thedcclothesline--2020-09-21--Hundreds Charged Worldwide In Takedown Of Largest Child Pornography Website

WASHINGTON – Jong Woo Son , 23 , a South Korean national , was indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia for his operation of Welcome To Video , the largest child sexual exploitation market by volume of content .
The nine-count indictment was unsealed along with a parallel civil forfeiture action .
Son has also been charged and convicted in South Korea and is currently in custody serving his sentence in South Korea .
An additional 337 site users residing in Alabama , Arkansas , California , Connecticut , Florida , Georgia , Kansas , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , New Jersey , New York , North Carolina , Ohio , Oregon , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , South Carolina , Texas , Utah , Virginia , Washington State and Washington , D.C. as well as the United Kingdom , South Korea , Germany , Saudi Arabia , the United Arab Emirates , the Czech Republic , Canada , Ireland , Spain , Brazil and Australia have been arrested and charged .
Acting Executive Associate Director Alysa Erichs of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) ’ s Homeland Security Investigations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department ’ s Criminal Division , U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu for the District of Columbia , and Chief Don Fort of IRS Criminal Investigation ( IRS-CI ) made the announcement .
“ Children are our most vulnerable population , and crimes such as these are unthinkable , ” said HSI Acting Executive Associate Director Alysa Erichs .
“ Sadly , advances in technology have enabled child predators to hide behind the dark web and cryptocurrency to further their criminal activity .
However , today ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that no matter how sophisticated the technology or how widespread the network , child exploitation will not be tolerated in the United States .
Our entire justice system will stop at nothing to prevent these heinous crimes , safeguard our children , and bring justice to all.
” “ Darknet sites that profit from the sexual exploitation of children are among the most vile and reprehensible forms of criminal behavior , ” said Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department ’ s Criminal Division .
“ This Administration will not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spaces as a shield .
Today ’ s announcement demonstrates that the Department of Justice remains firmly committed to working closely with our partners in South Korea and around the world to rescue child victims and bring to justice the perpetrators of these abhorrent crimes.
” take our poll - story continues below “ Children around the world are safer because of the actions taken by U.S. and foreign law enforcement to prosecute this case and recover funds for victims , ” said U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu .
“ We will continue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the darknet in the United States and abroad , to ensure they receive the punishment their terrible crimes deserve.
” “ Through the sophisticated tracing of bitcoin transactions , IRS-CI special agents were able to determine the location of the Darknet server , identify the administrator of the website and ultimately track down the website server ’ s physical location in South Korea , ” said IRS-CI Chief Don Fort .
“ This largescale criminal enterprise that endangered the safety of children around the world is no more .
Regardless of the illicit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virtual or tangible , we will continue to work with our federal and international partners to track down these disgusting organizations and bring them to justice.
” According to the indictment agents from the IRS-CI , HSI , National Crime Agency in the United Kingdom , and Korean National Police in South Korea arrested Son and seized the server that he used to operate a Darknet market that exclusively advertised child sexual exploitation videos available for download by members of the site .
The operation resulted in the seizure of approximately eight terabytes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is one of the largest seizures of its kind .
The images , which are currently being analyzed by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children ( NCMEC ) , contained over 250,000 unique videos , and 45 percent of the videos currently analyzed contain new images that have not been previously known to exist .
Welcome To Video offered these videos for sale using the cryptocurrency bitcoin .
Typically , sites of this kind give users a forum to trade in these depictions .
This Darknet website is among the first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ videos using bitcoin .
In fact , the site itself boasted over one million downloads of child exploitation videos by users .
Each user received a unique bitcoin address when the user created an account on the website .
An analysis of the server revealed that the website had more than one million bitcoin addresses , signifying that the website had capacity for at least one million users .
The agencies have shared data from the seized server with law enforcement around the world to assist in identifying and prosecuting customers of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sent to 38 countries and yielded arrests of 337 subjects around the world .
The operation has resulted in searches of residences and businesses of approximately 92 individuals in the United States .
Notably , the operation is responsible for the rescue of at least 23 minor victims residing in the United States , Spain and the United Kingdom , who were being actively abused by the users of the site .
In the Washington , D.C.-metropolitan area , the operation has led to the execution of five search warrants and eight arrests @ @ @ @ @ @ @ administrator of the site and were themselves , users of the website .
Two users of the Darknet market committed suicide subsequent to the execution of search warrants .
Amongst the sites users charged are : • Charles Wunderlich , 34 , of Hot Springs , California , was charged in the District of Columbia with conspiracy to distribute child pornography ; • Brian James LaPrath , 34 , of San Diego , California , was arrested in the District of Columbia , for international money laundering ; and was sentenced to serve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years of supervised release ; • Ernest Wagner , 70 , of Federal Way , Washington , was arrested and charged in the District of Columbia with conspiracy to distribute child pornography ; • Vincent Galarzo , 28 , of Glendale , New York , was arrested and charged in the District of Columbia with conspiracy to distribute child pornography ; • Michael Ezeagbor , 22 , of Pflugerville , Texas , was arrested and charged in the District of Columbia with conspiracy to distribute child pornography ; • Nicholas Stengel , 45 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guilty to receipt of child pornography and money laundering and was sentenced to serve 15 years in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release ; • Eryk Mark Chamberlin , 25 , of Worcester , Massachusetts , pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and is pending sentencing ; • Jairo Flores , 30 , of Cambridge , Massachusetts , pleaded guilty in the District of Massachusetts to receipt and possession of child pornography and was sentenced to serve five years in prison followed by five years of supervised release ; • @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Massachusetts , pleaded guilty in the District of Massachusetts to possession and receipt of child pornography .
• Michael Armstrong , 35 , of Randolph , Massachusetts , pleaded guilty in the District of Massachusetts , to receipt and possession of child pornography .
He was sentenced to serve five years in prison followed by five years of supervised release .
Restitution will be determined at a future date ; • Al Ramadhanu Soedomo , 28 , of Lynn , Massachusetts , pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and was sentenced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) , to serve 12 months and one day followed by five years of supervised release ; • Phillip Sungmin Hong , 24 , of Sharon , Massachusetts , pleaded guilty in the District of Massachusetts ( Boston ) , to receipt and possession of child pornography and is pending sentencing ; • Eliseo Arteaga Jr. , 28 , of Mesquite , Texas , pleaded guilty in the Northern District of Texas to possession of prepubescent child pornography .
He is pending sentencing ; • Richard Nikolai Gratkowski , 40 , of San @ @ @ @ @ @ @ special agent , was arrested in the Western District of Texas .
Gratkowski pleaded guilty to the indictment charging one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of access with intent to view child pornography .
Gratkowski was sentenced to serve 70 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release , and ordered to pay $ 35,000 in restitution to seven victims and a $ 10,000 assessment ; • Paul Casey Whipple , 35 , of Hondo , Texas , a U.S. Border Patrol Agent , was arrested in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ charges of sexual exploitation of children/minors , production , distribution , and possession of child pornography .
Whipple remains in custody awaiting trial in San Antonio ; • Michael Lawson , 36 , of Midland , Georgia , was arrested in the Middle District of Georgia on charges of attempted sexual exploitation of children and possession of child pornography .
He was sentenced to serve 121 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release following his plea to a superseding information charging him with one count of receipt of child pornography @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , of Brookhaven , Georgia , pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography in the Northern District of Georgia ; • Casey Santioius Head , 37 , of Griffin , Georgia , was indicted in the Northern District of Georgia for distribution , receipt , and possession of child pornography ; • Andrew C. Chu , 28 , of Garwood , New Jersey , was arrested and charged with receipt of child pornography .
Those charges remain pending ; • Nader Hamdi Ahmed , 29 of Jersey City , New Jersey , was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , for sexual exploitation or other abuse of children .
Ahmed pleaded guilty to an information charging him with one count of distribution of child pornography .
• Jeffrey Lee Harris , 32 , of Pickens , South Carolina , pleaded guilty in the District of South Carolina for producing , distributing , and possessing child pornography ; • Laine Ormand Clark Jr. , 27 , of Conway , South Carolina , was arrested and charged in U.S. District Court in South Carolina Division for sexual possession of child pornography ; • Jack @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lakeland , Florida , was arrested in the Middle District of Florida for knowingly receiving and possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct ; • Michael Matthew White , 39 , of Miami Beach , Florida , was arrested in the Southern District of Florida for coercion and enticement ; • Nikolas Bennion Bradshaw , 24 , of Bountiful , Utah , was arrested in the State of Utah , and charged with five counts of sexual exploitation of a minor , and was sentenced to time served with 91 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • Michael Don Gibbs , 37 , of Holladay , Utah , was charged in the District of Utah with receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography ; • Ammar Atef H. Alahdali , 22 , of Arlington , Virginia , pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Virginia to receipt of child pornography and was sentenced to serve five years in prison and ordered to pay $ 3,000 in restitution ; • Mark Lindsay Rohrer , 38 , of West Hartford , Connecticut , pleaded guilty in the District of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release ; • Eugene Edward Jung , 47 , of San Francisco , California , was indicted in the Northern District of California on possession of child pornography and receipt of child pornography ; • James Daosaeng , 25 , of Springdale , Arkansas , pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and was sentenced in the Western District of Arkansas ( Fayetteville ) to serve 97 months in prison followed by 20 years of supervised release ; • @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Columbus , Ohio , was arrested and indicted in Franklin County Ohio Court of Common Pleas for pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor ; • Don Edward Pannell , 32 , of Harvey , Louisiana , pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Louisiana for receipt of child pornography .
