Remote Control: The Battle for Your Mind
Author: Steve Lynch
Format: Paper back, 305 pages, indexed
Publisher:
Vortex Publications
P.O. Box 99
Lyons IL
USA 60534
CONTENTS: Foreword ............................................. I Part 1: Remote Control 1. Of Mice, Men and Big Brother ..................... 1 2. Behavioral Modification .......................... 8 3. Science Gone Mad ................................. 14 4. Exposure ......................................... 19 5. CIA Legal Strategy ............................... 22 6. Psychotronics .................................... 26 7. Political Psychiatry ............................. 30 Part 2: Brainscan: State Terror and The Bid To Create The Ultimate "Manchurian Candidate" Introduction ......................................... 35 8. Targeted ......................................... 39 9. Nightmare ........................................ 50 10. The Special Treatment Center ..................... 84 11. State Terror ..................................... 105 12. Against All Odds ................................. 107 13. Triumph of the Will .............................. 115 14. Bouncing Back .................................... 118 15. Damage Control and Hook-up City .................. 123 16. Back on Track .................................... 132 17. Changes .......................................... 137 18. Transfer ......................................... 145 19. Research ......................................... 153 20. Government Operatives Miscalculate and Drop The Ball .................................... 157 21. And Then It Was Gone ............................. 165 22. Wind Chill Factor ................................ 170 23. Orange Crush ..................................... 174 24. Sovietization of the Legal System ................ 182 25. The Best Defense ................................. 187 26. Move/Countermove ................................. 198 27. The Ultimate "Manchurian Candidate" .............. 208 28. Release .......................................... 218 29. "Conquering the Human Mind" ...................... 221 30. Big Brother Is Watching You ...................... 223 31. What Are You Going To Do When They Come For You?.. 225 Endnotes ............................................. 229 Appendix 1 - Documents ............................... 251 Appendix 2 - A Short List of Actual Patents Worth Taking a Quick Look At ............ 299 Index ................................................ 301 Web Sites ............................................ 305 REVIEW: Let me state first that when I read a book on the subject of electronic torture/mind control/organized stalking (which usually accompanies electronic harassment) that I am mainly interested in HOW WELL THIS BOOK CAN SUPPORT ACTIVISM TO EXPOSE AND STOP THESE CRIMES. I'm a retired engineer, not a literary person. For me, and for those readers who are targeted by electronic harassment, which includes "mind control", we need usable information. I don't comment on the usual literary abilities of the writer, and this book is definitely intended to convey information, not be a "literary work." Overall, with some exceptions, I feel the author, Steve Lynch, has accomplished conveying useful information quite well. Particularly useful is Lynch's ability to SHORTEN each subject, making sections of this book handy to show to naysayers - hostile family members, doctors, law enforcement, politicians. He has done us a real service by putting this information into one handy place. Foreword: In Cheryl Welsh's foreword, she makes this statement: "Most people do not believe the U.S. and Russian governments have weapons that can remotely target a person anywhere in the world, read their thoughts, beam messages to their brain, control every nerve in their body and cause great pain." Bravo to Cheryl for mentioning a very large part of what today's electronic remote torture weapons can do and do do. Cheryl praises the book's thorough research and ample footnotes, and non-technical writing style, and she laments that still, this book isn't as "mainstream" as she might like. Cheryl acknowledges that life doesn't always go the way we might like, however, and allows that maybe the "shot of reality" portrayed in this book can sometimes be a jolt that shatters preconceived notions. 1. Of Mice, Men and Big Brother In this chapter, the author describes Tempest, the remote PC screen reading technology, the article by Timothy L. Thomas titled "The Mind Has No Firewall" which appeared in the U.S. Army War College Quarterly, issue of Spring, 1998. He mentions the Malech patent, proposing a method for remotely monitoring and altering brainwaves. (Remotely monitoring, without implants, has yet to be demonstrated publicly. However, remotely altering EEG activity has been doable for half a century, by pulsing radio signals, first done by an old medical device named the Lida machine.) Author Steve Lynch reports on an article from an online newsletter, Physics News Update, claiming remote reading of a person's brainwaves without the usual EEG in-scalp electrodes. I couldn't get that 2002 link to display, however, other researchers online have found articles about detecting EEG signals without contact electrodes. Since EEG signals are only a few MICROvolts, and since the environment is full of even stronger