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Not For Profit - For Global Justice The Peoples Press - Powered By People - For People   "Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them." -- Justice Joseph Story : (1779-1845) US Supreme Court Justice 1833   "Our modern society is engaged in polishing and decorating the cage in which man is kept imprisoned." - -- Swami Nirmalananda - Source: Enlightened Anarchism   "The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference" : Bess Myerson   "Always stand on principle, even if you stand alone.": - John Quincy Adams - (1767-1848) 6th US President  March 30/31, 2017 Op-Ed If Aleppo Was a Crime Against Humanity, Isn't Mosul? By Evan W. Sandlin "Now it feels like the coalition is killing more people" than ISIS.  -http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46761.htm ========= Trump Is Killing Record Amounts of Civilians In The Middle East By Mike Redmond Trump has already demonstrated that he'll yank meals away from senior citizens if it'll buy a few more bullets.   - http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46762.htm ========= Let Them Eat Bombs Will Donald Trump Escalate the Devastating War and Hunger in Yemen?  By Medea Benjamin "Words cannot capture the extent of the suffering of the Yemeni people,"    - http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46759.htm ========= Trump's War on Terror Has Quickly Become as Barbaric and Savage as He Promised By Glenn Greenwald Trump has escalated the 16-year-old core premise of America's foreign policy - that it has the right to bomb any country in the world.   - http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46763.htm ========= This is a Russophobic Instrument Interview With Sergey Lavrov The founding fathers of the United States,- never suggested that the United States should impose, including by force, its values on others..   - http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46764.htm =========   The Next Phase in the War on BDS: Why Israel Detained Omar Barghouti By Ramzy Baroud Using threats, intimidation, cutting off of funds, the US and Israel have labored to silence criticism of Israel.   - http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46758.htm ========= Death at Your Door: Knock-and-Talk Police Tactics Rip a Hole in the Constitution By John W. Whitehead Clearly, we don't live in a democracy.  - http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46760.htm   Hard News       Bush/Blair legacy continues -  More Than 1,000 Civilians Reportedly Killed by U.S.-Led Airstrikes :   They are among the deadliest U.S. airstrikes in the region since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.  https://www.democracynow.org/2017/3/27/more_than_1_000_civilians_killed    U.S. military says difficult to avoid killing people in Mosul:   Votel, the head of U.S. Central Command, said there had been no change in the rules of engagement, but commanders closer to the fighting had been given more authority in order to reduce potential delays.  http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-mosul-usa-idUSKBN170283    Iraqi forces battle to Mosul mosque, 17 killed in Baghdad;   The close-quarters fighting is focused on the Old City surrounding the mosque, where Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed a caliphate nearly three years ago  http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-mosul-idUSKBN1700YW  Monitoring groups say US behind deadly air strike on Syrian dam:    Two Syrian monitoring groups say that a US-led coalition air strike was probably behind the killing of two local experts trying to repair a dam during a pause in fighting in the embattled Tabqa region of Syria  https://www.ft.com/content/f176a7ac-1469-11e7-80f4-13e067d5072c  Number of Syrian refugees surges in 2017;   UN report says Turkey now hosts nearly three million Syrians, with 47,000 more coming since February alone.  http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/03/number-syrian-refugees-passes-million-170330132040023.html  Assad fate up to Syrians to decide: US secretary of state:   The remarks are a significant departure from the position of the former US government, which made any resolution of the Syria crisis conditional on President Assad stepping down.  http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2017/03/30/516148/US-Syria-Rex-Tillerson-Bashar-Assad    Syria: Kurdish YPG fighters dominate Turkey-US talks;   'A number of options' for Raqqa military operation in Syria, but no agreement reached between Turks and Americans.  http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/03/syria-kurdish-ypg-fighters-dominate-turkey-talks-170330180959143.html  Saudi Air Raid Leaves 10 Civilians Dead in Yemen's Sa'ada :  Eight children and two women have lost their lives in a fresh Saudi aerial attack on Yemen's northwestern Sa'ada province.  https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2017/03/30/1366948/saudi-air-raid-leaves-10-civilians-dead-in-yemen-s-sa-ada  US Kills Four "Suspected" al Qaeda Members In Yemen:   The attack in Amqoz in the Moudiya district of Abyan province took place around midnight on Tuesday. Their vehicle was completely burned and the four bodies inside badly charred, they added.  http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-attacks-idUSKBN17010K  Donald Trump's Shift On Yemen Risks Plunging The Country Into Famine:   President Donald Trump may be on the brink of sparking a full-blown famine in Yemen ? all because of a subtle shift in messaging that risks effectively cutting off humanitarian relief to the war-torn nation.  http://www.huffingtonpost.com.mx/entry/trump-hodeidah-yemen-famine_us_58a88970e4b037d17d28610b  CENTCOM chief: 'Vital US interests at stake' in Yemen;   The White House is reportedly weighing deeper military involvement in the Yemeni slaughter alongside Middle Eastern allies  http://www.defensenews.com/articles/centcom-chief-vital-us-interests-at-stake-in-yemen  US military footprint grows in Middle East, with no endgame in sight:   Two months after the inauguration of President Trump, indications are mounting that the US military is deepening its involvement in a string of complex wars in the Middle East  http://tinyurl.com/mqljgat  Trump Administration Drops Human Rights in Bahrain F-16 Deal:   The Trump administration has told US Congress it plans to approve a multibillion-dollar sale of F-16 fighter jets to Bahrain without the human rights conditions imposed by the State Department under President Barack Obama.  https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2017/03/30/1366972/trump-administration-drops-human-rights-in-bahrain-f-16-deal  Top US general calls for military action against Iran:  The top American commander in the Middle East, General Joseph Votel, yesterday branded Iran as the "greatest long-term threat to stability" in the region and called for steps, including military action, to disrupt Iranian influence  http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/03/30/iran-m30.html  Apartheid Israel delays cancer treatment for Gaza children ;   In some urgent cases, Israel has blocked patients from traveling for periods of three or four months, Thabet added.  https://electronicintifada.net/content/israel-delays-cancer-treatment-gaza-children/20001  Israel: The house of hate:   Systemic hatred and violence have worked their way into the very marrow of the Israeli state.  http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/03/israel-house-hate-170330090335986.html  Video shows far-right Jews beating protesters outside AIPAC;   Members of the Jewish Defense League filmed kicking, assaulting a Palestinian-American man lying on the ground  http://www.timesofisrael.com/video-shows-far-right-jews-beating-protesters-at-aipac/  Democratic and Republican leaders Offer Partisan Shots At AIPAC Conference:   Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., read aloud a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to reaffirm support for the two-state solution signed virtually only by Democrats - and drafted by AIPAC's rival, J Street  http://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/party-leaders-offer-partisan-shots-at-aipac-conference/  27 ISIS militants killed in Afghan commandos operations and airstrikes:  The provincial police commandment earlier reported that 24 Taliban insurgents including four senior leaders of the group were killed in an airstrike in Ghani Khel district last night.  https://www.khaama.com/27-isis-militants-killed-in-afghan-commandos-operations-and-airstrikes-02472  Taliban Claims to Control 34 Districts in Afghanistan;   The insurgent group claims to contest 167 more, many in southern, western and northern Afghanistan.  http://thediplomat.com/2017/03/taliban-claims-to-control-34-districts-in-afghanistan/  Kashmir : 3 Youth Killed in firing by Indian Forces;   At least three civilians were killed and about 28 people were also injured in Tuesday's demonstration that followed a gun battle at the home in the southern town of Chadoora, where the suspected fighter was killed, police and witnesses said.  http://sikhsiyasat.net/2017/03/30/extra-force-deployed-kashmir-valley-3-youth-killed-firing-indian-forces/  South Korean court says approves warrant for arrest of ousted leader Park Geun-hye;  A South Korean court said on Friday it had approved a warrant to arrest ousted president Park Geun-hye, who was removed from office in March over allegations of bribery.  