He is pending sentencing ; • Ryan Thomas Carver , 29 , of Huntsville , Alabama , was arrested and charged under Alabama State Law .
He was charged federally in the Northern District of Alabama with possession of child pornography .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Alabama ; • Andrew Buckley , 28 , of the United Kingdom , pleaded guilty to 10 offences in the UK of possession and distribution of indecent images of children , possession of extreme and prohibited images and possession of a class A drug .
He was sentenced to serve 40 months in prison for the distribution of indecent images and possession of class A drugs .
Buckley is also subject to an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order ; • Kyle Fox , 26 , of the United Kingdom , pleaded guilty to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and sharing indecent images , and was sentenced to serve 22 years in prison ; and • Mohammed Almaker , 26 , of Fort Collins , Colorado , was arrested in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ( KSA ) , charged with KSA Law involving the endangerment of children .
He is awaiting judicial proceedings in furtherance of criminal charges .
A forfeiture complaint was also unsealed today .
The complaint alleges that law enforcement was able to trace payments of bitcoin to the Darknet site by following the flow of funds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ accounts identified in the complaint were allegedly used by 24 individuals in five countries to fund the website and promote the exploitation of children .
The forfeiture complaint seeks to recover these funds and , ultimately through the restoration process , return the illicit funds to victims of the crime .
The charges in the indictment are merely allegations , and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law .
The international investigations were led by HIS , IRS-CI , and the NCA .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Korea , the National Crime Agency of the United Kingdom and the German Federal Criminal Police ( the Bundeskriminalamt ) , aided and coordinated with their parallel investigations .
The Department of Justice ’ s Office of International Affairs of the Criminal Division provided significant assistance .
We want to thank all law enforcement officers for their dedication and service .
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WASHINGTON – Jong Woo Son, 23, a South Korean national, was indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia for his operation of Welcome To Video, the largest child sexual exploitation market by volume of content. The nine-count indictment was unsealed along with a parallel civil forfeiture action.
Son has also been charged and convicted in South Korea and is currently in custody serving his sentence in South Korea. An additional 337 site users residing in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington State and Washington, D.C. as well as the United Kingdom, South Korea, Germany, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the Czech Republic, Canada, Ireland, Spain, Brazil and Australia have been arrested and charged.
Acting Executive Associate Director Alysa Erichs of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu for the District of Columbia, and Chief Don Fort of IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) made the announcement.
“Children are our most vulnerable population, and crimes such as these are unthinkable,” said HSI Acting Executive Associate Director Alysa Erichs. “Sadly, advances in technology have enabled child predators to hide behind the dark web and cryptocurrency to further their criminal activity. However, today’s indictment sends a strong message to criminals that no matter how sophisticated the technology or how widespread the network, child exploitation will not be tolerated in the United States. Our entire justice system will stop at nothing to prevent these heinous crimes, safeguard our children, and bring justice to all.”
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“Darknet sites that profit from the sexual exploitation of children are among the most vile and reprehensible forms of criminal behavior,” said Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “This Administration will not allow child predators to use lawless online spaces as a shield. Today’s announcement demonstrates that the Department of Justice remains firmly committed to working closely with our partners in South Korea and around the world to rescue child victims and bring to justice the perpetrators of these abhorrent crimes.”
“Children around the world are safer because of the actions taken by U.S. and foreign law enforcement to prosecute this case and recover funds for victims,” said U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu. “We will continue to pursue such criminals on and off the darknet in the United States and abroad, to ensure they receive the punishment their terrible crimes deserve.”
“Through the sophisticated tracing of bitcoin transactions, IRS-CI special agents were able to determine the location of the Darknet server, identify the administrator of the website and ultimately track down the website server’s physical location in South Korea,” said IRS-CI Chief Don Fort. “This largescale criminal enterprise that endangered the safety of children around the world is no more. Regardless of the illicit scheme, and whether the proceeds are virtual or tangible, we will continue to work with our federal and international partners to track down these disgusting organizations and bring them to justice.”
According to the indictment agents from the IRS-CI, HSI, National Crime Agency in the United Kingdom, and Korean National Police in South Korea arrested Son and seized the server that he used to operate a Darknet market that exclusively advertised child sexual exploitation videos available for download by members of the site. The operation resulted in the seizure of approximately eight terabytes of child sexual exploitation videos, which is one of the largest seizures of its kind. The images, which are currently being analyzed by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), contained over 250,000 unique videos, and 45 percent of the videos currently analyzed contain new images that have not been previously known to exist.
Welcome To Video offered these videos for sale using the cryptocurrency bitcoin. Typically, sites of this kind give users a forum to trade in these depictions. This Darknet website is among the first of its kind to monetize child exploitation videos using bitcoin. In fact, the site itself boasted over one million downloads of child exploitation videos by users. Each user received a unique bitcoin address when the user created an account on the website. An analysis of the server revealed that the website had more than one million bitcoin addresses, signifying that the website had capacity for at least one million users.
The agencies have shared data from the seized server with law enforcement around the world to assist in identifying and prosecuting customers of the site. This has resulted in leads sent to 38 countries and yielded arrests of 337 subjects around the world. The operation has resulted in searches of residences and businesses of approximately 92 individuals in the United States. Notably, the operation is responsible for the rescue of at least 23 minor victims residing in the United States, Spain and the United Kingdom, who were being actively abused by the users of the site.
In the Washington, D.C.-metropolitan area, the operation has led to the execution of five search warrants and eight arrests of individuals who both conspired with the administrator of the site and were themselves, users of the website. Two users of the Darknet market committed suicide subsequent to the execution of search warrants.
Amongst the sites users charged are:
Charles Wunderlich, 34, of Hot Springs, California, was charged in the District of Columbia with conspiracy to distribute child pornography;
Brian James LaPrath, 34, of San Diego, California, was arrested in the District of Columbia, for international money laundering; and was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release;
Ernest Wagner, 70, of Federal Way, Washington, was arrested and charged in the District of Columbia with conspiracy to distribute child pornography;
Vincent Galarzo, 28, of Glendale, New York, was arrested and charged in the District of Columbia with conspiracy to distribute child pornography;
Michael Ezeagbor, 22, of Pflugerville, Texas, was arrested and charged in the District of Columbia with conspiracy to distribute child pornography;
Nicholas Stengel, 45, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography and money laundering and was sentenced to serve 15 years in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release;
Eryk Mark Chamberlin, 25, of Worcester, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and is pending sentencing;
Jairo Flores, 30, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in the District of Massachusetts to receipt and possession of child pornography and was sentenced to serve five years in prison followed by five years of supervised release;
Billy Penaloza, 29, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in the District of Massachusetts to possession and receipt of child pornography.
Michael Armstrong, 35, of Randolph, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in the District of Massachusetts, to receipt and possession of child pornography. He was sentenced to serve five years in prison followed by five years of supervised release. Restitution will be determined at a future date;
Al Ramadhanu Soedomo, 28, of Lynn, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and was sentenced in the District of Massachusetts (Boston), to serve 12 months and one day followed by five years of supervised release;
Phillip Sungmin Hong, 24, of Sharon, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in the District of Massachusetts (Boston), to receipt and possession of child pornography and is pending sentencing;
Eliseo Arteaga Jr., 28, of Mesquite, Texas, pleaded guilty in the Northern District of Texas to possession of prepubescent child pornography. He is pending sentencing;
Richard Nikolai Gratkowski, 40, of San Antonio, Texas, a former HSI special agent, was arrested in the Western District of Texas. Gratkowski pleaded guilty to the indictment charging one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of access with intent to view child pornography. Gratkowski was sentenced to serve 70 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $35,000 in restitution to seven victims and a $10,000 assessment;
Paul Casey Whipple, 35, of Hondo, Texas, a U.S. Border Patrol Agent, was arrested in the Western District of Texas, on charges of sexual exploitation of children/minors, production, distribution, and possession of child pornography. Whipple remains in custody awaiting trial in San Antonio;
Michael Lawson, 36, of Midland, Georgia, was arrested in the Middle District of Georgia on charges of attempted sexual exploitation of children and possession of child pornography. He was sentenced to serve 121 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release following his plea to a superseding information charging him with one count of receipt of child pornography;
Kevin Christopher Eagan, 39, of Brookhaven, Georgia, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography in the Northern District of Georgia;
Casey Santioius Head, 37, of Griffin, Georgia, was indicted in the Northern District of Georgia for distribution, receipt, and possession of child pornography;
Andrew C. Chu, 28, of Garwood, New Jersey, was arrested and charged with receipt of child pornography. Those charges remain pending;
Nader Hamdi Ahmed, 29 of Jersey City, New Jersey, was arrested in the District of New Jersey, for sexual exploitation or other abuse of children. Ahmed pleaded guilty to an information charging him with one count of distribution of child pornography.