competing signals, non-contact EEG reading, as far as I've seen from articles discussed on line, is strictly a very short range affair. As a retired professional engineer, I need definitive proof before I would endorse the reading of microvolt signals at the distances experienced by targets of electronic harassment. It's great Steve Lynch mentions microwave "voice to skull" technology, by way of U.S. patent 4,858,612, however it's unfortunate he didn't mention the successful demonstration of this by Dr. Joseph Sharp, published at a joint meeting of faculties of psychology and engineering at the University of Utah in August, 1974. Patents don't mean the invention was actually demonstrated, instead, they mean the Patent Office considers that the invention has potential for benefitting society. So reports of actual demonstrations are the most valuable items to be published, with the patents as supporting information. Patents DO demonstrate intent, and demonstrating intent is also very important. 2. Behavioral Modification Chapter 2 outlines the MKULTRA era, the known programs taking place during the Cold War years of the 50s through the early 70s. It must impress readers who are not aware of electronic harassment and "mind control" that Delgado's remote "stimoceiver" (skull-mounted radio receiver with implants in the subject's brain) was successfully demonstrated; glad to see that included in the book. Steve Lynch does an excellent job of condensing into a clear, easily read section of chapter 2 on brainwashing, and milestones in the CIA brainwashing research done in the MKULTRA era. 3. Science Gone Mad Chapter 3 does an excellent job of reporting on the MKULTRA sub-project 68 crimes, the involuntary personality erasure experiments by "Dr." Ewen Cameron at the Allan Memorial (psychiatric) Institute at Montreal, Canada. This is a very important crime report, as the victims eventually won a significant victory by suing the CIA, and although it was an out of court settlement, the CIA had to pay. Cameron's crimes prove beyond doubt that government DOES commit horrific crimes. It can not be denied. And, Steve Lynch's talent for getting the important points displayed in brief, easy reading chapters is evident. 4. Exposure 5. CIA Legal Strategy Chapters 4 and 5 expand on the law suit by Cameron's Montreal victims, titled "Orlikow vs. The United States." Chances are if Cameron had not chosen the wife of Canadian Member of Parliament David Orlikow, the outcome might not have been successful. It's great when the perpetrators of these crimes mess up! 6. Psychotronics In this book, author Lynch uses "psychotronics" as the Russian name for electromagnetic mind control weapons. Readers should keep in mind, if they should look up the term psychotronics on the web, that there is another, older meaning, which refers to practitioners which use NON-energized electronic components, in conjunction with psychic ability of the operator, to heal. Personally, I prefer "electronic harassment" as that has a specific rather than a dual meaning. None the less, for conversations with the general public, psychotronics will do. Steve Lynch uses quotes from Cheryl Welsh and Lt. Col. Timothy L. Thomas (article, "The Mind Has No Firewall") to declare that "psychotronic" attack is very possible. 7. Political Psychiatry Chapter 7 presents references showing the Soviet abuse of psychiatry to control people and suppress dissent. While many of today's adults are aware of that, having this chapter available gives references which an activist can use to counter statements that psychiatry can't be wrong or can't be abused. Electronic harassment and organized stalking targets are often accused of mental illness. This chapter also reminds us of the power, potential criminal power, of neuroleptic or psychotropic drugs. Again, very handy to have. Lots of good footnotes to back up the information. Introduction to Part 2 Part 2 switches to, according to the Introduction, "... an account of an aggressive covert governmental operation and of that operation's initial target, a man who wound up on the receiving end of their high-tech electronic barrage." This story starts in 1992 in the state of Illinois. The author mentions a prisoner with "anti-Zionist opinions" as a possible motive for targeting the prisoner. (More than simply an "anti-Zionist", the prisoner, quote, "had been a believer in National Socialism", from which the term Nazi had sprung.) I, Eleanor White, listen to many of the shortwave based programs of a loosely organized educate-the-public actvist group which are referred to as the U.S. Patriot Movement, or Truth Movement. I've been a listener for four years now, and being retired, I've heard many of their broadcasts. They have guests from many professions - doctors, politicians, military officers, journalists, researchers, and activists against government and corporate crimes. I bring this up to explain to the reader that there are two groups which get fairly consistent blame for government and corporate crime. One is Zionists, who are people working to promote the interests of the Israeli government and should NOT be confused with people of the Jewish faith. The claim is that Zionists infiltrate governments everywhere and their loyalty is the government of Israel, and not the government where they are actually employed. (The other group, for