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that he was participating in an experiment. In the case of mind- | MIND CONTROL AGAINST ‘POTENTIAL’ ENEMIES control technology, this supposition may very well be true. But The US military is aware that certain actions or procedures may that does not justify its use—or so said the Niirnberg Code, the not be acceptable to the American public. Metz and Kievit tenets of which were used as a legal basis to prosecute Nazi scien- express these concerns in their paper, "The Revolution in Military tists for war crimes. However, the US seems to have excused its Afi and Conflict Short of War".'* "The use of new technology own military and scientific community from adhering to that may also run counter to basic American values. Information Code." age—and, in particular, information warfare—technologies cause concerns about privacy... American values also make the use of MANIPULATING MIND AND BODY BY SATELLITE directed energy weapons...morally difficult, perhaps unacceptable. The next logical step in mind control would be to incorporate The advantage of directed-energy weapons over conventional this technology into satellite communications. Since other coun- ones is deniability. Against whom is such deniability aimed? tries are known to have similar capabilities, there could occur a ..deniability must be aimed at the American people." Later they situation in which electronic mind-control warfare is waged state: "We must decide whether innovative military capabilities against a civilian population, receiving conflicting mental manip- are, in fact, acceptable and desirable. That can only happen ulation from opposing sides. What would be the mental state of through open debate. The military must be a vital participant, but individuals so targeted? Would it cause a rise in mental aberra- not the sole one." tions and schizophrenia? And what are the limits of mind manip- But there has been no open debate. ulations? Can people be forced to commit suicide? Can physical On July 21, 1994, the US Department of Defense proposed that ailments or psychosomatic illnesses be induced? non-lethal weapons be used not only against declared enemies, A March 1990 report from Bosnia-Herzegovina in the former but against anyone engaged in activities that the DoD opposed. Yugoslavia suggests the latter may have already happened. The That could include almost anybody and anything. Note that the report concerns 2,990 ethnic mind-control technology is classi- Albanians who were admitted to hos- fied under non-lethal weapons.'* pitals with complaints of lung and Commando Solo conducts A 1998 news item states that skin problems for which doctors psychological operations and civil US Air Force General John could find no physical cause.” . oe . Jumper "predicts that the military It is not a far step from manipulat- affairs broadcast missions in the will have the tools to make ing a person's emotional state to influ- potential enemies see, hear and standard AM, FM, HF, TV and encing bodily functions. Indeed, believe things that do not exist" much of the literature documenting military communications bands. and that "The same idea was con- microwave effects on biological sys- tained in a 15-volume study by tems deals with precisely this phe- Missions are flown at maximum the USAF Scientific Advisory nomenon. In fact, studies of the altitudes possible to ensure Board, issued in 1996, on how to physical effects of microwave expo- . . maintain US air and space superi- sure (including radio frequencies) optimum propagation patterns. ority on the battlefields of the generally preceded studies of mental 21st century".'*"” effects. It seems that, in military par- A meeting sponsored by Defense & Foreign Affairs and The lance, a "prediction" means: "Don't be surprised when you find International Strategic Studies Association was held in out we've already got this, but it's classified and we can't admit to Washington, DC, in 1983. High-level officials from many coun- it just yet." tries met for this conference. They discussed psychological Notice that General Jumper predicts that mind-control technolo- strategies related to government and policymaking. A summary gy will be used against potential enemies. The military and gov- of the agenda reads: "The group will be discussing the essence of | ernment agencies may apply this term to any group or individual future policymaking, for it must be increasingly clear to all that they perceive as a threat to their own interests. Potential enemies the most effective tool of government and strategy is the mind... may be counter-culture individuals, those of opposing political If it's any consolation to the weapons-oriented among defense pol- viewpoints, economic or financial competitors, biological undesir- icymakers, the new technologies of communications—satellites, ables, etc. It is part of the military agenda to identify potential television, radio, and mind-control beams—are 'systems' which threats so as to be prepared to meet them. Experience has shown are more tangible than the more philosophically based psycholog- that the US Government (the CIA and FBI, for example) has ical strategies and operations. moved against these people or groups, slandering, harassing, even "But we should make no mistake; it will be the psychologically killing them, without adequate cause or legal sanction. based’ systems which determine the world's fate in coming years: A weapon that can be used in secret lends itself to abuse by the condition of the minds of populations and leaders. And we unethical individuals in positions of power. The military and should not ignore the fact that the USSR is working on electronic secret services have shown themselves often to be lacking in ethi- systems to 'beam' messages directly into the brain. What good, cal constraints. After all, the job of the military is war; it is killing then, are conventional systems if these types of weapons are not _ people; and so, just how this is accomplished may be considered countered? And, on a more basic level, what good is a weapon irrelevant. Lesser evils, like mind control, pale by comparison. system if public opinion or political constraints prohibit its Of course, it can be argued that it is far more humane to brain- deployment?" wash a person via mind-control technology into accepting your It is obvious that they found the answer to that last question. If ideas than it is to torture or kill them. Others vehemently deny the public does not know about a weapon system, it cannot pro- this. They'd rather be dead than a mental slave to Big Brother! hibit its deployment. This is the situation that applies to mind- That is what revolutions are about. And if I recall correctly, that control technology. is the idea behind the US Bill of Rights. that he was participating in an experiment. In the case of mind- control technology, this supposition may very well be true. But that does not justify its use—or so said the Niirnberg Code, the tenets of which were used as a legal basis to prosecute Nazi scien- tists for war crimes. However, the US seems to have excused its own military and scientific community from adhering to that Code." psychological operations and civil affairs broadcast missions in the standard AM, FM, HF, TV and military communications bands. Missions are flown at maximum NEXUS - 33 Commando Solo conducts ; altitudes possible to ensure optimum propagation patterns. OCTOBER — NOVEMBER 1999