Jeffrey Lee Harris, 32, of Pickens, South Carolina, pleaded guilty in the District of South Carolina for producing, distributing, and possessing child pornography;
Laine Ormand Clark Jr., 27, of Conway, South Carolina, was arrested and charged in U.S. District Court in South Carolina Division for sexual possession of child pornography;
Jack R. Dove III, 38, of Lakeland, Florida, was arrested in the Middle District of Florida for knowingly receiving and possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct;
Michael Matthew White, 39, of Miami Beach, Florida, was arrested in the Southern District of Florida for coercion and enticement;
Nikolas Bennion Bradshaw, 24, of Bountiful, Utah, was arrested in the State of Utah, and charged with five counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, and was sentenced to time served with 91 days in jail followed by probation;
Michael Don Gibbs, 37, of Holladay, Utah, was charged in the District of Utah with receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography;
Ammar Atef H. Alahdali, 22, of Arlington, Virginia, pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Virginia to receipt of child pornography and was sentenced to serve five years in prison and ordered to pay $3,000 in restitution;
Mark Lindsay Rohrer, 38, of West Hartford, Connecticut, pleaded guilty in the District of Connecticut to receipt of child pornography and was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release;
Eugene Edward Jung, 47, of San Francisco, California, was indicted in the Northern District of California on possession of child pornography and receipt of child pornography;
James Daosaeng, 25, of Springdale, Arkansas, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and was sentenced in the Western District of Arkansas (Fayetteville) to serve 97 months in prison followed by 20 years of supervised release;
Alex Daniel Paxton, 30, of Columbus, Ohio, was arrested and indicted in Franklin County Ohio Court of Common Pleas for pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor;
Don Edward Pannell, 32, of Harvey, Louisiana, pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Louisiana for receipt of child pornography. He is pending sentencing;
Ryan Thomas Carver, 29, of Huntsville, Alabama, was arrested and charged under Alabama State Law. He was charged federally in the Northern District of Alabama with possession of child pornography. His case is pending in Huntsville, Alabama;
Andrew Buckley, 28, of the United Kingdom, pleaded guilty to 10 offences in the UK of possession and distribution of indecent images of children, possession of extreme and prohibited images and possession of a class A drug. He was sentenced to serve 40 months in prison for the distribution of indecent images and possession of class A drugs. Buckley is also subject to an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order;
Kyle Fox, 26, of the United Kingdom, pleaded guilty to 22 counts including rape, sexual assault, and sharing indecent images, and was sentenced to serve 22 years in prison; and
Mohammed Almaker, 26, of Fort Collins, Colorado, was arrested in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), charged with KSA Law involving the endangerment of children. He is awaiting judicial proceedings in furtherance of criminal charges.
A forfeiture complaint was also unsealed today. The complaint alleges that law enforcement was able to trace payments of bitcoin to the Darknet site by following the flow of funds on the blockchain. The virtual currency accounts identified in the complaint were allegedly used by 24 individuals in five countries to fund the website and promote the exploitation of children. The forfeiture complaint seeks to recover these funds and, ultimately through the restoration process, return the illicit funds to victims of the crime.
The charges in the indictment are merely allegations, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
The international investigations were led by HIS, IRS-CI, and the NCA. The Korean National Police of the Republic of Korea, the National Crime Agency of the United Kingdom and the German Federal Criminal Police (the Bundeskriminalamt), aided and coordinated with their parallel investigations. The Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs of the Criminal Division provided significant assistance.
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thedcclothesline--2020-09-21--Former CBS Reporter Exposes Global Cartels Controlling Military, Money, Energy, Government, Medical,

Former CBS Reporter Exposes Global Cartels Controlling Military, Money, Energy, Government, Medical, Corporate, Media & Education

Former CBS Healthwatch reporter Jon Rappoport often shares great insight into how things in our world are manipulated with those in power and with lots of money .
In a recent email , he borrowed from his The Matrix Revealed series to provide a taste of what he refers to as global cartels who are influencing anything from the militaries of the world to education .
Among those he interviewed were two insiders named Ellis Medavoy and Richard Bell .
Major institutions on this planet that control Military , Money , Energy , Government , Medical , Corporate , Media @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and more , global cartels , horizontally integrated across national borders .
This is more than a top-down command process .
It ’ s organically evolving .
Three steps forward , two steps back .
There is a great deal of competition among the components of a given cartel , but there is also cooperation .
And in the long run , the see-saw is tipping in the direction of cooperation , as these entities realize they may well have more to gain that way .
take our poll - story continues below @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this EVOLVING process .
All attempts to merely assume twelve men in a room run the planet fall woefully short .
Instead , over time , people who lead a powerful institution ( like Energy , for example ) look out and recognize more major players , and in this recognition there is an impulse to compete and win and destroy , but there is also an impulse to build commonality and therefore monopolize the entire territory .
During one conversation with retired master propagandist Ellis Medavoy , I asked him about the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ field , psychological warfare .
He responded : “ Twenty years ago , I would have said we were all operating separately and jealously .
Each of us was mining his own contacts and building his false pictures of reality for the masses .
But then things began to change .
Globally .
First of all , more of us were pushing the same holograms .
And because communication and travel were speeding up so rapidly , we were working a lot of the same venues .
We would run into each other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ information .
I mean , it was cautious .
We weren ’ t gushing with unbridled love , I assure you .
The competitive factor was still strong .
And we had fights .
But through all that , we began to see through the fog , so to speak .
We began to understand the effectiveness of cooperating .
We would test each other with privileged information , to see if we could trust each other to keep it private .
A tidbit here , a tidbit there .
“ And you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were finding commonality , too .
For example , in the area of medical propaganda , where I operated a lot of the time .
And these groups saw they could join together for specific operations , on an international scale .
They could push enormous lies globally , and every one of their class would profit and gain wider control .
So I would find myself working with a psy warfare guy from , say , France , or Germany in a joint venture .
We would rub elbows .
We ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ money trough .
“ We ’ d both be briefed by a team of intelligence experts , and those experts would be of several nationalities .
Slowly , I saw a new kind of umbrella structure emerging .
“ See , suppose during the secret lead-up to a planned economic crisis [ money cartel ] , you can distract everybody with a phony epidemic [ medical cartel ] .
Do you see ?
Leaders perceive a reason to cooperate .
Planners become more intelligent and clever .
They reach across lines they never @ @ @ @ @ @ @ begin to see the outlines of a much more inclusive future structure .
This is multi-front warfare.
” Richard Bell , another former insider , said to me : “ People like to assume that money is everything .
If you can limit the amount of money the public has , eventually they weaken and cave in and they ’ re easier to control .
And this is certainly true .
But on the other hand , as mega-corporations gain more power and range and markets , you have a clash , because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in ways they never have , as a cartel in some respects , want customers for their products .
They don ’ t want abject poverty across the board .
People have to be able to buy their products .
“ So there is a heavy conflict .
It ’ s a conflict between elite bankers [ money cartel ] and mega-corporations [ corporation cartel ] .
It needs to be resolved through advance planning , over the long term .
So now you have these powerful men sitting down and talking in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get involved , too [ government , media , energy cartels , for example ] .
” Those who represent that people are often compromised men .
They are bribed , put in compromising situations and blackmailed or something similar and they are then controlled to do the bidding of those who hold it over them .
Yet , this does not alleviate them from their duty to uphold the law .
They are just as guilty of violating it as their puppet masters and this is why , until we find good @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and corrupt political parties put before us , we will continue to get those who are controlled .
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Former CBS Healthwatch reporter Jon Rappoport often shares great insight into how things in our world are manipulated with those in power and with lots of money. In a recent email, he borrowed from his The Matrix Revealed series to provide a taste of what he refers to as global cartels who are influencing anything from the militaries of the world to education. Among those he interviewed were two insiders named Ellis Medavoy and Richard Bell.
Here’s Rapport’s comments.
Major institutions on this planet that control Military, Money, Energy, Government, Medical, Corporate, Media, and Education are becoming, more and more, global cartels, horizontally integrated across national borders.
This is more than a top-down command process. It’s organically evolving. Three steps forward, two steps back. There is a great deal of competition among the components of a given cartel, but there is also cooperation. And in the long run, the see-saw is tipping in the direction of cooperation, as these entities realize they may well have more to gain that way.
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I can’t stress too strongly this EVOLVING process. All attempts to merely assume twelve men in a room run the planet fall woefully short.
Instead, over time, people who lead a powerful institution (like Energy, for example) look out and recognize more major players, and in this recognition there is an impulse to compete and win and destroy, but there is also an impulse to build commonality and therefore monopolize the entire territory.
