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deBriefings found that running this water through an activated carbon filter PROMIS SOFTWARE: A LINK TO THE ECHELON removed all vestiges of the drugs. SPYING SYSTEM? Ternes's studies confirm that two disinfection agents, "activat- by Kenn Thomas © 2000 ed carbon and ozone", which are used in many European drink- = “Nhe research of Danny Casolaro, the writer who died in ing-water plants, generally remove any traces of drugs. It's Martinsburg, West Virginia, in August 1991 while investi- because these relatively costly technologies aren't employed for gating an intelligence cabal called The Octopus, continues treating sewage, he notes, that a large share of the drugs flushed _to contextualise current events in ways that the mainstream media down toilets can reach open waters. fail at daily. For instance, it seems more than likely that the vast The symposium's scientists note that, to date, few if any toxi- spy satellite system known as Echelon, now emerging as a major cological studies have evaluated risks posed by chronic exposure __ topic in international public debate about the surveillance society, to trace concentrations of phar- relies on some permutation of the maceutical drugs. However, PROMIS software—a system that most of the participants suspect was crucial to Casolaro's research. that the biggest risks face aquatic |... jt seems more than likely that the PROMIS was stolen from the life, which may be bathed from . Inslaw company by Ed Meese cradle to grave in a solution of vast spy satellite system known as cronies in the US Justice drugs of increasing concentration Echelon, now emerging asa major Department under Ronald Reagan. and potency. It became infamous for its "back David Epel, of Stanford topic in international public debate door", allowing the Octopus University's Hopkins Marine about the surveillance society, cronies to spy on clients who ha Station in Pacific Grove, . . bought PROMIS illegally. California, is especially con- relies on some permutation of In addition to high-resolution cerned about new drugs called the PROMIS software _ visual monitoring, the Echelon "efflux-pump inhibitors". These satellites—maintained and utilise drugs, he says, are designed to by such US intelligence groups as keep microbes from ejecting the the National Security Agency antibiotics intended to slay them, (NSA) and the Nationa and also impede the cellular pumps that nearly all animals use to Reconnaissance Office (NRO)—monitor phone calls and e-mail get rid of toxicants (Science News, 12 February 2000, p. 110). transmissions for key words like "bomb" and "assassination" that Epel is concerned that if pump-inhibiting drugs enter the aquat- _ ostensibly might expose terrorists. A growing body of indepen- ic environment, they might render wildlife vulnerable to concen- _dent researchers, however, have come to understand that the sys- trations of pollution that had previously been innocuous. tem has been used for industrial espionage and for the tracking of (Source: By J. Raloff, Science News, vol. 157, no. 14, 1 April private citizens and political dissidents. The Echelon satellites 2000, p. 212, website www.sciencenews.org/20000401/fobl.asp, use advanced software-hardware technology that mystifies posted 8 April 2000) researchers. Amidst official denials that it can be done at all, these researchers are beginning to focus ON a i on the real question of how it can be HELLO. How . (ARE WE THIS EvEMiG? | done. The answer to that may rest with PROMIS and Danny Casolaro's FoR THE LOW, Low sum research. 1 oF $IIIF WE ARE ABLE T? SEU You A The development and use of Inslaw's DISCREET FOOLPRODE fl PROMIS, to the extent of Casolaro's | DEVICE FOR BLOCKAGE ve research, are detailed in The Octopus: CAUS FRO Secret Government and the Death of \retemda KETERS. Danny Casolaro, the book I co- authored with Jim Keith. However, the permutations and evolutionary muta- tions of PROMIS have since become the gist of much further speculation and research. At the start of the Clinton Administration, for instance, PROMIS illuminated the death of White House aide Vince Foster with suggestion that it has been introduced into international banking systems. According to one theory, Foster's Swiss bank accounts were made vulnerable in this way and may have led to his suicide or murder. PROMIS SOFTWARE: A LINK TO THE ECHELON SPYING SYSTEM? by Kenn Thomas © 2000 12 - NEXUS JUNE — JULY 2000