On Dec 13, 2006, at 10:49 AM, jim_flanegin wrote:
--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I wonder if anyone has ever tried to get the CIA reports on
Mahesh
via the Freedom of Information Act? That would be interesting to
see.
Interesting point- Prompted by your remark, I was searching both the
Department of State and CIA websites just now for references to TM,
Maharishi, and the Dalai Lama. Not much on TM- A couple of
references on the State Dept. website regarding relgious freedom in
Austria and the Netherlands.
Regarding the Dalai Lama:
From Questions Pertaining to Tibet (1969-1972)--
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/70146.pdf
"During the first Nixon administration (1969–1972), the U.S.
Government continued its decade-long support of the Dalai Lama and
his followers, including political action, propaganda, and
paramilitary activity...
Funds also were provided to the Dalai Lama for his propaganda
efforts ...This operation began during the second Eisenhower
administration(1957–1961) and continued through the Kennedy and
Johnson administrations...
The total cost of the Tibetan program ...was approximately $2.5
million per year with $500,000 of that figure for non-guerrilla
political, propaganda, and intelligence operations.
...CIA Tibetan activities, utilizing followers of the Dalai Lama,
have included in addition to guerrilla support a program of
political, propaganda, and intelligence operations."
Interesting that Maharishi claims the CIA opposes him, but for
Tibetan Buddhists, the CIA was an ally.
I imagine that there is still active espionage going on or it is so
controversial there will be some time till it is released. It's not
surprising that any radical religious zealot would be a target of CIA
activities--esp. one bent on world domination like M.