During one conversation with retired master propagandist Ellis Medavoy, I asked him about the extent of mutual cooperation in his given field, psychological warfare. He responded:
“Twenty years ago, I would have said we were all operating separately and jealously. Each of us was mining his own contacts and building his false pictures of reality for the masses. But then things began to change. Globally. First of all, more of us were pushing the same holograms. And because communication and travel were speeding up so rapidly, we were working a lot of the same venues. We would run into each other more often. We began to share information. I mean, it was cautious. We weren’t gushing with unbridled love, I assure you. The competitive factor was still strong. And we had fights. But through all that, we began to see through the fog, so to speak. We began to understand the effectiveness of cooperating. We would test each other with privileged information, to see if we could trust each other to keep it private. A tidbit here, a tidbit there.
“And you see, behind us, other groups were finding commonality, too. For example, in the area of medical propaganda, where I operated a lot of the time. And these groups saw they could join together for specific operations, on an international scale. They could push enormous lies globally, and every one of their class would profit and gain wider control. So I would find myself working with a psy warfare guy from, say, France, or Germany in a joint venture. We would rub elbows. We’d be feeding from the same basic money trough.
“We’d both be briefed by a team of intelligence experts, and those experts would be of several nationalities. Slowly, I saw a new kind of umbrella structure emerging.
“See, suppose during the secret lead-up to a planned economic crisis [money cartel], you can distract everybody with a phony epidemic [medical cartel]. Do you see? Leaders perceive a reason to cooperate. Planners become more intelligent and clever. They reach across lines they never would have reached across before…
“You begin to see the outlines of a much more inclusive future structure. This is multi-front warfare.”
Richard Bell, another former insider, said to me: “People like to assume that money is everything. If you can limit the amount of money the public has, eventually they weaken and cave in and they’re easier to control. And this is certainly true. But on the other hand, as mega-corporations gain more power and range and markets, you have a clash, because those corporations, which are now cooperating in ways they never have, as a cartel in some respects, want customers for their products. They don’t want abject poverty across the board. People have to be able to buy their products.
“So there is a heavy conflict. It’s a conflict between elite bankers [money cartel] and mega-corporations [corporation cartel]. It needs to be resolved through advance planning, over the long term. So now you have these powerful men sitting down and talking in a new way. Other big-time players get involved, too [government, media, energy cartels, for example].”
Those who represent that people are often compromised men. They are bribed, put in compromising situations and blackmailed or something similar and they are then controlled to do the bidding of those who hold it over them. Yet, this does not alleviate them from their duty to uphold the law. They are just as guilty of violating it as their puppet masters and this is why, until we find good men, rather than those the media and corrupt political parties put before us, we will continue to get those who are controlled.
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thedcclothesline--2020-09-21--BLM invades Trader Joe’s to protest lack of black access to grocery stores

( Natural News ) A horde of mostly white Black Lives Matter ( BLM ) protesters invaded a Trader Joe ’ s in Seattle the other day to scream about how blacks supposedly do not have enough “ access to grocery stores.
” This far-left occupation of one of America ’ s most cherished grocery chains involved protesters confronting random shoppers , blocking the entrance to the store , and being as obnoxious as possible while customers were simply trying to buy dinner for their families .
The mob ’ s complaint is that “ capitalism , ” like the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ exploits the working class.
” This is despite the fact that Trader Joe ’ s has repeatedly been praised by its employees for offering fair wages and good working conditions .
Smashing capitalism and replacing it with socialism , the protesters blared , would somehow lead to more grocery stores like Trader Joe ’ s opening up locations in black neighborhoods where currently there are only hair salons and crime .
take our poll - story continues below “ If Ballard residents won ’ t come to the protest , we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ !
” tweeted “ Morning March Seattle ” alongside a photo of an unmasked , black BLM protester inside the Trader Joe ’ s lecturing shoppers about their “ privilege.
” “ We stopped by the local Trader Joe ’ s this morning to share some education about lack of access to grocery stores in Black and Brown communities and the barriers that creates ( sic ) , how capitalism exploits the working class , and of course gentrification.
” The group went on to explain that “ Manager Scotty , ” the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Joe ’ s , threatened to call the police to have the disruptors removed from his store .
They also claim he “ locked out his own customers ” by securing the front door so as to protect customers from being accosted by the mob .
“ Remember y ’ all : if Black lives matter , you have to do what ?
PROVE IT !
” the post arrogantly concluded .
So we need Redistribution Joe ’ s instead of Trader Joe ’ s ?
The irony of this pathetic display is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by far-leftists to Trader Joe ’ s back in 2019 when it opened up a store in a “ gentrified ” area of Portland .
At that time , protesters lamented the fact that the area where the Trader Joe ’ s was opened also saw the “ widening ” of bicycle lanes , ” which represents one of the “ conflicts between white Portlanders and long-time black residents ” who live in the area .
“ So … leftists block Trader Joe ’ s from building stores , and then protest the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stores , ” writes Bryan Preston for PJ Media .
“ Why doesn ’ t this compute ?
Were there guards blocking these protesters from entering the store they protested over ‘ lack of access ?
’ Were there any actual impediments to them entering ?
… Were the roads blocked ?
If they were , it was probably by another of these protest groups .
Blocking people from doing things is their jam.
” In other words , the schizophrenic BLM mob is demanding that grocery stores like Trader Joe ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people live because this represents “ racism.
” Simultaneously , the BLM mob is also demanding that more Trader Joe ’ s do open up in black areas because black people supposedly have no access to grocery stores .
The essence of BLM ’ s demands is that stores like Trader Joe ’ s need to be reinvented in order to become Redistribution Joe ’ s , where the food is free and blacks have unlimited access to it right at their doorsteps .
Anything less is “ racism , ” and must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
They smashed windows and just walked in and looted , ” joked one Twitter commenter about the absurd claim that blacks lack access to grocery stores .
For more related news about the endless violence and disruption caused by Black Lives Matter ( BLM ) terrorists , be sure to check out Terrorism.news .
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(Natural News) A horde of mostly white Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters invaded a Trader Joe’s in Seattle the other day to scream about how blacks supposedly do not have enough “access to grocery stores.”
This far-left occupation of one of America’s most cherished grocery chains involved protesters confronting random shoppers, blocking the entrance to the store, and being as obnoxious as possible while customers were simply trying to buy dinner for their families.
The mob’s complaint is that “capitalism,” like the kind embraced by Trader Joe’s, “exploits the working class.” This is despite the fact that Trader Joe’s has repeatedly been praised by its employees for offering fair wages and good working conditions.
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Smashing capitalism and replacing it with socialism, the protesters blared, would somehow lead to more grocery stores like Trader Joe’s opening up locations in black neighborhoods where currently there are only hair salons and crime.
“If Ballard residents won’t come to the protest, we’ll bring the protest to them!” tweeted “Morning March Seattle” alongside a photo of an unmasked, black BLM protester inside the Trader Joe’s lecturing shoppers about their “privilege.”
“We stopped by the local Trader Joe’s this morning to share some education about lack of access to grocery stores in Black and Brown communities and the barriers that creates (sic), how capitalism exploits the working class, and of course gentrification.”
The group went on to explain that “Manager Scotty,” the captain in charge of the Ballard Trader Joe’s, threatened to call the police to have the disruptors removed from his store. They also claim he “locked out his own customers” by securing the front door so as to protect customers from being accosted by the mob.
“Remember y’all: if Black lives matter, you have to do what? PROVE IT!” the post arrogantly concluded.
So we need Redistribution Joe’s instead of Trader Joe’s?
The irony of this pathetic display is that it directly contradicts the message sent by far-leftists to Trader Joe’s back in 2019 when it opened up a store in a “gentrified” area of Portland.
At that time, protesters lamented the fact that the area where the Trader Joe’s was opened also saw the “widening” of bicycle lanes,” which represents one of the “conflicts between white Portlanders and long-time black residents” who live in the area.
“So … leftists block Trader Joe’s from building stores, and then protest the ‘lack of access’ to those stores,” writes Bryan Preston for PJ Media.
“Why doesn’t this compute? Were there guards blocking these protesters from entering the store they protested over ‘lack of access?’ Were there any actual impediments to them entering? … Were the roads blocked? If they were, it was probably by another of these protest groups. Blocking people from doing things is their jam.”
In other words, the schizophrenic BLM mob is demanding that grocery stores like Trader Joe’s not open up in areas where black people live because this represents “racism.” Simultaneously, the BLM mob is also demanding that more Trader Joe’s do open up in black areas because black people supposedly have no access to grocery stores.
Talk about nonsensical mind games.
The essence of BLM’s demands is that stores like Trader Joe’s need to be reinvented in order to become Redistribution Joe’s, where the food is free and blacks have unlimited access to it right at their doorsteps. Anything less is “racism,” and must be abolished.
“Lack of access? They smashed windows and just walked in and looted,” joked one Twitter commenter about the absurd claim that blacks lack access to grocery stores.