http://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-politics-idUSKBN17107B  Putin says claims that Russia interfered in US elections are 'lies':   "All those things are fictional, illusory and provocations, lies. All these are used for domestic American political agendas."  http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/30/putin-russia-trump-us-elections-lies.html  Propaganda alert:  NATO commander calls for more US troops in Europe to deter Russia:    The top U.S. general in Europe said Tuesday he needs more troops and high-tech surveillance platforms to counter an increasingly belligerent Russia  http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/nato-commander-calls-for-more-us-troops-in-europe-to-deter-russia/article/2618636  U.S. Senate backs Montenegro's membership in NATO:   Secretary of State Rex Tillerson wrote to the leaders of the Senate this month to say Montenegro's membership in NATO was "strongly in the interests of the United States."  http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-nato-montenegro-idUSKBN16Z2UG    Cyber Firm Rewrites Part of Disputed Russian Hacking Report :   The challenges to CrowdStrike's credibility are significant because the firm was the first to link last year's hacks of Democratic Party computers to Russian actors  http://www.voanews.com/a/crowdstrike-comey-russia-hack-dnc-clinton-trump/3776067.html  German government explores 8 alternatives to its Turkish airbase - report;  "The review of alternative sites to the Turkish aircraft base Incirlik found that, from a military perspective, locations in Jordan, Kuwait and Cyprus were available," the government said  https://www.rt.com/news/382765-german-base-turkey-alternatives/  EU peacekeepers ready to intervene in Bosnia in case of new strife:    The European Union peacekeeping force (EUFOR) in Bosnia warned its political leaders on Tuesday it was prepared to intervene at short notice should violence resume  https://www.yahoo.com/news/eu-peacekeepers-ready-intervene-bosnia-case-strife-144120391.html  US considers 100% tariffs on EU goods as Trump ramps up trade WAR:  DONALD Trump has ramped up tension between the US and EU as his administration threatens to impose 100 per cent tariffs on European goods.  http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/785893/US-European-Union-trade-100-per-cent-tariff-battle-beef-Donald-Trump  EU could BREAK UP the US: Juncker in jaw-dropping threat to Trump over support for Brexit;   EUROPEAN Union boss Jean-Claude Juncker this afternoon issued a jaw-dropping threat to the United States  http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/785813/European-Union-EU-boss-threatens-break-up-US-retaliation-Trump-Brexit-support  "Trauma on Trauma on Trauma":  For Refugee Children, the Journey Is Only the Beginning  http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/40006-trauma-on-trauma-on-trauma-for-refugee-children-the-journey-is-only-the-beginning  Iranian Woman Visiting US Detained, Jailed Despite Tourist Visa:  "How can they treat us like that?" Leila Ahranjani told local news station KATU. "Imagine you want to go visit a country, you get off the plane, you're excited to see your nieces after five, six years and then they take her."  http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Iranian-Woman-Visiting-US-Detained-Jailed-Despite-Tourist-Visa-20170329-0031.html  Canadians Report More Scrutiny And Rejection At U.S. Border Checkpoints:  Church volunteers on their way from Ontario to New Jersey were stopped at the U.S.-Canada border and turned away. So were Canadian nurses who work at a hospital in Detroit.  http://www.npr.org/2017/03/29/521920595/canadians-report-more-scrutiny-and-rejection-at-u-s-border-checkpoints    Americans increasingly refused entry to Canada, documents show:    30,233 Americans were turned away when attempting to enter Canada in 2016. In 2015, 23,052 people were turned back, representing an increase of 31 per cent in one year.  https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/03/29/americans-increasingly-refused-entry-to-canada-documents-show.html  Senator Aims to End Phone Searches at Airports and Borders:   "Folks are going to be less likely to travel freely to the US with the devices they need if they don't feel their sensitive business information is going to be safe at the border," Wyden said Tuesday  http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/03/ron-wyden-search-phones-border-airports  Federal judge in Hawaii extends court order blocking Trump travel ban:   A federal judge in Hawaii indefinitely extended on Wednesday an order blocking enforcement of President Donald Trump's revised ban on travel to the United States from six predominantly Muslim countries.  https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/03/30/federal-judge-in-hawaii-extends-court-order-blocking-trump-trave/22017977/  Filling the swamp:  U.S. Air Force Secretary Pick Has Stock In 16 Defense Contractors;    Sandia benefited from her insider knowledge and used it to craft strategy so that the company could win a noncompetitive contract to continue its work on nuclear weapons.  http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/u-s-air-force-secretary-pick-has-stock-in-16-defense-c-1793724696?  2 White House officials helped give Nunes intelligence reports, according to the New York Times;   The Times identified the White House officials as "Ezra Cohen-Watnick, and Michael Ellis, a lawyer who works on national security issues at the White House Counsel's Office.  https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/03/30/2-white-house-officials-helped-give-nunes-intelligence-reports/22019009/  Dollar Tumbles On Report Trump Studying Ways To "Penalize Currency Manipulators":   The yen, euro and yuan snapped higher, following a CNBC report according to which the Trump administration is studying ways to penalize countries whose currencies it believes are undervalued.  http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-03-30/dollar-tumbles-report-trump-studying-ways-penalize-currency-manipulators  What a load of bull:  Nikki Haley Calls United Nations Human Rights Council 'So Corrupt':  The American envoy to the United Nations, Nikki R. Haley, described the United States on Wednesday as the "moral conscience" of the world, and she dismissed the United Nations Human Rights Council as "so corrupt" .  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/world/nikki-haley-un-human-rights-council-corrupt.html  House Republicans Launch a New Assault on the EPA:   The story of the man who imperiled his country with pseudoscience designed to please a politician seemed particularly relevant during a day filled with Republican efforts to provide scientific cover for a range of unscientific policies.  https://theintercept.com/2017/03/30/house-republicans-launch-a-new-assault-on-the-epa/  With Washington's Blessing, Telecom Giants Can Mine Your Web History:   Congress's repeal of FCC privacy rules could be data boon for Verizon, Comcast, AT&T  https://www.wsj.com/articles/with-washingtons-blessing-telecom-giants-can-mine-your-web-history-1490869801  Internet users raise funds to buy lawmakers' browsing histories in protest:  Internet users are fighting back after Congress voted to block Obama-era internet privacy protections. Fundraising campaigns have so far raised more than $215,000 to purchase and reveal lawmakers' browsing histories.  http://thehill.com/policy/technology/326462-internet-users-raise-more-than-200000-to-buy-lawmakers-browsing-histories  Are Congressional Republicans Ready to Dump Trump? :   Three officials break ranks, as the Senate vows to take up charges of collusion and money laundering.  http://www.alternet.org/are-congressional-republicans-ready-dump-trump?  Napolitano returns to Fox, stands by spying claim:  TV analyst still says Brits spied on Trump  http://www.kerngoldenempire.com/entertainment/napolitano-returns-to-fox-stands-by-spying-claim/682797208   "Let us be peace and joy"    Tom Feeley   Cost Of War   Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq "1,455,590" Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq:  4,886 Number Of  International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 3,486 Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan Total Cost of Wars Since 2001        1,752,223,951,097               http://www.costofwar.com/ Quick Links... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our Website More About Us Email: emailtom@cox.net Contact Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Phone:San Diego USA 619-407-7054 ************************* Having trouble viewing this email? CLICK HERE Hawai`i Free Press  Today's News Read March 26, 2017 Prince Kuhio's Fight to Americanize Hawaii ...the homestead associations he championed in his first decade of service were multi-ethnic groups seeking the fee-simple ownership of land promised in the Hawaii Organic Act.... read more Office of Hawaiian Affairs Ratifies Independent Audit ...Trustee Keli'i Akina appointed to chair audit committee.... read more On Sister Isles--Working Class Whites Dying of Despair ...Hawaii joins a nationwide trend under Obama--sharp increase in deaths by drugs, alcohol, and suicide.... read more Fukumoto Quits GOP: 'Seeking Membership in Democratic Party' ..."Ultimately, it will be up to Democrats to decide if they want to accept me or not...." read more Who Interned Beth Fukumoto's Grandfather? ... Its somebody you know .... read more Rep Andria Tupola to Run for Republican Party Chair? ...Ms. Tupola said, "Every single past leader has told me, 'You won't succeed unless you fix the party.''