-Caveat Lector- Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com/dave ----------------- Forwarded Message: Subj: [FP] Enter the world of the bizarre Date: 12/10/99 3:52:25 PM Eastern Standard Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ScanThisNews) Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ScanThisNews Recipients List) ====================================================================== SCAN THIS NEWS 12.10.9 Enter the world of the bizarre This report you are about to read only BARELY SCRATCHES THE SURFACE on the subjects discussed herein. However, so far, no reports have been forthcoming exposing the very bizarre on dark connections between the FBI Project Megiddo report and some very strange bedfellows. Because of the lack of exposure to this important subject, this report is provided just as a cursory overview of the subject matter. It is only a "primer" into the study. The only purpose of this short report is to get YOU to THINK! To not take everything you read at face value! And, to get the reader to do further research! The FBI report has ONE SINGLE URL HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE in the entire report and it is to the web site of the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance (OCRT). You have to research that site and the links provided there, and the sources mentioned there, to see the deception that lies behind the Project Megiddo report. There is a reason that single URL is highlighted in blue in the PM report. Figure it out! It's to get you to go there and read the material there! Go to the URL listed in the report (the only one highlighted in blue): www.religioustolerance.org/cultsign.htm You are at the web site owned and hosted by B.A. Robinson. The focus of the particular page to which you are directed is a grouping of (what are referred to as) "cult check lists." These lists are supposedly intended to be used to "identify" what are considered (in the minds of the various respective authors) to be the "bad" or "dangerous religious groups." Five links are provided under the heading "Factors commonly found in destructive Groups," and this is arguably the main focus of the page. These five links take you to other sites and articles on the subject of cults and religion. RESEARCH THESE SOURCES TO UNCOVER THE MIND-SET OF THE AUTHORS AND SOURCES BEHIND THE PROJECT MEGIDDO REPORT! Without this research, you cannot possibly understand what is going on. This can be a huge mistake. The first link is to the America Family Foundation (AFF). This is a deceptively named front organization. One of the board members for the AFF, Margaret Thaler Singer, is also mentioned by name in the Project Megiddo report -- SO THE LINK TO THE AFF SITE IS NO COINCIDENCE, THEY ARE WORKING FROM THE SET OF SOURCES! First note that the AFF knows of no "Satanic" cults, but lists over a hundred "bible-based" (potential) cults. In fact, research into all of the "authorities listed there, as well as the OCRT sit itself, reveals that none of these "authorities" have ever heard of any "Satanic" cult, only religious based ones -- and predominantly "bible-based" ones. Dig into Margaret Singer (of the AFF) and you will find a very sordid past with regard to her work into the study of psychology and MIND-CONTROL. You will see that another (former) member of the AFF board is a long time friend and acquaintance of Singer, Jolly West, a psychologist who was played an active part in the "mind control" experiments funded by the Central Intelligence Agency in the 1950’s. You need to understand West's involvement in the MK-ULTRA work carried out by the CIA, and his connection to Singer, and both of their connections to the Cult Awareness Network (CAN) and to the AFF. You need to know that CAN engaged in a nearly 20-year battle with the Church of Scientology (CoS) trying to stop their use of, and research into "mind-control" techniques. It appears, the Church of Scientology had begun to "uncover" some of the "secret" work done by West, and how the government had "allegedly" been using mind-control techniques itself. The CoS was exposing this "secret" work and West's involvement. West spearheaded the study where US soldiers were given LSD to see what "useful" "mind-altering" effects the drug might have, and whether this would be of benefit to the government. West is perhaps best (worst) know for giving a lethal dose of LSD to a popular zoo elephant in California while working under a research grant. Scientology defenders contended that the (original) CAN group was in reality a government front organization set up to stop their research and exposure of the government's mind-control study and use. Along about that same time, another event was taking place. Some "anti-cult" groups were becoming well-known for their aggressive campaigns to get people out of "cults" -- typically at the bequest of family members. The original CAN group was involved in this work to extricate individuals from "religious" "cults." (Notice here that I say "original CAN." More on this later.) On a different but related front, along about this same time -- during the late 70's and early 80's -- other psychologists were claiming to have some success with a therapy dealing with what they termed "Repressed Memory Syndrome." They claimed the "repressed memories" were the source of mental and social problems during the victims' adult life, and that they were able to "uncover" these repressed memories through hypnosis thereby relieving the patient of their afflictions. Remember, one of founding board members of the AFF, Jolly West, is alleged to have worked on the government's MK-ULTRA project which was a study into the human mind, the objective of which was to see whether the government could intentionally repress the memory of government agents! And, "mind-control" research is what Singer is best known for. Keep in mind too the connection between Singer and West, and their connections to CAN and the AFF. Singer is also a board member of The False Memory Syndrome Foundation (FMSF), an organization established for the purpose of helping the PARENTS who had been (in their opinion "falsely") accused by their CHILDREN of childhood abuse, including sexual abuse. It turned out that some high-ranking individuals were being "identified" by their now-adult children (as revealed through Repressed Memory Therapy) as having abused them during childhood -- including sexual abuse. Some of these "high-ranking" people worked in government and in the psychology field itself. Some of them were even connected to the government's "memory suppression" studies, either directly or indirectly. One report describes the "false memory movement" this way: "With links to CIA, mind control experts, and accused child abusers, the false memory movement turns 'blaming the victim' into a science." The Church of Scientology was bringing huge amounts of attention to the subject of "mind-control." Singer was arguably the focal point as one of Scientology's most aggressive adversaries; primarily because she contended that religious groups (including Scientology) used mind-control techniques to seduce and keep converts. As a consequence, Singer and Scientology engaged in numerous legal battles during the late 70's up through the early 90's. However, it was not just Scientology who was questioning Singer's work on mind-control. During the 80's and early 90's, Singer suffered a number of set-backs in her work -- in the opinion of many, she was totally discredited -- and yet the government and news outlets continue even today to call upon her as an "authority" on cults. Arguably, the beginning of her demise was when Singer and a group of her colleagues worked several years in the mid 80's preparing a paper on mind-control for presentation to the American Psychological Association (APA), of which she was a member. However, once the "Deceptive and Indirect Methods of Persuasion and Control" (DIMPAC) report was complete and presented to the APA for its approval, the APA rejected the work and called it "unscientific." (Of course, when you are dealing with the people involved in this work -- such as the CIA -- who knows what the real motivation was for discrediting the report? It could be that the work was simply unscientific, or it could be that it revealed too much about what the government had found out about mind-control. There is no way to know for sure.) Subsequently, Singer suffered a string of professional defeats including significant defeats in court cases in which she had supplied testimony as an "expert witness" on mind-control. To many, these defeats render her totally without credibility in the field of psychology. But the story gets even more complex and convoluted. Remember the CAN (Cult Awareness Network) organization? Its organizer and chief activist was Rick Ross. He, like Singer, also contended that religious organizations use mind-control techniques to seduce converts. Included in the CAN sights were Pentecostal Christian churches. In February 1993, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms mounted a raid on the Branch Davidian religious commune in Waco, Texas after listening to "cult experts" such as deprogrammer Rick Ross, who advocated the "mind control" theory. Ross had also been in contact with the mother of at least one of the Davidian followers and was subsequently in contact with the FBI during its early phases of the encounter. Ross appeared on numerous television shows claiming that the Davidians would probably not come out willingly and that measures would have to be taken to force them out. It has been reported that Ross was consulted by the FBI early on and told them that David Koresh. David Block, one of the key government informants who was instrumental in making charges against the Branch Davidian leader, David Koresh, was himself the victim of a deprogramming which took place in the home of the CAN LA representative, Priscilla Coates, just a year before the Waco tragedy. According to one story, Dr. Nancy T. Ammerman of Princeton University, is attributed with saying: "Rick Ross and CAN seem to have been major sources for the series of stories run by the Waco newspaper, starting February. It seems clear that people within the ‘anti–cult’ community had targeted the Branch Davidians for attention." In response to the recent revelation that the FBI had hid evidence which tends to further incriminate and discredit them in the Waco massacre, in a CBS news broadcast, September 2, 1999, (none other than) Margaret Singer is quoted as saying: "This is just fodder for the conspiracy theorists." And, "this is just what the militia movement needs to say 'we told you so.'" Visitors to the "alt.religion.scientology" will find that a lot of supposedly "undercover" documents are posted there anonymously. Study of these documents often brings forth much truth, mixed with a great deal of "spin" and some propaganda. It is difficult to sort it all out, but it is well worth the study if you want to understand who the FBI is working with. One such posting is called "Memorandum from Jeffrey K. Hadden on neutralizing AFF." This document purports to a memorandum by and between representatives, sympathizers (and presumed adherents) of various "New Religious Movements" (NRM). In it, there is discussion of plans to neutralize both the AFF and CAN -- both are organizations for which Singer served as board member, and both of which were Scientology's worst nemesis. Perhaps not so coincidentally, as a result of a very intense court battle which transpired during the early 90's, the (ORIGINAL) Cult Awareness Network -- of which Rick Ross served as the primary activist who kidnapped and "deprogrammed" (ex-)cult members -- the CAN organization (and Ross) was ordered to pay millions of dollars in damages to the plaintiff. But don't think this is the end of CAN. Under a court ordered sale, who do you suppose purchased the CAN assets -- including computer files and membership lists? The Church of Scientology! For somewhere around $20,000 the CoS bought the assets of its worst enemy and set up shop. That's right, the CAN organization did not go away, it just changed ownership -- and direction...maybe. Remember, this is the world of people who play mind games, things are never as they