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thedcclothesline--2020-09-21--SHOCK: Omaha Bar Owner Kills Himself After Being Indicted For Shooting Rioter in Self-Defense

Bar owner Jake Gardner shot and killed a rioter three months ago in what Douglas County attorney Donald Kleine ruled was self-defense only to be indicted earlier this week on a host of absurd charges by special prosecutor Frederick Franklin to please the Black Lives Matter mob .
The Gateway Pundit reported Sunday evening that Gardner has committed suicide .
take our poll - story continues below A Nebraska bar owner that killed a rioter who was attacking him and his business has committed suicide , a friend of Jake Gardner has confirmed to The Gateway Pundit .
The bar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by a grand jury on counts of manslaughter , use of a firearm in the commission of a felony , attempted first-degree assault and making terrorist threats after intense political pressure was placed on the city .
The district attorney had originally ruled it was self defense .
On May 30 , the 38-year-old veteran confronted a group of rioters outside one of the bars he owns in Omaha and was knocked to the ground .
“ From there , he fired two warning shots and tried to get to his feet , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gardner got into a fight with one man , James Scurlock , 22 .
The two scuffled before Gardner fired a shot that killed him , ” Yahoo News reports .
The rioter who was shot had repeatedly broken windows at the bar and other businesses in the area .
The incident prompted a wave of further “ protests , ” particularly after Donald Kleine , the Douglas County attorney , determined that Gardner had acted in self-defense and declined to bring charges .
“ A week later , Kleine said in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and elected officials he would welcome an outside review ‘ in this rare instance.
’ He added , ‘ I made a decision and I would not change that decision based on everything I know today , ' ” the Yahoo report explains .
Why would Kleine “ welcome ” this man being run through the wringer for defending himself ?
Is his being forced to take a life , having your businesses destroyed and then being harassed for months by Black Lives Matter mobs not enough ?
Instead , Franklin bowed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up with charges .
“ The manslaughter charge , he said , is related to Scurlock ’ s death ; the attempted assault charge resulted from the second warning shot Gardner fired ; the charge of making terrorist threats is linked to ‘ a verbal confrontation ’ that Gardner had with Scurlock , Franklin continued , ” Yahoo reports .
On Friday , a judge signed off on an arrest warrant for Gardner .
A GoFundMe fundraiser to raise money for his defense was deleted by the platform .
Gardner was allegedly planning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Monday .
His family and friends believed that his bail was expected to be one million dollars .
In a video from Trump ’ s inauguration , Gardner ’ s kindness really shined as he explained that though he supports the president , he also supported the Women ’ s March and their right to be heard .
Hillsboro Police said in a statement that Gardner ’ s body was found in Hillsboro , Oregon outside a medical clinic at around 12:20 p.m. on Sunday .
“ Gardner shot himself after authorities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ call of a suicidal party , said two law enforcement sources who spoke on condition of anonymity , ” the Omaha World-Herald reported .
In America , leftists can riot , loot , burn down buildings and topple statues and Soros-funded District Attorneys will let them out of jail and drop all charges against them but if an American patriot defends himself from the mob he can be prosecuted even after a county prosecutor exonerates him !
We don ’ t even have the right to defend ourselves in Omaha , Nebraska !
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to put up with this charade ?
Corrupt officials like Frederick Franklin are the ones who should be put on trial !
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Bar owner Jake Gardner shot and killed a rioter three months ago in what Douglas County attorney Donald Kleine ruled was self-defense only to be indicted earlier this week on a host of absurd charges by special prosecutor Frederick Franklin to please the Black Lives Matter mob.
The Gateway Pundit reported Sunday evening that Gardner has committed suicide.
BREAKING: Omaha Bar Owner Charged For Killing Rioter That Attacked Him and His Business Has Committed Suicide I am extremely sad to report this one.https://t.co/LSCEWrE4Kg take our poll - story continues below Completing this poll grants you access to DC Clothesline updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to this site's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. — Cassandra Fairbanks (@CassandraRules) September 20, 2020
Fredrick Franklin, an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Omaha, is the one who went for charges after the District Attorney ruled it was self defense. He should be fired and sued into oblivion. https://t.co/HgO3D7GNxL pic.twitter.com/gyQ0S5Fien — Cassandra Fairbanks (@CassandraRules) September 20, 2020
His life didn't matter. Jake Gardner killed protester while defending his bar during BLM riots. D.A. & police find shooting was in self-defense. Under pressure, D.A. appoints black prosecutor to indict Gardner. Gardner's GoFundMe page taken down. Gardner commits suicide. — Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) September 20, 2020
From The Gateway Pundit:
A Nebraska bar owner that killed a rioter who was attacking him and his business has committed suicide, a friend of Jake Gardner has confirmed to The Gateway Pundit. The bar owner, Jake Gardner, was indicted by a grand jury on counts of manslaughter, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, attempted first-degree assault and making terrorist threats after intense political pressure was placed on the city. The district attorney had originally ruled it was self defense. On May 30, the 38-year-old veteran confronted a group of rioters outside one of the bars he owns in Omaha and was knocked to the ground. “From there, he fired two warning shots and tried to get to his feet, prosecutors said. As he did, Gardner got into a fight with one man, James Scurlock, 22. The two scuffled before Gardner fired a shot that killed him,” Yahoo News reports. The rioter who was shot had repeatedly broken windows at the bar and other businesses in the area. The incident prompted a wave of further “protests,” particularly after Donald Kleine, the Douglas County attorney, determined that Gardner had acted in self-defense and declined to bring charges. “A week later, Kleine said in a statement that after hearing from local residents and elected officials he would welcome an outside review ‘in this rare instance.’ He added, ‘I made a decision and I would not change that decision based on everything I know today,'” the Yahoo report explains.
Why would Kleine “welcome” this man being run through the wringer for defending himself?
Is his being forced to take a life, having your businesses destroyed and then being harassed for months by Black Lives Matter mobs not enough?
Douglas County District Court Judge Shelly Stratman then appointed a special council, Fredrick Franklin, an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Omaha, to handle the case, though they said they expected the same outcome.
Instead, Franklin bowed to pressure and dug up evidence and came up with charges. “The manslaughter charge, he said, is related to Scurlock’s death; the attempted assault charge resulted from the second warning shot Gardner fired; the charge of making terrorist threats is linked to ‘a verbal confrontation’ that Gardner had with Scurlock, Franklin continued,” Yahoo reports. On Friday, a judge signed off on an arrest warrant for Gardner. A GoFundMe fundraiser to raise money for his defense was deleted by the platform. Gardner was allegedly planning to turn himself in to the police on Monday. His family and friends believed that his bail was expected to be one million dollars. In a video from Trump’s inauguration, Gardner’s kindness really shined as he explained that though he supports the president, he also supported the Women’s March and their right to be heard. It’s a tearjerker:
Hillsboro Police said in a statement that Gardner’s body was found in Hillsboro, Oregon outside a medical clinic at around 12:20 p.m. on Sunday.
“Gardner shot himself after authorities in Hillsboro, Oregon, received a call of a suicidal party, said two law enforcement sources who spoke on condition of anonymity,” the Omaha World-Herald reported.
In America, leftists can riot, loot, burn down buildings and topple statues and Soros-funded District Attorneys will let them out of jail and drop all charges against them but if an American patriot defends himself from the mob he can be prosecuted even after a county prosecutor exonerates him!
We don’t even have the right to defend ourselves in Omaha, Nebraska!
How much longer are the American people going to put up with this charade?
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thedcclothesline--2020-09-21--CAIR Denounces Netflix’s Pedophilia-Fest ‘Cuties’ – Because It Portrays Islam Negatively

Netflix ’ s Cuties , which glamorizes pedophilia under the guise of providing what it calls “ a critical look on pressure society puts on young girls to act sexual , ” has been roundly denounced .
But now the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations ( CAIR ) has added a new twist .
Besides criticizing the series for its “ hyper-sexualization of children , ” the Islamic group is enraged over the series for something virtually no one else has noticed : It portrays Islam negatively .
According to Media Play News , CAIR ’ s objections to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s co-founder and longtime executive director Nihad Awad declared : “ We join other Americans in calling on Netflix to remove this disturbing film from its platform .
Although the filmmakers behind Cuties have argued that the film is meant to criticize the hyper-sexualization of children , a film can not criticize the abuse of children while abusing children.
” On that , CAIR and I agree at last : The film is a disgusting illustration of how degenerate popular culture has become .
It ’ s the kind of decadent display @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the past , and that is not a good sign .
But CAIR had more to say than just that .
The film “ demeans the Islamic religion , ” according to CAIR , because it portrays the father of one of the characters as a polygamist , and “ her mother as oppressed.
” It apparently also “ features a scene in which her family conducts an exorcism , leading the young girl to gyrate and ‘ twerk ’ while wearing revealing clothing , all as an Arabic recitation plays in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ continues below “ None of this should be acceptable in American society , especially the sexual objectification of children , ” Awad thundered .
“ Netflix should immediately remove the film and apologize to the public.
” Why , yes , Nihad , yes .
But wait a minute .
CAIR is upset because the film depicts the Muslim girl ’ s father as a polygamist ?
But Islam allows for polygamy .