.... read more HSTA Operative: We Made Ige, We Can Destroy Him ...union members frequently turned out on short notice to sign-wave for Ige and otherwise make the impossible possible in defeating Neil Abercrombie.... read more Dealers' Moldy Salmonella-Infected Marijuana Kept Waiting by State Bureaucracy ...heavy metals, mold, e coli, salmonella.... read more SB1183: House Reinstates Massive Rail Tax Hike ...The 'skim' is back--and spreads to HIDOT.... read more Taxes, Taxes, and More Taxes SB1183: Rail Tax Hike, Skim is Back for DOTAX & HIDOT HB552: Obamacare Mandate Tax for Hawaii Honolulu Council 'Rats Approve Garbage Tax, Bus Fare Hikes  Bill 7 A Massive Property Tax Hike.... read more HB209 and SB648 -- Two Income Tax Hikes on the Move ... 11 percent income tax rate ... read more Two Versions: Legal or Illegal TVRs to Be Taxed? ...One bill says platforms that do so would have to ensure operators comply with land use laws--The other doesn't.... read more Yes, Toto, Tourists Also Pay Real Property Tax ...this study appeared to be an outgrowth of a move by our teachers' union.... read more HIDOT Airports Div Red Tape: Theater of the Absurd ...For a second year in a row, legislation is moving at the Capitol that would shift oversight of Hawaii's 15 airports away from the state Department of Transportation to a new airport authority.... read more Being Hypnotized by HART? ...the Honolulu rail boondoggle, Hoopili traffic impacts, smart city street intersections and rapid transit with Panos Prevedouros.... read more Public-Private Partnerships: Study Examines New Options for Rail ..."Due to the at-risk private capital, Public-Private Partnerships often result in lower costs, less risk, and faster delivery.... read more Hawaii Co Ag Property Tax Rate up 48.2% ...If the county truly supports sustainable agriculture, says Fred Housel, it will lower the tax rate on agricultural property.... read more Double Food Production? Failed Central Planning Thrives in Hawaii ...When Governor Ige first announced his plan to double local food production, people wondered.... read more Omidyar Wins by Losing: Kauai Court Ruling Forces Farms to File EIS ...By voluntarily filing an EIS for his dairy farm on Kauai, Omidyar has now brought about a court ruling for the first time ever mandating EIS for farmers statewide.... read more Feds to Reopen Papahanaumokuakea to Fishing? ... WESPAC asks Trump to dismantle part of the Obama legacy .... read more After Attempt to Steal Property, State May Owe Developer $200M ...including a new requirement in late 2007 to produce an environmental impact statement in the wake of a legal ruling tied to the Hawaii Superferry.... read more Victory! -- Assisted Suicide Loses in Hawaii ...Mass legalization of assisted suicide is not inevitable.... read more Maui Man Stabs Girlfriend to Death Because She Refused Abortion ...Charli Scott, was five months pregnant with their unborn child when she was killed.... read more Hawaii Family Forum Legislative Week in Review ...Bully Bill Advances Out of Health Committee.... read more Immigration: 9th Circuit Judge Warns Against 'Judicial Psychoanalysis' ...Applying campaign statements when interpreting law "sows chaos," said Judge Alex Kozinski, who has been on the 9th Circuit since 1985....  read more Do Muslims Have a Property Interest in US Visas? ...looking for the "real" motive behind a government action seems an awful lot alike to us? Our old friend, pretext in eminent domain.... read more 'Sanctuary State?'-Hawaii Dems Pass Toothless Resolution to Fool Base ...Hawaii island police Maj. Sam Thomas said in an interview he believes the resolution is "somewhat shortsighted." Thomas cited the case of undocumented immigrant Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, who allegedly shot 32-year-old Katie Steinle on a San Francisco pier in 2015.... read more Signer of Anti-Trump Letter Withdraws From Hawaii Military Think Tank ...The action followed a Thursday report in the Washington Times revealing that Cronin had signed a letter in March 2016 along with 121 other former Republican national security officials opposing Trump's presidential bid.... read more Hawaii is in North Korea's Crosshairs with no Real Defense ...There are two major courses of action that can be followed.... read more Hawaii Missile Defense Now ...Defending Hawaii must be a priority for the Trump administration, Congress, and the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency.... read more Homeless Tent City: DLNR Removes 'Tons of Debris' from Diamond Head ...Seven People Cited So Far During Cleanup & Enforcement Operation.... read more Supreme Court: IDEA Requires 'Ambitious' Education Plan for Disabled Children ...Maybe the Hawaii DoE will stop suing disabled children now?.... read more College Readiness: How Did Your School Do? ...College and Career Readiness Indicators Report (CCRI) for the Class of 2016.... read more Statewide 2017 HS Graduation Dates ...The Hawaii State Department of Education announced its 2017 graduation dates for public and charter schools statewide.... read more FEATURED ARTICLES Murthy: I Can Complete Elevated Rail Without Tax Hike The Radical Ties of Hawaii Imam Behind Trump Immigration Lawsuit Lawyer: OHA Transferred Waimea Valley to Private Company Controlled by CEO Crabbe A Short History of Islam in Hawaii Change Orders: Redesign Rail Columns so they Don't Collapse Under Weight of Stations 'Unindicted Co-conspirator' Owns Manoa Mosque Senate Devises Property Tax Bait n Switch to Help $500M HSTA Slush Fund Pass Vote Dissent: Five Ninth Circuit Judges Rebuke Court's Immigration Ruling How Paid Home Care leads to Union Membership Scam How to fix Hawaii's pension problem GE Tax: Audit Shows Tourists pay only 14.1% of Rail Surcharge "This is what we've done to Kauai now. You can't even have a farm on ag land." Former Omidyar 'Journalist' Charged with Threats Against Jewish Centers Fox News Video: How your tax dollars are being wasted on a railway in Hawaii How Would You Fix OHA? DLNR Finally Gets Around to Firing Rapist Cop Son of HGEA President Trump Should Rescind Obama's Hawaiian Government Rule Honolulu Neighborhood Board--List of Contested Races and Candidates Race-based voting overturned on Guam - after six years Hawaii has the longest permit approval process in the country OHA LLCs-A License to Self-Deal Hawaii Hires Al Qaeda's Best Lawyer to Lead Suit Against Trump North Korea Could Soon Launch Attack on Hawaii Use CRA to Repeal Dept. of Interior Rule that Tries to Force Fake Indian Tribe on Hawaii HCR103: State lawmakers want cost comparison of street level versus elevated rail system New Study Details Driving Forces of Hawaii's Unfunded Liability Crisis DBEDT Report Designed to Help HSTA Write Slush Fund into Constitution? Senate Approves Assisted Suicide and Mandatory Abortion Promotion-How They Voted HB790: Sue Farmers to Death Quick Links Register for email updates now   HawaiiFreePress .com   Contact Hawai`i Free Press Hawai`i Free Press Inc, Post Office Box 61761, Honolulu, HI 96839 Cults and Child Abuse: Warning! This Essay Contains Highly Disturbing, Yet Well Researched Information Inbox x PEERS emaillist@peerservice.org via aweber.com  3:08 AM (22 hours ago) to me Join the 14,396 informed, caring subscribers to this list (two emails/week) Subscribe here The Mission of WantToKnow.info: To provide our readers with reliable, verifiable information on major cover-ups, and to serve as a call to work together for the good of all This message is also available online at this link. We're US $1,900 in the red for 2017. Please make a donation. Support us by using this amazon.com link at no extra charge to you. Dear WantToKnow.info friends, Warning! The essay below contains the most disturbing, yet well researched information you are likely to ever come across. Yet it is absolutely vital information if we want to build a brighter future. Should you choose to read it, you will learn about secret societies literally hell-bent on controlling the destiny of humankind. You will find undeniable evidence of Satanic cults which teach that rape and murder are virtuous acts, and they practice what they preach. Rogue elements of government are involved. Links in footnotes are provided to reliable sources to verify all that is presented. If you are committed to making a difference in our world, this is required reading. Yet if parts of this tragic story are too much to stomach, you are advised to skip those while still retaining the general idea of what is being communicated. Open to guidance on how much of this is best for you to read, and ask for help in digesting and integrating this very dark material. 