background information, is the Roman Catholic hierarchy, and in particular the Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuits. The Jesuits have been accused of infiltrating all levels of government everywhere, and fostering or directly committing serious crimes.) When reading this book, "Remote Control", this background might explain why someone could get chosen as a target, especially if the allegations against the Zionists prove to be true. I, Eleanor White, am not a political researcher and can make no authoritative statements as to the culpability of the Zionists. Author Steve Lynch alleges that government now (1992) would like to "take out" activists they consider a threat, but now have no need to, as new technology allows them to destroy people from the inside. And at the end of chapter 7, Lynch claims there is a "paper trail of damning documentation" which shows the existence of a program, which he gives his own name to, "Brainscan." 8. Targeted This chapter, and those following, report on the corruption in the legal system of Illinois, the setting of this story of "the prisoner" who is the central character. 9. Nightmare Though "the prisoner's" story takes place in a prison, as it unfolds, it is a mirror image of the types of harassment many people are now reporting as "organized stalking" and "electronic harassment." The fundamental weapon used against an organized stalking target is the LIE. Lies are continuously spread among those who associate with the target, isolating and humiliating the target, depriving the target of all fundamental rights, and destroying the target's quality of life. Steve Lynch's story of organized stalking inside an Illinois prison illustrates organized stalking, along with electronic harassment perfectly. My regret is that the unaware public really don't care if prisoners are lied about, group stalked, or electronically harassed, and unfortunately, this may reduce the effectiveness of this book as an activism aid. But that is a generalization, and the book is very well written and may well, as Cheryl Welsh suggests in her foreword, compel the attention of an open-minded reader. The title of chapter 9 is very appropriate: The Nightmare. The prisoner received forced drugging of psychotropic drugs. That is indeed a nightmare, one which a number of targets of organized stalking and electronic harassment have been forced to endure. The prisoner had made the "mistake" of asserting that "the government" was torturing him, reading his mind, mining it for information about his "Nazi" associates. That brought psychotropic drugs. When you are an organized stalking and electronic harassment target, you DO NOT mention the harassment, nor do you mention whom you think is responsible, if you want even a shred of freedom left. 10. The Special Treatment Center 11. State Terror 12. Against All Odds 13. Triumph of the Will 14. Bouncing Back 15. Damage Control and Hook-up City 16. Back on Track 17. Changes 18. Transfer 19. Research 20. Government Operatives Miscalculate and Drop The Ball 21. And Then It Was Gone 22. Wind Chill Factor 23. Orange Crush 24. Sovietization of the Legal System This short chapter describes a very noteworthy U.S. Supreme Court decision, Kansas v. Hendricks, which, as described by the author: "That decision gave prosecutors, nation-wide, the green light to use PREVENTATIVE DETENTION laws against people who are not mentally ill." Not mentally ill, but who have demonstrated a pre-disposition to "dangerousness." And who decides "dangerousness?" The psychiatric system, naturally. In short, Soviet-style psychiatry. 25. The Best Defense 26. Move/Countermove 27. The Ultimate "Manchurian Candidate" 28. Release 29. "Conquering the Human Mind" 30. Big Brother Is Watching You 31. What Are You Going To Do When They Come For You? All the above chapters which don't have specific comments largely relate the story of what it is like to be an electronic harassment/organized stalking target, in the special situation of being a prisoner. Being institutionalized AND a target is NOT a happy situation, and the author describes what it is like to face both, over a period of years. A reader who visits web sites related to electronic harassment, organized stalking, and/or "mind control" which is part of electronic harassment, will see that there are many people who are heavily harassed and tortured with the same types of methods. Appendix 1 - Documents These documents are mainly photocopies of prison administrative documents relating to the prisoner's years of incarceration. Kind of amazing he was able to produce such a collection of documents. Appendix 2 - A Short List of Actual Patents Worth Taking a Quick Look At Patents are indeed helpful with activism - they show clearly the intent to produce devices capable of highly invasive manipulation of the brain and nervous system, involuntarily, at a distance, wirelessly. OVERALL: Overall, I would call this an interesting book, which provides quite a bit of well-referenced information in a single paperback volume. Maybe a story book format has more persuasive value for some people, and the bulk of this book is a story. There is some chance it may help persuade, say, a semi- open-minded family member that what a target has to say should at the very least not be dismissed. That is a very important first step. Eleanor White