The Qur ’ an says that a man can have up to four wives ( 4:24 ) .
Muhammad himself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ still approved in Islamic law to this day .
Last January in India , the All India Muslim Personal Law Board stated , in response to a legal challenge to polygamy , that the practice was justified in the Qur ’ an and Sunnah , and therefore non-Muslims had no right to challenge it .
There is no record of CAIR criticizing the All India Muslim Personal Law Board for misunderstanding Islam .
And in October 2019 in Malaysia , a survey revealed that seventy percent of Muslim women had no problem with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thirty-two percent said they would be okay with their husbands practicing it .
In Russia a year ago , Ildar Alyautdinov , the mufti of Moscow , asserted that “ legalizing polygamy would guarantee women ’ s rights.
” He called for a “ legislative-level protective mechanism for women to become full-fledged second wives ” and said that polygamy “ will help solve many social woes .
Additionally , there ’ d be much less sinfulness and fornication that ’ s spreading so rapidly.
” There is a great deal more of this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Qur ’ an , for a Muslim to reject it in principle would be tantamount to heresy or even apostasy .
So Netflix portrayed a polygamous Muslim in Cuties , and that ’ s offensive ?
Perhaps Nihad Awad has forgotten that his CAIR colleague Ibrahim Hooper stated back in 2007 regarding polygamy that “ Islamic scholars would differ on whether one could do so while living in the United States.
” He was not reported as having said anything about working against this practice among American Muslims , despite its illegality .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ year that “ immigration to New York and other American cities has soared from places where polygamy is lawful and widespread , especially from West African countries like Mali , where demographic surveys show that 43 percent of women are in polygamous marriages.
” And CAIR is angry because the Muslim girl ’ s mother is oppressed ?
But the Qur ’ an says that a man can beat a woman from whom he fears disobedience ( 4:34 ) , and that a woman ’ s testimony is worth half that of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a woman should inherit less than her brothers do ( 4:11 ) , and that a man can marry and divorce even a prepubescent girl ( 65:4 ) , and much more — and yet apparently Nihad Awad would have us believe that Cuties is out of line for showing a Muslim woman actually suffering under all this and more .
The fault , Mr. Awad , lies not in Netflix , but in the Qur ’ an – but of course , I don ’ t expect you to admit that .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the general solicitude for Muslims and determination to avoid offending them , Netflix is far more likely to drop the film because Muslims are angry than because non-Muslim conservatives are .
But whether they do or not , the fact remains that CAIR is angry because people who watch Cuties will find out about aspects of Islam that they work hard to conceal .
Still , Nihad Awad and company needn ’ t worry : The audience for this film will be preoccupied with other matters .
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Netflix’s Cuties, which glamorizes pedophilia under the guise of providing what it calls “a critical look on pressure society puts on young girls to act sexual,” has been roundly denounced. But now the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has added a new twist. Besides criticizing the series for its “hyper-sexualization of children,” the Islamic group is enraged over the series for something virtually no one else has noticed: It portrays Islam negatively.
According to Media Play News, CAIR’s objections to the film started out reasonably enough. CAIR’s co-founder and longtime executive director Nihad Awad declared: “We join other Americans in calling on Netflix to remove this disturbing film from its platform. Although the filmmakers behind Cuties have argued that the film is meant to criticize the hyper-sexualization of children, a film cannot criticize the abuse of children while abusing children.”
On that, CAIR and I agree at last: The film is a disgusting illustration of how degenerate popular culture has become. It’s the kind of decadent display we have seen in declining civilizations of the past, and that is not a good sign.
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But CAIR had more to say than just that. The film “demeans the Islamic religion,” according to CAIR, because it portrays the father of one of the characters as a polygamist, and “her mother as oppressed.” It apparently also “features a scene in which her family conducts an exorcism, leading the young girl to gyrate and ‘twerk’ while wearing revealing clothing, all as an Arabic recitation plays in the background.”
“None of this should be acceptable in American society, especially the sexual objectification of children,” Awad thundered. “Netflix should immediately remove the film and apologize to the public.”
Why, yes, Nihad, yes. But wait a minute. CAIR is upset because the film depicts the Muslim girl’s father as a polygamist? But Islam allows for polygamy. The Qur’an says that a man can have up to four wives (4:24). Muhammad himself had multiple wives, and polygamy is still approved in Islamic law to this day.
Last January in India, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board stated, in response to a legal challenge to polygamy, that the practice was justified in the Qur’an and Sunnah, and therefore non-Muslims had no right to challenge it. There is no record of CAIR criticizing the All India Muslim Personal Law Board for misunderstanding Islam. And in October 2019 in Malaysia, a survey revealed that seventy percent of Muslim women had no problem with the concept of polygamy, although only thirty-two percent said they would be okay with their husbands practicing it.
In Russia a year ago, Ildar Alyautdinov, the mufti of Moscow, asserted that “legalizing polygamy would guarantee women’s rights.” He called for a “legislative-level protective mechanism for women to become full-fledged second wives” and said that polygamy “will help solve many social woes. Additionally, there’d be much less sinfulness and fornication that’s spreading so rapidly.”
There is a great deal more of this. Because polygamy is allowed in the Qur’an, for a Muslim to reject it in principle would be tantamount to heresy or even apostasy. So Netflix portrayed a polygamous Muslim in Cuties, and that’s offensive? Perhaps Nihad Awad has forgotten that his CAIR colleague Ibrahim Hooper stated back in 2007 regarding polygamy that “Islamic scholars would differ on whether one could do so while living in the United States.”
He was not reported as having said anything about working against this practice among American Muslims, despite its illegality. The New York Times reported that same year that “immigration to New York and other American cities has soared from places where polygamy is lawful and widespread, especially from West African countries like Mali, where demographic surveys show that 43 percent of women are in polygamous marriages.”
And CAIR is angry because the Muslim girl’s mother is oppressed? But the Qur’an says that a man can beat a woman from whom he fears disobedience (4:34), and that a woman’s testimony is worth half that of a man (2:282), and that a woman should inherit less than her brothers do (4:11), and that a man can marry and divorce even a prepubescent girl (65:4), and much more — and yet apparently Nihad Awad would have us believe that Cuties is out of line for showing a Muslim woman actually suffering under all this and more. The fault, Mr. Awad, lies not in Netflix, but in the Qur’an – but of course, I don’t expect you to admit that.
There is a bright side: Given the general solicitude for Muslims and determination to avoid offending them, Netflix is far more likely to drop the film because Muslims are angry than because non-Muslim conservatives are. But whether they do or not, the fact remains that CAIR is angry because people who watch Cuties will find out about aspects of Islam that they work hard to conceal. Still, Nihad Awad and company needn’t worry: The audience for this film will be preoccupied with other matters.
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thedcclothesline--2020-09-21--THE LITTLE-KNOWN SORDID HISTORY OF PSYCHIATRY

Dr. Peter Breggin , a psychiatrist , has written more than a dozen bestselling books on psychiatry and the drug industry .
He ’ s frequently referred to as “ the conscience of psychiatry ” because he ’ s been able to successfully reform the psychiatric profession , abolishing one of the most harmful practices , namely lobotomies and other experimental psychosurgeries .
He was the first to take a public stand against lobotomies as a young man , and was able to change the field as a result .
He ’ s featured in Aaron and Melissa Dykes ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Men.
” 1 Now 83 years old , Breggin has seen a lot , and in this interview , he shares his own evolution and experiences as a psychiatrist .
His interest in psychiatry began at the age of 18 , when he became a volunteer at a local state mental hospital .
Breggin eventually became the leader of that volunteer program .
He and 200 other students painted the walls and took patients for walks .
He asked the superintendent to assign one patient per volunteer aid , to build real relationships @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but eventually gave in .
Breggin tells this story in his book , “ Toxic Psychiatry.
” 2 All of this is what motivated Breggin to go into psychiatry , in order to help reform the profession from the inside .
Interestingly , as early as 1963 , Jerry Klerman , who later became the highest-ranking psychiatrist in the federal government and a professor at Harvard , told Breggin there was no future in helping people strengthen their mental resilience .
The future , Klerman told him , was in drugs , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to use .
After his first year at Harvard medical school , Breggin left and went back to the Upstate Medical Center ( University ) in New York , where he had already done internship .
Breggin focused on helping people without medication .
“ I learned very quickly that the most disturbed people would calm down and relate when somebody cared about them , wasn ’ t afraid of them , was interested in them and made no pretense of being superior to them , ” he says .
Drugs , he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
While they might ease some of the suffering , that relief came at the expense of brain damage .
Breggin goes on to tell the story of how he prevented the return of lobotomies and psychosurgeries — strategies in which the brain is purposely damaged through electric shocks , radium chip implants or puncturing the prefrontal area of the brain with an ice pick inserted next to the eyeball , for example .
Breggin refers to lobotomies as a rape of the soul , the permanent mutilation of an individual ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the brain will harm the integration of the whole brain .
As noted by Breggin , you can not “ plop out aggression ” like a pit out of an olive .