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Cults and Child Abuse By Timothy Silver * * * * The Finders On Feb. 8, 1987, the New York Times ran a story about a little known cult called “The Finders.” The article raises disturbing questions about this group: “Police officials here said today that six disheveled children found in Tallahassee, Fla., might be the offspring of members of a little known cult, but the officials said they had not ruled out the possibility of kidnapping. ... It appeared that the children had been transported across state lines in possible violation of Federal laws. The evidence indicated that children were involved in rituals. Police spokesman Scott Hunt ... said the Finders cult might have been accustomed to selling or smuggling the children of its members out of the country.”449 Who were these "Finders," and what were they doing transporting six undocumented children across the country? According to an article in the Chicago Tribune, two of the children, who ranged in age from two to six years old, were found to show signs of sexual abuse.450 The Finders had long been a topic of discussion for locals, who were naturally concerned about the cult in their midst. The Washington City Paper described the Finders as such: “In appearance, the Finders—mostly middle-aged men, always in dark suits—wouldn’t be out of place managing a local funeral home. But the behavior of the handful of adherents has people wondering whether they arrived by flying saucer. Townspeople say the Finders constantly walk the streets, following people home and taking extensive notes and pictures. They often appear at local council meetings, never saying a word but simply observing the scene. At other times, they plunder the visitor’s center of brochures, maps, and local travel guides. And they haunt the courthouse, scouring land deeds to find out who owns the local real estate.”451 The Washington City Paper goes on to address the shocking specter of the alleged Satanist practices of the cult with the startling revelation: “But among all the cryptic inventory, cops found a photo album entitled “The Execution of Henrietta and Igor,” a series of snapshots depicting berobed adults and children slaughtering goats in a wintry woodscape. One photo depicted giggling toddlers pulling dead kids from a womb (“Baby goats!” ran the caption); another showed a grinning adult presenting a goat’s head to a startled child.”452 One US News and World Report article states: “The more the police learned about the Finders, the more bizarre they seemed: There were suggestions of child abuse, Satanism, dealing in pornography and ritualistic animal slaughter. None of the allegations was ever proved, however. The child abuse charges against the two men in Tallahassee were dropped.”453 The children were apparently en route to Mexico, to what the children described as a school for 'smart kids'. It was noted in a customs report that the children were unable to accurately identify themselves or their custodians, could not identify the purpose of telephones, toilets or televisions, and were only given food 'as a reward'.454 These shocking developments led to a raid on the Finders compound by the U.S. Customs Service. The Feb. 12, 1987 report produced after the raid is astounding: “During the execution of the warrant at 3918/20 W Street., I was able to observe and access the entire building. I saw large quantities of children's clothing and toys. The clothing consisted of diapers and clothes in the toddler to preschool range. No children were found on the premises.” “Cursory examination of the documents revealed detailed instructions for obtaining children for unspecified purposes. The instructions included the impregnation of female members of the community known as the Finders, purchasing children, trading and kidnapping.” “One such telex specifically ordered the purchase of two children in Hong Kong to be arranged through a contact in the Chinese Embassy there. Another telex expressed interest in 'bank secrecy' situations. Other documents identified interests in high-tech transfers to the United Kingdom, numerous properties under control of the Finders, a keen interest in terrorism, explosives and evasion of authorities.” “There was also a set of instructions which appeared to be broadcast via a computer network which advised participants to move 'the children' and to keep them moving through different jurisdictions, and instructions on how to avoid police attention.” “I was able to observe numerous documents which described explicit sexual conduct between members of the community known as Finders. I also saw a large collection of photographs of unidentified persons. Some of the photographs were nudes, believed to be members of Finders. There were numerous photos of children, some nude, at least one of which was a child 'on display' and appearing to accent the child's genitals.” “One of the officers presented me with a photo album for review. The album contained a series of photos of adults and children dressed in white sheets participating in a 'blood ritual'. The ritual centered around the execution of at least two goats. The photos portrayed the execution, disembowelment and dismemberment of the goats at the hands of the children. This included the removal of the testes of the male goat, the discovery of the female goats 'womb' and the 'baby goats' inside the womb, and the presentation of the goat head to one of the children.” “The warehouse contained a large library, two kitchens, a sauna, hot tub, and a 'video room'. The video room seemed to be set up as an indoctrination center. It also appeared that the organization had the capability to produce its own videos. There were what appeared to be training areas for the children and what appeared to be an altar set up in a residential area of the warehouse. Many jars of feces and urine were located in this area.” – USCS Report of Investigation Continuation, filed by Special Agent Ramon J. Martinez, March 2, 1987455 A follow up report revealed the most shocking detail of the entire Finders case: “I was advised that all of the passport data had been turned over to the State Department for their investigation. The State Department in turn advised MPD (D.C. Metropolitan Police Department) that all travel and use of passports by the holders of the passports was within the law and no action would be taken. This included travel to Moscow, North Korea and North Vietnam from the late 1950's to the early 1970's. The individual further advised me of circumstances which indicated that the investigation into the Finders had become a CIA internal matter. The MPD report has been classified and is not available for review. I was advised that the FBI had withdrawn from the investigation several weeks prior and that the FBI Foreign Counter Intelligence Division had directed the MPD not to advise the FBI Washington Field Office of anything that had transpired.”456 After the Finders investigation became a 'CIA internal matter', no action against the Finders was ever taken, and the case has largely faded from public memory. Not everyone was content with the investigation simply 'ending'. Florida congressman Tom Lewis was quoted in a December 1993 U.S. News & World Report article as saying: “'Could our own government have something to do with this Finders organization and turned their backs on these children? That's what all the evidence points to," says Lewis. "And there's a lot of evidence. I can tell you this: We've got a lot of people scrambling, and that wouldn't be happening if there was nothing here.'”457 Digging by the media could only produce one confirmed connection: A firm which operated as a 'front organization' for the CIA providing officers with computer training employed several members of the Finders. The Washington Times reported: “Other Customs Service documents and records from the FBI and Metropolitan Police provide indications that the CIA had links to the Finders or at least to some of the group’s members. A Metropolitan Police document dated Feb. 19, 1987, quotes a CIA agent as confirming that his agency was sending its personnel to "a Finders Corp., Future Enterprises, for training in computer operations." And a later Customs Service report says that the CIA "admitted to owning the Finders organization as a front for a domestic computer training operation but that it had ’gone bad.’”458 The CIA has denied any connection to the Finders. 449 New York Times, “Inquiry Spreads on 6 Children and Cult,” February 8, 1987 450 Chicago Tribune, “2 Cult Children Show Signs Of Sex Abuse,” February 9, 1987 451 Washington City Paper, “Finders Keeper,” May 24, 1996 452 Ibid. 453 U.S. News & World Report, “Through a Glass, Very Darkly,” December 19, 1993. Note that U.S. News & World Report for some reason deleted all of its archives prior to 2007. 454 USCS report available here. 455 Ibid. 456 Ibid. 457 U.S. News & World Report, “Through a Glass, Very Darkly,” December 19, 1993. Note that U.S. News & World Report for some reason deleted all of its archives prior to 2007. 458 The Washington Times, “CIA tied to cult accused of abuse; Justice probes links to Finders,” December 17, 1993. Also reported by Associated Press, "Justice Department Looking at Alleged CIA Ties to Commune," December 17, 1993 * * * * Presidio On November 16, 1987, a New York Times article glibly revealed a shocking statistic: in a three year period from 1984 to 1987, over 30 different military bases were rocked by child abuse scandals, including West Point and Fort Dix.459 This statement came on the heels of a massive scandal that was taking place in San Francisco, at a military base named Presidio. “A Federal grand jury in San Francisco spent 10 months investigating abuse allegations surrounding the Presidio center, and almost 100 children were examined for physical or psychological signs of sexual abuse. At least four children were discovered to have chlamydia, a sexually transmitted disease.” – New York Times The San Jose Mercury described the West Point scandal and its relation to ritual abuse in chilling detail: “There had been sex abuse cases involving day care centers at several other Army bases. West Point was one of the most serious – until the Presidio. In July 1984, a 3-year-old girl was brought to the emergency room at West Point Hospital with a lacerated vagina. The child told the doctor who examined her that a teacher at the West Point day care center was the one who hurt her... Children at West Point told stories that would become horrifyingly familiar. They said they had been