-Caveat Lector- 'Mental illness' or MIND CONTROL? _______________
Doctor: Duran shot at evil mist. Colorado man was crazy, defense says Byline Julia Angwin, States News Service Newspaper Name Denver Post Edition TUE1 ED Page Number P A-02 DY Tuesday, Date March 28, 1995 Section Heading FRONT PAGE Dateline WASHINGTON - Francisco Duran was shooting at an evil mist hanging over the White House, which he thought would invade President Clinton's brain and cause the president to destroy the world, a psychiatrist testified yesterday in federal court. As a paranoid schizophrenic, Duran believed he had to stop the 1,000-year-old mist, said forensic psychiatrist Neil Blumberg. Defense attorneys say Duran, 26, was crazy when he unloaded the contents of a semiautomatic rifle at the presidential mansion last fall. Government prosecutors paint Duran as a pagan anarchist who rationally planned to kill the president. If Duran is convicted of attempted presidential assassination, he could spend the rest of his life behind bars. In the past few days of the trial, prosecutors presented dozens of witnesses who said Duran appeared normal and coherent before the shooting. They also produced notes he wrote such as "kill the prez." But in testimony yesterday, Blumberg said Duran suffers from delusions and hallucinations typical of a psychotic. To prove insanity, the defense must show Duran was incapable of distinguishing right from wrong. "I've reviewed a number of hit men and Frank Duran is not similar to any of them," said Blumberg, who reviewed records and interviewed Duran. He added Duran is typical of paranoid schizophrenics, who do not exhibit symptoms until their mid-20s. Duran's psychosis began to show when he was in military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., Blumberg said. Duran served 3 1/2 years after drunkenly running his car over a woman and fracturing her skull while at an Army base in Hawaii. Duran began as a model prisoner, but when he was turned down for early parole he began withdrawing from his courses at the community college, and started getting interested in espionage, assassinations, serial killers,and out-of-body experiences, Blumberg said. When Duran returned home to Colorado in September 1993, his friends and family said he was unusually "isolated, withdrawn and aloof," Blumberg said. Duran's problems were exacerbated by sexual problems with his wife and a marijuana habit, Blumberg said. It was February 1994 when Duran had his first psychotic experience: a vision of a 5-foot-8 inch multi-colored embryonic being that communicated with him telepathically and told him about the mind-controlling mist above the White House, Blumberg said. Duran began to realize that he was chosen to battle the mist. Those thoughts were mixed in with critical ideas about the government Duran heard from radio talk-show hosts Rush Limbaugh and Chuck Baker, Blumberg said. Duran felt validated when a small plane crashed into the White House in September 1994. "He was happy, almost elated that this confirmed there was a force hovering above the White House that was defending itself," Blumberg said. So Duran girded for battle: The day after the plane crash, he bought a shotgun and gathered weapons for his trip. He loaded up his truck with a semiautomatic rifle, a machete and nerve-gas antidote, which he planned to inject into the mist. Duran took his time going to D.C. "He knew he was going to die and wasn't in a particular hurry," Blumberg said. When he arrived, Duran spent two weeks walking near the White House looking for the mist. He thought it only would be there when the president was inside. Finally, he allegedly saw it about 3 p.m., Oct. 29. "He saw the mist, while he registered what it was, he started firing at it. He thought it was coming at him. He was moving back and firing," Blumberg said. "After being tackled, he looked up and the mist was gone and he was surprised to be alive." Prosecutors tried to discredit Blumberg, noting he will get $25,000 for providing expert testimony. In cross-examination, prosecutor Eric Dubelier suggested Duran could have lied in his psychiatric exams. Copyright Copyright (c) 1995 The Denver Post. All rights reserved. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. 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