The brain doesn ’ t work like that .
It ’ s an integrated organ and mental processes arise from integrated processes involving many different areas of the brain .
He decided somebody had to stop the madness .
And , while he received no support from any other well-known psychiatrist or professor , and came under vehement attack by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ violence against himself and his family that at times necessitated the use of bodyguards .
Breggin eventually succeeded .
It ’ s a fascinating story , so I highly recommend listening to the whole interview .
When asked why he took on this formidable fight , he says : The end of lobotomies was brought about by a lawsuit filed by a young lawyer named Gabe Kaimowitz on behalf of a chronically hospitalized patient who had been promised release from the mental hospital if he underwent experimental psychosurgery .
Breggin tells the story @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just how important this was , to put a stop to the return of lobotomies and experimental psychosurgeries .
It was widely accepted as a practical solution for all sorts of problems , including race riots and behavioral problems among young children .
The beginning of the end of psychosurgery was the early 1970s .
At that time , Breggin , who for most of his career struggled to get support , got the support of the Congressional Black Caucus , who could see the social consequences of psychosurgery being used on black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Senators who thought it was immoral .
The Dangers of Speaking Out Against Prozac Breggin also had a hand in getting the word out about the dangers of Prozac .
In his 1991 book , “ Toxic Psychiatry , ” he briefly mentioned Prozac is likely to do a lot of harm , and that there were already reports of the drug causing violent aggression .
He was later asked to be the sole scientific expert to put together the science for several dozen lawsuits against Eli Lilly , in which patients or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ violent episodes , suicide , homicide , mania or psychosis .
The drama and intrigue surrounding this trial rivals any good spy novel , so for more details , listen to the interview .
As just one example , at the time of his deposition against Eli Lilly , he , his wife and daughter all developed severe illness .
By chance , a plumber they ’ d called in to fix a problem in the basement discovered the stovepipe for the gas heater had been disconnected and was laying out of sight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gas into the house .
Before that , the family had received death threats , and Breggin had called the FBI .
Agents claiming to be FBI had visited his family , but something obviously wasn ’ t right .
In broad strokes , the Eli Lilly trial turned out to be fixed in Eli Lilly ’ s favor and Breggin was set up to fail in his investigation .
The plaintiffs lost the case and Eli Lilly was cleared of charges .
Eventually , however , evidence emerged showing Eli Lilly lawyers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arranged for a secret settlement provided they lost the case .
A Supreme Court judge in Kentucky declared the trial a fraud and changed the verdict to “ a secret settlement with prejudice.
” When the judge decided to disclose the amount of the secret settlement , he was removed and replaced with another judge who decided the settlement amount was not to be disclosed as it might hurt Eli Lilly .
The full details of this remarkable case can be found in Breggin ’ s book , “ Medication Madness.
” 3 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ able to eliminate is electroshock treatment ( ECT ) , which is actually starting to be used more and more .
Breggin says : Breggin also discusses the hazards of transcranial direct current stimulation and Neuralink , a transcranial implant designed by the Elon Musk Company .
Elon is probably doing this because he ’ s concerned about the integration of artificial intelligence , which is coming .
He fears the human race could become subservient to artificial intelligence .
He thinks one of the preservation strategies is to allow us to sort @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Breggin comments : • BLM invades Trader Joe ’ s to protest lack of black access to grocery stores • Likely TIMELINE of events to take place from Sep. 20 to Jan. 20 , covering vaccines , SCOTUS , Election Day , markets , terrorism and insurrection

Dr. Peter Breggin, a psychiatrist, has written more than a dozen bestselling books on psychiatry and the drug industry. He’s frequently referred to as “the conscience of psychiatry” because he’s been able to successfully reform the psychiatric profession, abolishing one of the most harmful practices, namely lobotomies and other experimental psychosurgeries.
He was the first to take a public stand against lobotomies as a young man, and was able to change the field as a result. He’s featured in Aaron and Melissa Dykes’ excellent documentary, “The Minds of Men.”1
Now 83 years old, Breggin has seen a lot, and in this interview, he shares his own evolution and experiences as a psychiatrist. His interest in psychiatry began at the age of 18, when he became a volunteer at a local state mental hospital.
take our poll - story continues below Completing this poll grants you access to DC Clothesline updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to this site's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. “It was a nightmare,” he says. “It was like my uncle Dutch’s descriptions of liberating a Nazi concentration camp. The place stank. People were sitting in these bare, barren concrete corridors.
They had a TV set that wasn’t working … and bolted down tables and chairs so the people couldn’t throw them at each other. No attention being given to them at all. Often just sitting there; some hallucinating, and somebody told me that the girl in the corner coiled up in a ball on the floor by a radiator had been a Radcliffe student …
The doctors were callous, the aids were callous, there was just no love in the place at all. I could tell, even though I didn’t really have much experience growing up with love, I could feel that what was missing was love, care, nurturing. It was so clear.”
Toxic Psychiatry
Breggin eventually became the leader of that volunteer program. He and 200 other students painted the walls and took patients for walks. He asked the superintendent to assign one patient per volunteer aid, to build real relationships. The superintendent balked at the idea, but eventually gave in. Breggin tells this story in his book, “Toxic Psychiatry.”2
“We ended up getting almost every patient out of that hospital,” he says. “We got them placed in different places that were much better. We got some back with their families. It was so clear to me that this was the way to go …
I watched electroshock and insulin coma shock where people would come in and they’d give them overdoses of insulin to send them into coma. They’d be frothing at the mouth, unconscious, having seizures and getting ready to die, literally. Then they would give them orange juice or sugar water and they would become alert again.
It was so clear to me what was going on. People would come in full of energy — angry, depressed, anxious and often resistant … They’d get this injection of insulin to knock them out, killing them, basically, but when they came awake they were like puppies. They were grateful, they said ‘Thank you, I feel like you saved me.’ They’d be docile … There’s no fooling about what this was. I knew exactly what it was.
I knew what shock treatment was … I’ve been fighting this, but we’re still doing it … It’s when they put electrodes on the forehead of the brain … You get a shock of a voltage … 10 times what you need to give convulsions … and it makes docility. It makes people out of touch with themselves. It makes people unable to complain … [Elevated mood] is the artificial euphoria [caused by] brain damage. This is very brain damaging.”
All of this is what motivated Breggin to go into psychiatry, in order to help reform the profession from the inside. Interestingly, as early as 1963, Jerry Klerman, who later became the highest-ranking psychiatrist in the federal government and a professor at Harvard, told Breggin there was no future in helping people strengthen their mental resilience.
The future, Klerman told him, was in drugs, and using computers to decide which drugs to use. After his first year at Harvard medical school, Breggin left and went back to the Upstate Medical Center (University) in New York, where he had already done internship.
“Then I went on to the National Institute of Mental Health … for two years. There I saw clearly what was happening. Psychiatry was leaving the psychosocial model behind.
My volunteer program had already been described by the last big Federal Commission on Mental Health. It’s mentioned two or three times and described as one of the solutions to the vast mental hospital problems … Nothing about drugs, drugging and shocking people in it.
It was much more real, much more about what was really going on with human beings and human sufferings, spiritual, psychological. I could just see this writing on the wall and I was not sure what to do. I was invited to stay at the National Institute of Mental Health.
I accepted briefly, in the child division. I was very interested in helping children. Then I thought, I can’t do this. I gave them warning without even having a job that I was leaving. I didn’t know what else to do, so I went into private practice.”
Breggin Spearheaded Drug-Free Psychiatry
Breggin focused on helping people without medication. “I learned very quickly that the most disturbed people would calm down and relate when somebody cared about them, wasn’t afraid of them, was interested in them and made no pretense of being superior to them,” he says. Drugs, he explains, were simply stifling the patients. While they might ease some of the suffering, that relief came at the expense of brain damage.
Breggin goes on to tell the story of how he prevented the return of lobotomies and psychosurgeries — strategies in which the brain is purposely damaged through electric shocks, radium chip implants or puncturing the prefrontal area of the brain with an ice pick inserted next to the eyeball, for example.
Breggin refers to lobotomies as a rape of the soul, the permanent mutilation of an individual’s selfhood, as damage to one area of the brain will harm the integration of the whole brain. As noted by Breggin, you cannot “plop out aggression” like a pit out of an olive. The brain doesn’t work like that. It’s an integrated organ and mental processes arise from integrated processes involving many different areas of the brain.
So many people now know that drugs are dangerous and shock treatment is horrible. But, the power of psychiatry grows and the drug companies grow … and more and more people are being recruited by all the ads and all the fake science.
He decided somebody had to stop the madness. And, while he received no support from any other well-known psychiatrist or professor, and came under vehement attack by the establishment, including threats of physical violence against himself and his family that at times necessitated the use of bodyguards.
Breggin eventually succeeded. It’s a fascinating story, so I highly recommend listening to the whole interview. When asked why he took on this formidable fight, he says:
“When I saw what was being done to people, I said ‘Somebody has to do this. I have no choice about this.’ I had no idea what I was up against. I had no idea that everywhere there would be enemies; that I’d be threatened with violence.