ritually abused. They said they had had excrement smeared on their bodies and been forced to eat feces and drink urine. They said they were taken away from the day care center and photographed.” – San Jose Mercury News460 The Presidio that the San Jose Mercury News and New York Times mentioned is a military base located in San Francisco. It became the subject of one of the strangest and sickening child abuse scandals in American history. In 1987, some parents whose children attended the Presidio day care center began to notice signs of abuse in their children, who began acting strangely, using sexually provocative language and sexually inappropriate behavior. Upon taking their children to the hospital, it was revealed that they also suffered an array of physical symptoms showing clear cases of sexual abuse. When authorities would not act, the parents directly contacted the parents of other kids at the center and the result was shocking: 60 children had clear physical signs of abuse and 4 had contracted Chlamydia. Some were only infants. The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry wrote an extensive analysis of the victims of the Presidio. They stated: “The severity of the trauma for children at the Presidio was immediately manifest in clear cut symptoms. Before the abuse was exposed, parents had already noticed the following changes in their children: vaginal discharge, genital soreness, rashes, fear of the dark, sleep disturbances, nightmares, sexually provocative language, and sexually inappropriate behavior. In addition, the children were exhibiting other radical changes in behavior, including temper outbursts, sudden mood shifts, and poor impulse control. All these behavioral symptoms are to be expected in preschool children who have been molested.”461 The U.S. Army was in no hurry to investigate the claims of child abuse. It took them 12 days to form a strategy group, and nearly a month passed before they notified other parents of the day care that child abuse allegations had been made. Although it is normal procedure to shut down a government daycare after such allegations, the Presidio Daycare Center remained open for nearly a year. By then, 59 other victims between the ages of three and seven were identified.462 Reports of a satanic cult being housed within the military base had apparently surfaced many years earlier. Military Police had investigated some buildings after reports of a man dressed all in black holding a little girl's hand had been reported. An MP was recorded as saying: “We kicked the door open and here's this nice little bedroom. In a corner was a mannequin with a gun aimed at the door. On the left side there was a bunk against the wall. There was a pentagram on the floor, a huge one. There were dolls' heads all over the ceiling, just off-the-wall stuff... We were sitting there, we've got a cult on the Presidio of San Francisco and nobody cares about it. We were told by the provost marshal to just forget about it.”463 On the Autumnal equinox of 1987, an occult day of importance, fire would strike a building adjacent to the day care, destroying many records relating to the center. A month later, fire would destroy the day care center itself. The ATF found that the causes of both fires had been arson, contrary to the Armies own investigation which claimed faulty wiring.464 Only one man would ever have charges brought against him: Gary Hambright, a civilian employee who oversaw the daycare center. However, the prosecution bungled the case, bringing to trial only the children who 'would make the best witnesses' and leaving out the most prolific examples of physical abuse, such as those with rectal lesions and missing hymens. The judge presiding over the case deemed the charges as 'too vague' and Hambright walked free. No other persons were charged and the US government quietly closed the case against Presidio itself.465 The lawyer for the Presidio was Joseph Russoniello, who also defended the United States government during the Iran/Contra trials.466 At one point in the investigation, it was revealed that another man was being investigated by the police: Lieutenant Colonel Michael Aquino, military intelligence specialist. Army documents and child testimony showed that children from the day care center regularly took trips outside of the center, and many children were able to accurately identify what the inside of Aquino's house looked like. Investigators searched Aquino's house and retrieved thousands of videos and photographs, and found what appeared to be a soundproof room, but charges were never brought against him.467 Who exactly is Michael Aquino? It turns out he is an important piece of the puzzle. Aquino is openly a Satanist, who founded his own church called the Temple of Set. He coauthored the highly controversial document “Mindwar” in 1980, which would define the strategy and importance of Psychological Operations, aka PSYOPS, for the Department of Defense from that point forward. In 'Mindwar', Aquino argues that the reason for the failure in Vietnam was not tactical, but rather the United States simply lost the war of information, being unable to turn the Vietnamese to their cause and unable to convince the domestic public of the importance of the war.468 Aquino proposes a new look at PSYOPS, claiming that it ought to be at the very forefront of the war effort, the very first and the most important technique employed as soon as conflict is deemed inevitable. No longer would 'tactical propaganda' such as leaflets and loudspeakers on the battlefield suffice, instead a vast array of propaganda and coercion techniques are needed. This goes beyond what we traditionally think of propaganda, such as planted news stories or front organizations like those in the infamous Operation Mockingbird. He also advocates 'Mindwar' on American citizens. “MindWar must target all participants if it is to be effective. It must not only weaken the enemy; it must strengthen the United States.” Immediately afterwards is a disturbing justification on the use of PSYOPS on Americans: “Under existing United States law, PSYOP units may not target American citizens. That prohibition is based upon the presumption that “propaganda” is necessarily a lie or at least a misleading half-truth, and that the government has no right to lie to the people. The Propaganda Ministry of Goebbels must not be a part of the American way of life. Quite right, and so it must be axiomatic of MindWar that it always speaks the truth. Its power lies in its ability to focus recipients’ attention on the truth of the future as well as that of the present. MindWar thus involves the stated promise of the truth that the United States has resolved to make real if it is not already so.” So there is virtually no law barring the use of 'Mindwar' on Americans, because if it is not yet the truth, the Department of Defense will make it the 'truth'. Perhaps most terrifying is Aquino's insistence that: “There are some purely natural conditions under which minds may become more or less receptive to ideas, and MindWar should take full advantage of such phenomena as atmospheric electromagnetic activity, air ionization, and extremely low frequency waves.” Consider the magnitude of this statement, imagine the Department of Defense manipulating domestic and foreign persons with Extremely Low Frequency waves to alter their political and moral dispositions to align with the interests of the United States. It sheds light on a statement Aquino makes in the beginning of the document: “Psychotronic research is in its infancy, but the U.S. Army already possesses an operational weapons systems designed to do what [Lieutenant Colonel John] Alexander would like ESP to do – except that this weapons system uses existing communications media. It seeks to map the minds of neutral and enemy individuals and then to change them in accordance with U.S. national interests. It does this on a wide scale, embracing military units, regions, nations, and blocs.” Psychotronics, as defined by Aquino himself, is 'intelligence and operational use of ESP.' In the simplest terms, the Department of Defense has the capability to map a persons brain waves, and then use techniques such as ELF (Extremely Low Frequency Waves) to alter that persons brainwaves to a pattern more conducive to United States interests. This is the technique that Aquino is advocating to be used on domestic citizens, in the most defining thesis in PSYOPs history. And remember this paper was published 34 years ago. Where is the technology today? As an important side note, Franklin victim Paul Bonacci (see section below) once identified Michael Aquino as an associate of convicted felon Larry King.469 Rusty Nelson at one point identified Michael Aquino as the man to whom he had seen Larry King once turn over a suitcase full of cash and bonds.470 In addition, Michael Aquino has been implicated in various other daycare and military installation child abuse scandals. One important example is the abuse case at the Jubilation Day Care Center at Fort Bragg, where multiple children positively identified Aquino as an abuser out of a video lineup of men dressed exactly like him.471 Editor's Note: Watch this revealing video of Col. Michael Aquino wearing a Satanic outfit defending Satanism on the Geraldo show in 1988. Why is this man allowed to influence military policy? 