of Naval
Intelligence (ONI). It is believed he still works as a consultant for
the U.S. government.
6) My italics.
7) See "Mind Control and the American Government" by
Martin Cannon, LOBSTER 23.
8) See "Neural Manipulation by Radar" by Armen
Victorian, LOBSTER 30, and also Time Magazine, July 1, 1974 "Mind
Reading Computer."
9) Marks notes that the vast bulk of CIA key documents
were illegally destroyed, in 1973, at the order of the then DCI,
Richard Helms. Other writers have noted the psychological profile of
Sirhan Beshara Sirhan, citing a virtually impregnable "amnesia" which
lasts to this day. In 1968,
Dr. George Eastabrooks (considered by some to be the grand-daddy of
hypnosis in warfare) told a reporter at the Providence Evening
Bulletin that he had conducted extensive hypnosis work on behalf of
the CIA, FBI and military intelligence. He went on to say that the key
to creating an effective spy or assassin rests in "creating a multiple
personality, with the aid of hypnosis," a technique which Eastabrooks
considered as "child’s play." He went on to suggest that "Lee Harvey
Oswald and Jack Ruby could very well have been performing through
hypnosis." Of interest in this
context was a book written by Lincoln Lawrence (a pseudonym), a former
FBI agent who revealed the existence of a 350 page CIA document that
outlined a technique termed RHIC-EDOM (Radio Hypnosis Intra-Cerebral
Control -- Electronic Dissolution of Memory). Certainly many of the
above-cited CIA programs were dedicated to electronically inducing
amnesia. The case studies of Dr. Ewen Cameron in this context remain
the most notable and the
most chilling.
10) See his autobiography, The Scientist.
11) Anna Keeler in Full Disclosure, 1989.
12) Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) report released
under FOIA. Also see Anna Keeler. Capt. Paul E Tyler, MC, USN paper
entitled "The Electromagnetic Spectrum in Low Intensity Conflict"
(CADRE 1986) is also relevant in this connection. Tyler’s observation
are, understandably, shrouded in "maybes and what ifs" but is non the
less instructive when
placed in context to PANDORA and other projects.
13) In an interview with John Marks. CIA veteran Miles
Copeland admitted to a journalist prior to his death that "The
congressional subcommittees which went into this sort of thing got
only the barest glimpse." Likewise, hypnosis expert Milton Kline, a
veteran of covert experimentation in this field confirmed in 1977,
that his work for the government continued.
14) See A. J. Weberman’s "The Story of Mankind Research
Unlimited, Inc." Covert Action Quarterly, Issue 9, June 1980.
15) Ibid. Cited from "leaked" and/or "stolen" documents.
16) Ibid.
17) Despite his apparently Democratic credentials
President Clinton is not a reformer in this regard. In lock-step with
all previous administrations dating back to the 1930’s, President
Clinton’s administration is heavily composed of individuals who are
members of the CFR or the Trilateral
Commission (or both). There is some evidence to suggest that President
Clinton had a special and close connection to the Central Intelligence
Agency during his days as Governor of Arkansas. Terry Reed, and ex-CIA
agent, has revealed that Clinton was an Agency "asset" during the
period he worked for the CIA. This may not be as preposterous as it
appears in view of the Starr Commission’s decision to investigate this
aspect of the
President’s past.
18) In connection with "enhancing abilities of friendly
forces" see numerous articles and expose’s on Col. John B. Alexander.
Alexander, a former Commander of Green Berets special forces was a
member of the U.S. "Phoenix" assassination program in Vietnam. Until
recently he was Director of non-lethal programs at Los Alamos National
Laboratory, but has since
resigned following, it is believed, an undue amount of negative press.
He remains NATO’s adviser on NLD. Alexander wrote a book an article
(and later co-authored a book entitled The Warrior’s Edge) published
in Military Review in which he outlined a number of hitherto "fringe"
subjects -- including telepathy -- that should be brought in to the
battery of future weapons. Alexander is dedicated to the development
of a super-human soldier with enhanced abilities leading to an
"invincible warrior." In his book he likens such a soldier to be a
JEDI KNIGHT, from the film Star Wars (Project Jedi). He has powerful
sponsors, including Vice President Al Gore. Alexander is cited as
being the grand daddy of NLD. He is known to be heavily engaged in
mind control and psychotronic projects. See Armen Victorian, "Psychic
Warfare and Non lethal Weapons."
