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Re REVIEWS INSIDE THE SHADOW Helms explains how, in the event of a GOVERNMENT "national emergency" (which only the by Harry Helms President can declare), basic civil rights Feral Press, CA, USA, 2003 could so easily be suspended, citizens ISBN 0-92291 5-89-X (225pp tpb) rounded up en masse and private property seized. This is already happening in post-9/11 USA, but Helms says it could so easily happen on a large scale. His book makes chilling reading; but if you can't wait, then visit the author's website, http://www. the-shadow-government.com, for more info. Availability: Order online from http://www.feralhouse.com n the wake of the 9/11 attacks, a parallel US "Shadow Government" was activated, whisking away President Bush to the US Strategic Command Center in Nebraska and VP Cheney to the White House bunker and then, allegedly, to Mount Weather in SEEDS OF DECEPTION Maryland. There, and possibly at several by Jeffrey M. Smith other facilities, a mirrored "Office of the Yes! Books, Fairfield, lowa, USA, 2003 Presidency" is maintained by FEMA, the (also Scribe Publications, Melbourne, Federal Emergency Management Agency. Australia, and Craig Potton Publishing, But how much do the Congress and Senate —_ Nelson, NZ, 2004) know about this parallel set-up? Very little, ISBN 0-9729665-8-7 (292pp tpb) says Harry Helms in Inside the Shadow Availability: Order online from website Government. He starts with a 9/11 "what if" http:/www.seedsofdeception.com scenario to describe how the President can ow safe is the food you're eating? If bypass the Congress and Constitution by Hy. live in North America particularly, you're likely to be eating increasing INSDE na amounts of genetically modified/engineered ‘oods, certainly in processed food products. SHADOW GOVERNMENT Yet the safety of those foods is untested in ee double-blind scientific trials. In Seeds of Deception, Jeffrey Smith says that the few independent GM feeding studies done point a wy yr to animals sustaining damage to the immune system and vital organs and showing pre- cancerous conditions and stomach lesions— all the more reason to be cautious about what we eat, as well as what we feed to animals destined for human consumption. Smith, founder of the Institute for Responsible Technology (which promotes labelling of GM foods), exposes the industry manipulation and political collusion that allow untested GM foods on the market. Scientists who have warned of toxins, aller- gies and new diseases have been discredited or sacked because their findings are at odds with the pro-biotech agenda. Industry stud- ies, e.g., in the case of GE bovine growth hormone, appear to be rigged so that prob- lems aren't found. But we need to ask ques- tions; we need to know if there is indeed a link between, say, the rise in soy allergies creating new laws, Executive Orders, at the stroke of a pen. The Office of Homeland Security was created on 8 October 2001 with an EO signed by President George W. Bush that contains provisions which remove civil liberties. Helms overviews several key EOs issued through the decades and reprints three in the appendices. As to who writes these EOs on whose say-so, this is unclear. The unelected Shadow Government and and the introduction of GM soy into the the military and agencies which support it food supply, as seems to be the case already operate according to a cult of secrecy, and in the USA and UK. Smith also lists a host Helms shows how black-budget expenditure — G¢ things that can go wrong in the unpre- evades congressional oversight. He divulges 4: stable field of gene science. details of the layout of and activities at top- It's important for scientists, regulators, cor- tie ret undergrO und installations and faci’ porations and their shareholders to take a Electronic Combat R: J d look ate big-picture look at the unknowns of what be tra ti combat Kange, that 00) fe the they're inflicting on the planet and its popu- mulitar on to cectet provects Work Tor the lation. Likewise, it's important for individu- y P-s projects: als and groups to lobby decision-makers usp e context oF Provisions cen with their concerns. Smith's book is packed . i with accessible information and useful refer- and various military groups and agencies, ¥ group’ 8 ences for the research minded. NEXUS = 71 FEBRUARY — MARCH 2004 www.nexusmagazine.com