459 New York Times, “Army Will Close Child-Care Center,” November 16, 1987 460 San Jose Mercury News, “Army of the Night,” July 24, 1988 461 American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, “PRESCHOOL CHILD SEX ABUSE: The Aftermath of the Presidio Case,” April 1992 462 San Jose Mercury News, “Army of the Night,” July 24, 1988 463 Ibid. 464 Ibid. 465 San Jose Mercury News, “Abuse Case at Presidio Quietly Closed by US,” April 19, 1988 466 New York Times, “Moonlighting,” September 27, 1998 467 San Jose Mercury News, “Army of the Night,” July 24, 1988 468 Lt. Col. Michael Aquino, “Mindwar,” (10 pages, PDF Warning) 469 Court Transcripts, “Paul Bonacci vs. Lawrence E. King” 470 Executive Intelligence Review, “Stunning breakthrough reached in Nebraska satanic pedophile case,” March 19, 1999 (PDF Warning) 471 David McGowan, “The Pedophocracy.” * * * * Satanism in Franklin, Nebraska Two primary witnesses in the Franklin proceedings, Paul Bonacci and Loretta Smith, neither of whom knew each other, both told stories of being sexually abused at the hands of satanic cults operating in Nebraska. The Douglas County grand jury acknowledged that the allegations in the Franklin case "necessitated our studying satanic and pedophile activity in eastern Nebraska, particularly in the Omaha metropolitan area."472 Loretta Smith's testimony would be sealed by the Douglas County Grand Jury, but references in the Grand Jury Final Report shed some light on what she discussed: “In 1988 an Omaha girl, who was an inpatient at Richard Young Hospital, described a number of gruesome cult activities which she claimed to have witnessed between the approximate ages of 9 and 12.... According to the girl, she became involved in a cult where older male members sexually molested her and killed infants and children to establish their dominance over other cult members.” Both Smith and Paul Bonacci claimed to have seen Larry King present at some rituals. Paul Bonacci wrote in his written history that King picked him up after school one day: "...and took me to the Triangle which is in a wooded area in Sarpy County. I witnessed a sacrifice of a human baby boy. Everyone was chanting and it was a yearly ritual around the time of Christ's birth to pervert the blood of Christ. They used daggers and cut the boy and filled a cup with his blood and mixed urine in it and forced all of us to drink from the cup and chant 'Satan is Lord Lucifer our King. Realm of darkness come now empower us your slaves.' Then they all began to chant some weird sounds and I got scared and was threatened I'd become the next sacrifice if I told anyone about it." One of the names on the 'suspicious death list' surrounding the Franklin Scandal is Kathleen Sorenson, who took in the children who fled from the Webb family among many other abused children. Sorenson gave a stunning report to a Christian television channel which aired in Nebraska in 1989, based on her experiences with over 30 abused foster children who spent months or years in her home. It provides an eye-opening introduction to a shocking phenomenon known as ritual abuse. The claims without further documentation certainly seem to be fantastical, so I urge the reader to suspend their disbelief until after the empirical evidence of extreme abuse has been fully discussed: “We got involved and learned about this subject because we were foster parents and worked with a number of children. And several years back, several of the children began, after a period of time and building up trust, to talk about some very bizarre events that had happened in their past, and they were frightening and very confusing. I really didn't know what to think. We went to the police, and we went to social services, and there was really nothing anyone could do. These children we worked with are now adopted in safe homes and probably would never have talked had they not felt able to trust the people they were living with. There are certain things that are in common in the children's stories when we talk about devil worship... There are things that come up in every single story, such as candles. They all talk about sex. Sex is without a doubt a part of every area of this – all sorts of perverted sex. That is what you will first hear, about the sex, about the incest, and it is so hard to believe. But once we get that, we have learned that we can go on and ask and find out... and it will involve pornography; that is always part of it. Part of the reason is that they can use that to threaten the children. "We have pictures. We will show the police if you talk." It makes the children feel that they are in great danger, and they are all very frightened of the law. They talk about the garish makeup that the people in the group wear. They talk about singing that they didn't understand. Obviously that is chanting, and that has come up in every one of these stories, and none of them call it chanting. There will be dancing. Most often that will involve sexual acts. There will always be a leader and they will be very frightened of the leader. These children, from a very young age, and I am talking about children who came out of birth homes, the family they were born to, worshiped the devil. ... Important Note: The remainder of this testimony is highly graphic and disturbing. Only if you feel you are ready for it, click here. Kathleen Sorenson died in October 1989, shortly after this report was aired. On a long rural road returning to her home, a car heading in the opposite direction crossed lanes and caused a head-on collision. Both the young woman driver who hit her and her husband had police records for cruelty to animals.473 472 John DeCamp, “The Franklin Coverup,” p. 201 473 John DeCamp, "The Franklin Coverup," p. 204 - 211 * * * * Historical Precedent The idea of active widespread satanic and other occult activity in the United States certainly seems ludicrous. But there is an historical precedent. Consider these two quotes from the works of Aleister Crowley, founder of the Church of Satan in the year 1900: “Moreover, the beast 666 adviseth that all children shall be accustomed from infancy to witness every type of sexual act, and also the process of birth, lest falsehood fog, and mystery stupefy, their minds, whose error else might thwart and misdirect the growth of their subconscious system of soul-symbolism... There are cases when seduction or rape may be emancipation or initiation to another. Such acts can only be judged by their results.” – Crowley, The Law is for All474 “In any case it was the theory of ancient magicians, that any living being is the storehouse of energy varying in quantity according to the size and the health of the animal, and in quality according to its mental and moral character. At the death of this animal the energy is liberated suddenly. The animal should therefore be killed within the circle, or the triangle, as the case may be, so that its energy cannot escape. An animal should be selected whose nature accords with that of the ceremony... For the highest spiritual working one must accordingly choose the victim which contains the greatest and purest force. A male child of perfect innocence and high intelligence is the most satisfactory and suitable victim.” – Crowley, Magick in Theory and Practice475 474 Aleister Crowley, “The Law is for All,” Excerpt available here. 475 Ale stair Crowley, “Magick in Theory and Practice,” Excerpt available here. * * * * Empirical Evidence In 1996, three members of the American Psychological Association conducted a survey of their organization, receiving feedback from 2,709 clinical psychologists. 30% acknowledged seeing at least one case of “ritualistic or religion-related abuse since January 1, 1980”.476Two-thirds of these cases were described as 'religion related' and one-third were described as 'ritual abuse'. Of those who acknowledged seeing these cases, 93% of the clinical psychologists said that they believed the abuse did indeed occur. The authors concluded that the psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers who responded to their survey “overwhelmingly believed both the allegations of abuse and the allegations of ritual or religious elements of the abuse”. Another study surveyed 810 members of the British Psychological Society who had patients who suffered from sexual abuse, and found that 15% had patients who reported satanic ritual abuse. Of these, 80% believed that their patient did indeed suffer from the reported abuse.477 One study examined 270 cases of substantiated sexual abuse involving day cares in England found that 13% of the cases included allegations of ritual abuse.478 One survey of the membership of the International Society for the Study of Multiple Personality and Dissociation concluded that 88% of 1185 respondents “reported belief in ritual abuse, involving mind control and programming”.479 “In 1992 alone, Childhelp USA logged 1,741 calls pertaining to ritual abuse, Monarch Resources of Los Angeles logged approximately 5,000, Real Active Survivors tallied nearly 3,600, Justus Unlimited of Colorado received almost 7,000, and Looking Up of Maine handled around 6,000. Even allowing for some of these calls to have been made by people who assist survivors but are not themselves survivors, and for some survivors to have called more that one helpline or made multiple calls to the same helpline, these numbers suggest that at a minimum there must be tens of thousands of survivors of ritual abuse in the United States.” – Catherine Gould, The Journal of Psychohistory480 In 2007, four researchers created an international online survey divided into three parts, available in English and German, called Extreme Abuse Surveys, in an effort to gather a large number of responses as preliminary data on the nature and prevalence of extreme abuse.481 The researchers were: Wanda Karricker, PhD, retired U.S. psychologist Bettina Overcamp, PhD., Thorsten Becker, the German social worker who won the “German Child Protection Award” in 1994 for his work with abused children, and Carol Rutz, a survivor of extreme abuse and mind control. The surveys show repeated allegations of abuse used for the purposes of mind control.. 