19) In this connection the work of Dr. James Lin of
Wayne State University should be noted. Lin has written a book
entitled Microwave Auditory Effects & Applications, in which he states
"The capability of communicating directly with humans by pulsed
microwaves is obviously not limited to the field of therapeutic
medicine."
20) Refer to Dr. Robert Becker who has stated "Such a
device has obvious applications in covert operations designed to drive
a target crazy with "voices" or deliver undetected instructions to a
programmed assassin." In 1974, Dr. J. F. Scapitz filed a plan to
explore the interaction of radio signals and hypnosis. He stated that
"In this investigation it will be
shown that the spoken word of the hypnotists may be conveyed by
modulate electromagnetic energy directly into the subconscious parts
of the human brain -- i.e. without employing any technical devices for
receiving or transcoding the messages and without the person exposed
to such influence having a chance to control the information input
consciously." Schapitz’ work was funded by the DoD. Despite FOIA
filings, his work has never been made available. Also it is
interesting to note the date of 1974, which
almost exactly mirror’s the period when the USSR commenced its own
program that resulted in "Acoustic Psycho-correction technology."
21) During October 1994 Dr. Ross Adey visited London to
address a conference on the health implications of EM fields. At that
time this writer was collaborating with a well known documentary film
maker to make a documentary on this subject. I approached the
conference organizers, given a free invite and assured that I would be
permitted to speak with Dr. Adey privately. Additionally I assured the
organizer that any meeting would be strictly confidential and off the
record if Dr. Adey would feel more comfortable with that. In the
event, Dr. Adey declined to meet with me and my complimentary
invitation to attend the conference was rescinded. Dr. Adey said the
subject was "too technical" to discuss.
22) Much similar effects have been reported, for
instance, at the Women’s Peace camp at Seneca, in New York state.
23) Psychic phenomena studies were, in fact, part of
classified Pentagon programs dating back over two decades. Two
separate "teams" conducted advanced experiments. One team operated out
of SRI and the other from the NSA’s Fort George Meade facility in
Maryland. During that time, Major General Albert N. Stubblebine,
Director of U.S. Army Intelligence and
Security Command, oversaw a program dedicated to "remote viewing"
where operatives were tasked with, amongst other things, tracking
Soviet "Boomer" submarines. Stubblebine is presently Chairman of the
Board of Directors of PSI-TECH, a private company specializing in
remote viewing and other activities. Col. John Alexander is also on
the board. The company also employs Major Edward Dames (ex-DIA), Major
David Moorhouse (ex-82nd Airborne), and Ron Blackburn (former
microwave scientist and specialist,
Kirkland Air Force base). PSI-TECH operate in the private sector and
have received a number of classified government contracts. During the
Gulf War, the company was approached by DoD with a request that the
company’s remote viewers be tasked with tracking and locating Iraq’s
Scud missiles. Col. Alexander and C.B. Scott Jones (who has previously
worked for the U.S. government on mind control technology) both share
an interest in Unidentified Flying Objects. The highly regarded New
York Times journalist Howard Blum revealed in his book Out There that
there is, indeed, a DoD UFO working group within the DIA. I mention
this aspect only to demonstrate that the military and intelligence
community are not averse to experimenting in and expending prodigious
amounts of tax money on some of the "weirder" areas of life. The
remote viewing teams were disbanded following the Oliver North fiasco
by the Secretary of Defense who was concerned at the potential bad
publicity. Thereafter, Psi-Tech was formed and the work continues...
24) Refer Martin Cannon. Lobster 23 "Mind Control and
the American Government." Martin is an independent and objective
researcher who has spent a considerable amount of time and personal
money in researching this subject. See earlier reference to Dr. George
Eastabrooks, footnote 3.
25) On October 24-27 1995, the Counter-Drug Technology
Assessment Center held a symposium at Nashua, New Hampshire. Subjects
discussed included the "transition of advanced military technologies
to the civil law enforcement
environment. These include advanced tracking, tagging, radio frequency
and other "non-intrusive" technologies.