When I was invited to speak by Harvard Medical students, that people would rip down all the signs about the meeting; that there’d be blowback on the students and stuff like that. I had no idea what I was walking into.”
The Lawsuit That Ended Lobotomies
The end of lobotomies was brought about by a lawsuit filed by a young lawyer named Gabe Kaimowitz on behalf of a chronically hospitalized patient who had been promised release from the mental hospital if he underwent experimental psychosurgery. Breggin tells the story:
“[Kaimowitz] found out they were going to do a psychosurgery experimentation in the state hospital with a local university, Wayne’s State. It was all set up to go. He intervened. In fact, the case is called by his name, which is unusual … Kaimowitz v. The Department of Mental Health Wayne State University.
A three-judge panel met about the case. This [patient] had been interviewed by the Commissioner of Mental Health. He had been chronically hospitalized and then allegedly had sexually assaulted a nurse or something, but there was no record of it and certainly no adjudication about it; no meetings about it. He was a lifetime patient.
The Commissioner told him he could get out if he underwent the psychosurgery. Well, the judges looked over his case and decided that, first, he was going to be discharged because he was being held illegally. They discharged John Doe. Then the state said, ‘Well, the case is over.’ They said ‘No. You guys have set up this whole thing. We’re going to look at it.’
Well, I was the go-to person as … [Kaimowitz] brought me in. I couldn’t testify the first day because they were filibustering me. They wanted to force me to stay overnight so that … they’d have the whole weekend to review the case with the surgeons. Follow me?
Of course, they’re forcing me into testifying in the afternoon, filibustering in the morning. Gabe said, ‘This is really too bad because now they’re going to have the whole weekend to talk about your testimony with the surgeons.’ I said, ‘No, no, no. We’ll filibuster back. I’ll testify on something else for the afternoon.’ He said, ‘How are you going to do that?’
I said, ‘Well, I’ll talk about the history of psychiatry. I’m going to tie it into the extermination camps, which were very much modeled on state mental hospitals. Show the comparison and hopefully the judges will invoke the Nuremberg Code, which says that, of course, that man couldn’t volunteer in a state mental hospital because he’s in a total institution, just like the Nuremberg Code was applied to.
He said, ‘OK.’ I gave him a few questions and we went that afternoon and did that. Then on the following Monday, I started to talk about psychosurgery. They were so unprepared that all they could do was go through this 100-page paper that I had written …
We won the trial and it stopped, on the spot, all psychosurgery in the state hospitals in the federal programs. NIH stopped; VA stopped and all the state hospitals stopped. This was 1972-1973.”
It’s important to realize just how important this was, to put a stop to the return of lobotomies and experimental psychosurgeries. It was widely accepted as a practical solution for all sorts of problems, including race riots and behavioral problems among young children.
The beginning of the end of psychosurgery was the early 1970s. At that time, Breggin, who for most of his career struggled to get support, got the support of the Congressional Black Caucus, who could see the social consequences of psychosurgery being used on black children, as well as certain conservative Senators who thought it was immoral.
“I was the first person to criticize lobotomies in public, let alone the first psychiatrist. It was crazy. I still don’t understand human beings. I work hard about it, but I keep falling short. I couldn’t believe that I was so alone doing this,” he says.
The Dangers of Speaking Out Against Prozac
Breggin also had a hand in getting the word out about the dangers of Prozac. In his 1991 book, “Toxic Psychiatry,” he briefly mentioned Prozac is likely to do a lot of harm, and that there were already reports of the drug causing violent aggression.
He was later asked to be the sole scientific expert to put together the science for several dozen lawsuits against Eli Lilly, in which patients or their families claimed the drug had caused violent episodes, suicide, homicide, mania or psychosis. The drama and intrigue surrounding this trial rivals any good spy novel, so for more details, listen to the interview.
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As just one example, at the time of his deposition against Eli Lilly, he, his wife and daughter all developed severe illness. By chance, a plumber they’d called in to fix a problem in the basement discovered the stovepipe for the gas heater had been disconnected and was laying out of sight, as if purposely hidden, pumping gas into the house.
Before that, the family had received death threats, and Breggin had called the FBI. Agents claiming to be FBI had visited his family, but something obviously wasn’t right.
“When I called the FBI back, they said they had no record of coming to see me,” Breggin says. “It got very weird … We were in this strange world. People would get angry at me in the audiences. By the way, that never happens, anymore … I want people to know, the environment has changed completely.
So many people now know that drugs are dangerous and shock treatment is horrible. But, the power of psychiatry grows and the drug companies grow … and more and more people are being recruited by all the ads and all the fake science. It is all fake science. You can look at any of my books. If you want it quicker, look up my YouTube channel.”
In broad strokes, the Eli Lilly trial turned out to be fixed in Eli Lilly’s favor and Breggin was set up to fail in his investigation. The plaintiffs lost the case and Eli Lilly was cleared of charges. Eventually, however, evidence emerged showing Eli Lilly lawyers had bribed some of the plaintiffs and arranged for a secret settlement provided they lost the case.
A Supreme Court judge in Kentucky declared the trial a fraud and changed the verdict to “a secret settlement with prejudice.” When the judge decided to disclose the amount of the secret settlement, he was removed and replaced with another judge who decided the settlement amount was not to be disclosed as it might hurt Eli Lilly. The full details of this remarkable case can be found in Breggin’s book, “Medication Madness.”3
Electroshock Treatment — A Real-World Conspiracy
One psychiatric treatment Breggin has not been able to eliminate is electroshock treatment (ECT), which is actually starting to be used more and more. Breggin says:
“I’ve worked on denting shock treatment. Then finally, a class action suit was brought against the manufacturers. They lost against the first manufacturer. There are only two [manufacturers] in North America, and I wasn’t involved. Then they called me in. Of course, they expected, again, to just get it thrown out of court.
I did a scientific brief for the judge on brain damage from ECT. The judge decided that there was sufficient evidence for brain damage to make it a jury question. This was huge. The judge focused on the single most important thing he could.
The drug company, within days, settled and put out a statement to the FDA that ECT can cause brain damage and severe memory loss. All that’s up on my website, and I’ve written blogs about it … to show you the nature of what is definitely a conspiracy of people working together toward the same aim and being evil about it.
Within days, the FDA approved ECT for the first time for treatment-resistant depression, which means nothing. It’s used more and more. It’s not less. I don’t think we slowed it down with this, but we made a big gain. We now have a record of a drug company admitting to the FDA it causes brain damage and so on.
Then the FDA with all its power comes right back and then approves ECT for the first time. They had never approved it. They tried to and there was so much opposition they didn’t do it. Then when the drug companies got hurt, it was within days that they approved it. Wow.”
On Neuralink and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Breggin also discusses the hazards of transcranial direct current stimulation and Neuralink, a transcranial implant designed by the Elon Musk Company. Elon is probably doing this because he’s concerned about the integration of artificial intelligence, which is coming.
He fears the human race could become subservient to artificial intelligence. He thinks one of the preservation strategies is to allow us to sort of keep pace with these advances. Breggin comments:
“This is the new cutting edge that I’m trying to get across to people. I have a new show. If you go to my YouTube channel and look at [my interview with] the Dykes … I did a show about this saying that this is worse than the psychiatry we have now. I’m focusing on all the electronics.
The FDA has approved electrodes on the heads of children to leave them on all night long to give them low voltage stimulation, which is going to go through the skin, back up the nerves, all the way to the frontal lobes in an entirely disruptive hammer-like, crushing way. It’s going to blunt the kids. It’s horrible. They studied it for four weeks and approved it, if you can imagine that.
It’s low voltage, but we know it disrupts brain waves. It’s bizarre that they approved this. I started to take this on and then, or actually through Aaron and Melissa, I found out about what was being done by Elon Musk. What’s interesting to me is that while Musk is so brilliant, he’s stupid about the brain. That’s probably because the neurosurgeons and psychiatrists he consults are stupid about the brain.
I mean they’re just stupid. He wants to put in multiple threadlike electrodes into the brain, into webs of neurons, and put in low voltage stimulation. This is insane. The brain can’t tolerate this. He hopes to [be able to] communicate but there’s not going to be any communication.
The brain isn’t going to talk to these electrodes. That’s not how the brain works. The brain talks to itself. It’s not going to talk to Elon Musk [or anyone else] and he’s going to disrupt the brain talking to itself. It’s a terrible thing to do.
I wish somebody who knows Elon Musk would say, ‘You ought to talk to Peter Breggin. He says your consultants are stupid.’ He’s already planning to try to get FDA approval for some neurological disorders and that’ll be the beginning of the onslaught.
Here’s the really deadly part — a part to really think about and close with — and that is that the defense department, DARPA, is funding Musk.
The Dykes found out that the machine is going to be used to sew in these electrodes … through the funding of DARPA and work through UCLA, which has always been murderers of the brain. We shut down programs at UCLA going way back. We shut down a lot of different kinds of programs in my anti-psychosurgery campaign.”
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