1,471 participants from 31 countries answered at least one question on the survey listed for 'Adult Survivors', and 451 people from 20 countries responded to at least one question listed for 'Professionals' who have worked with at least one adult survivor of extreme abuse. Of the adult survivors, 257 people from 15 countries responded that they had been victims of 'Government Mind Control' experimentation as a child, and 71 professionals from 6 countries responded that they had worked with at least 1 adult survivor of extreme abuse who reported to have been a victim of government mind control experimentation as a child. 166 survivors reported being experimented on by doctors who spoke German or with a heavy German accent. Of the adult survivors, 236 reported to have been drugged against their will, 236 reported to have been sexually abused by multiple perpetrators, 228 reported being threatened with death if they ever discussed their experiences, 222 reported sensory deprivation experiments, 217 reported electroshock experiments, 197 witnessed murder by their perpetrators, 196 witnessed animal mutilations, 184 reported the use of feces in their abuse, 183 reported being used in child pornography, 178 reported starvation, 171 reported hypnosis, and 169 reported child prostitution. Of the 257 EAS respondents who reported that secret mind control experiments were used on them as children, 69% (177) reported having been abused in a satanic cult. Of the 543 EAS respondents who reported that they had been abused in a satanic cult, 33% (179) reported having been used in secret mind control experiments as children. 159 survivors had heard Greek letters being used during their abuse, and 160 experienced sexual mind control programming used for blackmail or personal use. 228 survivors answered 'yes' to the question: “My perpetrator(s) deliberately created/programmed dissociative states of mind (such as alters, personalities, ego-states) in me.” Research has consistently shown that false allegations of child sexual abuse by children are rare. One 1987 study examined 576 consecutive referrals of child sexual abuse to the Denver Department of Social Services, and categorized the reports as either reliable or fictitious. In only 8% of the total cases were children judged to have possibly advanced a fictitious allegation.482 In a more recent study, investigators reviewed case notes of all child sexual abuse reports to the Denver Department of Social Services over 12 months. Of the 551 cases reviewed, there were only 14 (2.5%) instances of erroneous concerns about abuse emanating from children. These consisted of three cases of allegations made in collusion with a parent, three cases where an innocent event was misinterpreted as sexual abuse and eight cases (1.5%) of false allegations of sexual abuse.483 Researchers into the phenomenon of Satanic Ritual Abuse have come to the conclusion that the phenomenon is widespread and transcends geographic boundaries.484 One such study, titled “Multiple Personality Disorder and Satanic Ritual Abuse: The Issue of Credibility” states: “The comparability of both the child and adult accounts is said to transcend geographical and relationship boundaries, with descriptions emerging from both survivor groups revealing common themes, behaviors, symbols, and paraphernalia. Assuredly, the possibility of cross-contamination of accounts exists when, for example, a group of suspected or potential victims seems to be involved in a single day care case, or when adult contemporaries are aware of the details of others' reports. However, one can not discount the similarity of accounts given spontaneously and independently by individuals who are unrelated personally, geographically, or through shared knowledge.” The empirical evidence of ritual abuse for the purposes of mind control establishes that the phenomenon is widespread and international, and consistency between methods of abuse. Furthermore, the methods of abuse correlate both with known experimentation under MK-ULTRA and the testimonies of child abuse case studies such as Franklin and Presidio. It also reveals a solid consensus that psychiatrists who have been exposed to patients who have suffered from ritual abuse believe that the abuse did indeed occur. Its interesting to note that such a widespread consensus is relatively rare in the field of psychology, let alone for such a controversial topic. 476 Bottoms, Bette L.; Shaver, Phillip R.; Goodman, Gail S. “An analysis of ritualistic and religion-related child abuse allegations.” Law and Human Behavior, Vol 20(1), Feb 1996 477 Andrews, B., Morton, J., Bekerian, D.A., Brewin, C.R., Davies, G.M., & Mollon, P. “The recovery of memories in clinical practice: Experiences and beliefs of British Psychological Society practitioners.” The Psychologist, May, 1995 478 Finkelhor, D., Williams, L., & Burns, N. “Nursery crimes: Sexual abuse in day care.” Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. 1988 479 Perry, N.E. “Therapists’ experiences of the effects of working with dissociative patients.” Paper presented at the 9th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Multiple Personality and Dissociation, Chicago, IL. 1992 480 Catherine Gould “Denying Ritual Abuse in Children,” The Journal of Psychohistory Volume 22, 1995 481 Extreme Abuse Survey 482 Jones, D. P. H., and J. M. McGraw, “Reliable and Fictitious Accounts of Sexual Abuse to Children.” Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2, 27-45, 1987 483 Oates, R. K., D.P. Jones, D. Denson, A. Sirotnak, N. Gary, and R.D. Krugman, “Erroneous Concerns about Child Sexual Abuse.” Child Abuse & Neglect 24:149-57, 2000 484 Van Benschoten, Susan C., “Multiple Personality Disorder and Satanic Ritual Abuse: The Issue of Credibility” (PDF Warning) * * * * The 'False Memory' Hoax Once the evidence of extreme abuse began surfacing in surprising numbers, the 'False Memory Syndrome Foundation' (FMSF) was set up to promote the theory that victims are suffering from a syndrome that creates false memories, often at the suggestion of psychotic parents or over-zealous psychiatrists. The members of the FMSF have been called as expert witnesses in hundreds of trials around the United States and have been routinely quoted as experts in the media. Their mission has been exceptionally successful, as the 'false memory syndrome' has become accepted as a fact in most of the public consciousness. Unfortunately, people rarely stop to ask the question, who exactly are the members of the FMSF, and how solid is their science? Peter J. Freyd initiated the founding of the FMSF after being accused of sexual abuse by his daughter, Jennifer. His behavior has been particularly suspect, such as accusing his daughter of being brain damaged, despite the fact that she holds a PhD in Psychology, graduated magna cum laude from Penn and is currently a tenured professor of psychology at the University of Oregon. Speaking to The Oregonian, Jennifer Freyd stated that “I’m sometimes flabbergasted that my memory is considered ‘false’ and my alcoholic father’s memory is considered rational and sane.”485 Peter Freyd once stated that “With the help of Harold Lief and Martin Orne, the FMSF quickly gathered a respectable appearing advisory board, giving the new syndrome an aura of scientific acceptance.”486Interestingly, Dr. Martin T. Orne has been heavily involved with MK-ULTRA experiments since the early '60s, where he undertook hypnosis studies at Harvard Medical School with a $30,000 grant from the CIA.487 CIA documents have confirmed that Orne had a 'top secret' clearance in MK-ULTRA.488 He has published many papers relevant to the creation of a 'Manchurian candidate', including one called “Can a hypnotized subject be compelled to carry out otherwise unacceptable behavior?”, another called “The significance of unwitting cues for experimental outcomes: Toward a pragmatic approach”, and lastly “Restricted use of success cues in retrieval during post-hypnotic amnesia”.489 This is an interesting subject matter history given the FMSF's insistence that hypnotism is illegitimate. Dr. Harold Lief was involved with brain electrode experiments at Tulane University, a notorious MK-ULTRA institution.490 Another prominent member, David Dinges, was a co-worker with Martin T. Orne and has been involved in research for Naval Intelligence, who oversaw the precursor mind control experiments to MK-ULTRA.491 Founding member Ralph Underwager once proudly proclaimed to the pro-pedophilia publication Paidika: “What I have been struck by as I have come to know more about and understand people who choose paedophilia is that they let themselves be too much defined by other people. That is usually an essentially negative definition. Paedophiles spend a lot of time and energy defending their choice. I don't think that a paedophile needs to do that. Paedophiles can boldly and courageously affirm what they choose. They can say that what they want is to find the best way to love. I am also a theologian and as a theologian, I believe it is God's will that there be closeness and intimacy, unity of the flesh, between people. A paedophile can say: "This closeness is possible for me within the choices that I've made." Paedophiles are too defensive. They go around