26) I have certain caveats in citing this material.
Firstly, I have written to Dr. Horvath and the two other scientists
referred to in the Spotlight article. To date none have replied either
to confirm or deny their comments. One of them, Steve Aftergood, is
highly reputable and is known to me indirectly. The other two are not
known to me at all. It is also
important to point out that Spotlight is an ultra-right wing
publication and one must, therefore, take these citations with due
caution. On the other hand, Spotlight shares a considerable "ethos"
with some far-right elements of the military and intelligence
community who are in a position to know about these developments and
for their own reasons may have made this information available.
27) See Brian Freemantle’s The Octopus Orion Books Ltd,
1995.
28) See Walter Bowart’s Operation Mind Control
recounting some chilling stories involving Vietnam veterans. In
particular the case of "David" and ex-U.S. Air Force officer who had
his memory "erased" following his term of service.
29) See the Collected Works of Carl Gustav Jung for a
background to the psychology of "projection."
31) Aggravated by narcotics related crime -- presently
estimated to between $500 - $800 billion a year, thus an industry
outstripping all other "business sectors" with the possible exception
of the weapons industry. These figures extracted from Brian
Freemantle’s The Octopus, Orion Books Ltd, 1995.
32) The present economic reality (and that for the
foreseeable future) is that the once abundant life-style for large
segments of western citizens will continue to erode. This will
inevitably lead to dissatisfaction that will increasingly manifest
itself in civil disturbance. Economically powerless to change
direction, governments may possibly resort to
authoritarian remedies, fueling greater unrest and a repetition of the
vicious cycle. This model is based on the clear evidence that
"nations" no longer possess the economic might to "buck" the markets.
The globalisation of finance and the internationalization of "free
markets", has led to (or perhaps resulted from?) giant "stateless"
transnational corporations.
Collectively, TNC’s far outweigh the economic power of any one
sovereign state. Under the combined onslaught of TNC’s acting in
concert, (referred to as "market trends") even G7 (in the form of
combined Central Bank intervention) is often rendered powerless. Under
this scenario, the future does not bode well. TNC’s will continue to
accrue to themselves an increasing proportion of the world’s wealth,
whereas nation states will grow increasingly reliant upon sovereign
indebtedness to finance themselves or gradually assume "Third World"
economies. The burden of "servicing" sovereign debt is met by a
combination of fiscal measures, primarily increased domestic taxation
(direct, indirect and more hidden measures) and decreased expenditure.
Both measures impact heavily on the poorer classes and yet generally
benefit the TNC’s who remain large tax recipients. Effectively
powerless, the political structure in sovereign states will
have little alternative but to present to its citizens a facade of
being in control if it is to remain in power. Bereft of economic
muscle, old-fashioned real "muscle" (in the form of
soft-kill-technologies) are likely to become more meaningful to the
rule of law concept. It is therefore self evident that LTL weapons
will thus be directed at the "rebellious" poorer classes. The Mexican
"Zapatistas" are an early warning sign of how these socio-economic
factors are likely to impact in the future. Mexico today, the United
States tomorrow, and thereafter? See Noam
Chomsky’s World Orders Old and New for a more comprehensive analysis
of the TNC global phenomenon.
33) Especially some classes of EM weapons that are
viewed as having a capability to remotely modify behavior or attack
higher functions.
34) See Department of Defense Draft directive dated
January 1, 1995 outlining taking objectives for Non Lethal Weapons.
35) See Noam Chomsky’s and Edward Herman’s Manufacturing
Consent (Pantheon Books, New York, 1988). The authors exhaustingly
detail the widespread role of the media to propagandize "elitist"
objectives whilst downplaying or ignoring altogether "hard news" that
doesn’t fit the "propaganda model." As a result, domestic "consent" is
engineered both by the absence of information that doesn’t fit the
"model" and by exclusively featuring stories or hard news that do. The
impact of these techniques effectively restricts political and
economic debate, sidelining contrary viewpoints. Thus the authors
argue that democracy has already been replaced and that, de facto, a
one party state has been crafted.
36) This so called "soft kill" ability is politically
desirable.
by David G. Guyatt
david.g7@ukonline.co.uk