seem. You see, it was also during this same time span that the CoS and its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, was embroiled in a vicious battle with the IRS. There were allegations that Scientologists had "infiltrated" the IRS and was passing inside documents and files along to the organization. At the heart of the battle was the issue of whether CoS was a "religion" and whether or not it would be awarded tax-exempt status as such. The CoS filed literally hundreds of lawsuits against the government (as well as many others) during this period. Meade Emory is a co-founder of CST. However, Emory is not a Scientologist. Meade Emory served as Legislation Counsel for the Joint Committee on Taxation of the U.S. Congress from 1970 to 1972, and was an Assistant to the Commissioner of IRS: 1975-1977. Those years significant because those are the very same years during which IRS documents were (allegedly) being stolen (from IRS offices) by an IRS employee named Gerald Wolfe, and being passed secretly to Scientology's Guardian's Office (Hubbard's inner staff). As a result, the FBI raided Scientology headquarters in 1977, leading finally to the dissolution of the Guardian's Office, and to the arrest of Mary Sue Hubbard. See also: (www.apologeticsindex.org/c19.html) The battle expended millions upon millions of dollars in attorney fees. But in the early 90's, a very odd thing transpired. A "secret" agreement was signed between the IRS and the CoS in which several million more dollars changed hands. Some contend that, from that point forward, the CoS became itself a government front organization. Ex-members of the CoS contend that, since the disappearance of L.R. Hubbard, some "outsiders" have come in, altered Hubbard's original works (Ron Hubbard hated the IRS and this showed was clearly expressed in all of his relevant writings) so as to make the CoS much more "tax friendly." In fact, the CoS even instituted a new office within the church called the "Tax Compliance Office." Oddly, a former IRS official is now one of the "behind the scenes" "owners" of the Church of Scientology. The CAN organization is now operated by the Foundation for Religious Freedom (FRF), a California corporation doing business as Cult Awareness. The agreement between the Church of Scientology and the IRS, reveals that FRF is a "Scientology-related" entity (VIII 4c). * CoS/IRS Closing Agreement http://www.xenu.net/archive/IRS/#VIII Remember, the CAN organizer -- the one who rescued (kidnapped) people from religious groups (and the term "religious groups" includes Christian religions) to "deprogram" them, Rick Ross? Well guess where his name pops up again? It pops up on the web page readers of the Project Megiddo report are sent to on the site of the OCRT! That's right, on that page readers are directed to another web site owned by the Institute for First Amendment Studies (IFAS). And guess who's "cult-awareness" "check list" is posted there? None other than that of Rick Ross. Here's what the OCRT site say about Rick Ross' list: "These early warning signs were prepared by former deprogrammer and current exit counselor, Rick Ross. Ross was recently found guilty of conspiracy to limit the civil rights to freedom of religion of a member of a Pentecostal church. However, the above guidelines appear to have merit in spite of the background of the author." The OCRT web site also says this about the IFAS: "They oppose various political activities of conservative Christian groups." Well, it's not surprising that Rick Ross material is posted on a web site which opposed Christian work. But The owner of the OCRT web site, B.A. Robinson -- (credited in the Project Megiddo report) -- certainly keeps unusual company because not only does he (apparently) endorse the work of Rick Ross, the Scientology backed CAN organization routinely directs people to the web pages of the OCRT for additional information on "NRMs" and religion (cultawarenessnetwork.org/links.html). We started this discussion with the link to the OCRT web page which readers of the Project Megiddo report are directed to. So far, we have not even scratched the surface into the sorted pasts of Singer, the AFF, and the IFAS. Also on that page is a link to a report by James R. Lewis entitled "Safe sects? Early warning signs of 'Bad Religions'". The name "James R. Lewis" also pops up on the new, CoS owned "CAN" web site! Lewis is listed there on a couple of the CAN web pages as a source for additional information on the "New Religions Movements" (NRM). The other link to a "cult check list" listed on the web site which readers of the Project Megiddo report are directed to is that of "P.E.I. Bonewits," a professing Neo-Pagan and Witch apologist. This site is so anti-Christian, we do not even need to cover it here. The reader only need visit that site for a brief few moments to detect the anti-Christian hatred contained there. Bonewits contends that the title of his "cult check list" entitled the ABCDEF survey (The Advanced Bonewits' Cult Danger Evaluation Frame) was intended to be "humorous," but yet the FBI directs members of law enforcement here for a list of "indicators" of cult-like activity. Readers of the ABCDEF survey may find that it appears to be more the work of backwards engineering rather than any kind of scientific evaluation. It appears that the ABCDEF author merely took Christian church dogma and drafted a list around his perception of those practices. And the last of the five links to which the FBI has directed readers of the Project Megiddo report is that of the "Global Ideas Bank" which posts New Age "ideas" such as one discussing abortion as a sacrament, and other very anti-Christian writings. Of course, this document does not begin to go into the motivations behind the other known contributors to the Project Megiddo report, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League. It is not felt there is any need to "expose" these organizations since it is already so well known and documented. So, judge for yourself the value of the "authorities" credited in the Project Megiddo report. 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