saying, "You people out there are saying that what I choose is bad, that it's no good. You're putting me in prison, you're doing all these terrible things to me. I have to define my love as being in some way or other illicit." What I think is that paedophiles can make the assertion that the pursuit of intimacy and love is what they choose. With boldness, they can say, "I believe this is in fact part of God's will."492 Regarding the False Memory Syndrome Foundation, Columbia Journalism Review stated: "Rarely has such a strange and little-understood organization had such a profound effect on media coverage of such a controversial matter. The [False Memory Syndrome] foundation is an aggressive, well-financed PR machine adept at manipulating the press, harassing its critics, and mobilizing a diverse army of psychiatrists, outspoken academics, expert defense witnesses, litigious lawyers, Freud bashers, critics of psychotherapy, and devastated parents.”493 The FMSF has repeatedly cited a study presented at a Harvard conference where researchers were repeatedly able to implant the false memory of mundane tasks like grocery shopping, into their subjects using techniques such as hypnosis.494 It has been championed as proof that memories are easily manipulated. However, research has shown that memories of abuse function very differently than average memories. “However, leading memory researchers such as Dr. Bessel van der Kolk of Harvard Medical School maintain that traumatic memories, which typically are engraved in the sensorimotor processes, are not subject to the same kinds of contamination that can affect normal memory. Traumatic amnesia, described in the DSM-III-R as psychogenic amnesia, is a phenomenon which has been known to mental health professionals for more than 100 years. The clinically observed characteristics of traumatic memory formation and retrieval match precisely the patterns of memory recovery exhibited by SRA [Satanic Ritual Abuse] survivors, and strongly confirm the reality of their cult abuse.”495 There is also the case of Paul and Shirley Eberle, who are famous for propagating the idea of a 'satanic panic', that the widespread reporting of ritual abuse is merely a social contagion. They have published two books titled “The Politics of Child Abuse” and “The Abuse of Innocence” which promote this theory, and have been cited as experts in courts and the press. Ms. Magazine wrote a review of the interesting past of the Eberles, stating: “What is startling about the Eberles' reputation as ground-breaking experts in the field is that their dubious credentials have not been widely challenged. Paul and Shirley Eberle edit a soft-core magazine in California called the L.A. Star that contains a mixture of nude photos, celebrity gossip, telephone sex ads, and promos for The Politics of Child Abuse. In the 1970's, however, the Eberles were also publishing hard-core pornography. Their publication, Finger, depicted scenes of bondage, S & M, and sexual activities involving urination and defecation. A young girl portrayed with a wide smile on her face sits on top of a man whose penis is inside of her; a woman has oral sex with a young boy in a drawing entitled "Memories of My Boyhood." The Eberles were featured nude on one cover holding two life-size blow up dolls names "Love Girl" and "Play Guy." No dates appear on the issues and the Eberles rarely attach their names, referring to themselves as "The L.A. Star Family." The Eberles were the distributors of Finger and several other underground magazines, says Donald Smith, a sergeant with the obscenity section of the Los Angeles Police Department's vice division who followed the couple for years. LAPD was never able to prosecute for child pornography: "There were a lot of photos of people who looked like they were under age but we could never prove it." The pictures of young children in Finger are illustrations, and child pornography laws were less rigid a decade ago than they are today. "Sexpot at Five," "My First Rape, She Was Only Thirteen," and "What Happens When Niggers Adopt White Children" are some of the articles that appeared in Finger. One letter states: "I think it's really great that your mags have the courage to print articles & pixs [sic] on child sex... Too bad I didn't hear from more women who are into child sex... Since I'm single I'm not getting it on with my children, but I know of a few families that are. If I were married & my wife & kids approved–I'd be having sex with my daughters." Another entry reads: "I'm a pedophile & I think its [sic] great a man is having sex with his daughter!...Since I didn't get Finger #3, I didn't get to see the stories & pics of family sex. Would like to see pics of nude girls making it with their daddy, but realize its too risky to print."496 It is truly fascinating how 'compromised' the leading debunkers of ritual abuse are. 485 Anne Cossins, “Recovered Memories of Sexual Abuse: Fact or Fantasy?,” Judicial Review, Vol 3, 1997 486 The Leadership Council, “Crisis or Creation?” 487 The Harvard Crimson, “Harvard And the CIA Continued,” February 11, 1978 488 Colin A. Ross, “The C.I.A. Doctors.” Excerpt available here. 489 Ibid, Ross. 490 Ibid, Ross. Excerpt Available Here. 491 David Dinges Biography at UPenn.edu 492 Interview excerpt available here. 493 Columbia Journalism Review, “U-Turn on Memory Lane,” August 1997 494 BBC, “Can We Implant a False Memory in You?” 495 McCulley, D. “Satanic ritual abuse: A question of memory.” Journal of Psychology and Theology Fall, 1994 22(3) p.167-172 496 Ms. Magazine, “Paul and Shirley Eberle: A Strange Pair of Experts,” December 1988 * * * * Editor's Note: There are more recent examples of cults and pedophilia rings leading to the highest levels of government. A shocking segment from Australia's 60 Minutes aired in July 2015 and titled "Spies, Lords, and Predators" shows grown men expressing no remorse about being pedophiles. A March 2017 segment of the Dr. Phil Show featured the testimony of a girl named Kendall who was kept in cages, made to partake in bizarre rituals, and trafficked around the world to sexually serve the rich and famous. Short clips and an introduction are available on the Dr. Phil website, while the entire show is available here. Undeniable evidence also shows that the Pizzagate story has much more to it than you might think. And an excellent compilation of major media news articles on this is available on this webpage. * * * * Conclusion Even in light of the evidence, the idea of an active network of abusive cults certainly sounds ludicrous. In the context of psychopathy, the potential is at least recognizable. Cults serve as a network for psychopaths who enjoy sadistic sexual practices and the potential for concealing knowledge. The very concept of the occult is based in taking knowledge out of the circulation of the masses and reserving it for a select few. In other words, the purpose is to keep knowledge for personal gain and to use this knowledge to wield power over others. Former members of the Church of Satan and other similar cults have testified that the basic goal of 'occult knowledge' is to understand the human psyche, primary human motivations and how humanity functions. This knowledge is then used to exploit people. The worldview of these groups is extremely dark, and is based on controlling others, gaining knowledge to use as influence, and then partnering with like-minded individuals and groups to expand upon this knowledge and use it more effectively. The next step into the rabbit hole is that these groups act as 'psychopath filtration' centers. They deliberately target psychopaths for initiation and then use their resources to put them into positions of power in a variety of fields such as politics, law, business, education, science and more. Franklin, the Presidio and the Finders are all examples of psychopathic networks that have infiltrated institutions of power, and are each a small glimpse into the hierarchy of the Pathocracy. The next chapter will explore the uses of extreme abuse for the purpose of mind control, and why so many men involved with MK-ULTRA would have a vested interest in hiding and marginalizing the existence of such abuse. * * * * Food for Thought: 1. How connected are occult groups with each other? 2. Is the CIA responsible for various cults as 'front groups' for MK-ULTRA and other projects? 3. Why is the discussion of the existence of cults marginalized from the mainstream? 4. Why were the Finders interested in terrorism and explosives? 5. How widespread are networks that abuse and sell children? 6. What are the profits from child pornography and prostitution earned by cults such as the Finders used for? 7. How much influence has Michael Aquino's 'MindWar' had on official Psychological Operation policy? 8. How much has technology discussed in 'MindWar' regarding the manipulation of the brain advanced in the more than 30 years of its publication? 9. Is it disturbing that Aquino's Temple of Set, and likely by extension other occult groups, have knowledge and access to this technology? 10. Why were there child abuse cases at 30 separate military bases in a three-year period? Note: The above essay is taken from Lifting the Veil by Timothy Silver and is available free online. This landmark book is the best, most reliable summary of all that is hidden going on in our world that we've ever seen. Take the time to read it in full and you will not be disappointed. Overwhelmed? Feeling overwhelmed with this material? Take an inspiration break in our Inspiration Center. 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