PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE OPERATIONS

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PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE OPERATIONS -PSYOPS-

ILLEGALLY USED IN

OPERATION LIGHTNING STRIKE

The United States has led the world in championing Human Rights, and has signed several United NATIONS Instruments to promote respect for the observance of civil and political freedoms. EXAMPLES:

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

(16 December 1966)

ART 9

"No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest and detention"

"Anyone who is arrested shall be informed at the time of arrest, of the reasons for the arrest and shall be promptly informed of any charges against him"

"Anyone ARRESTED or detained on a criminal charge shall be brought promptly before a judge or other officer authorized by law to exercise judicial power . . ."

ART 14

"Everyone charged with a criminal offense shall have the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law"

"To be informed promptly and in detail in a language which he understands of the nature and cause of the charge against him"

"Not to be compelled to testify against himself or to confess guilt"

"No one shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his HONOR and reputation"

THE US GOVERNMENT IS VIOLATING THESE HUMAN RIGHTS COVENANTS IN ITS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS

Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officers

(Adopted 17 December 1979)

ART 2

"In the performance of their duty, law enforcement officials shall respect and protect human dignity and maintain and uphold the human rights of all persons"

ART 5

"No law enforcement official may inflict, instigate or tolerate any act of torture or other cruel or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;"

The Declaration defines torture as follows;

" . . . torture means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental is intentionally inflicted by or at the instigation of a public official on a third person for such purposes as to obtain from him or a third person information or confession."

("The term "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment" has not been defined by the General Assembly but should be interpreted so as to extend the widest possible protection against abuses, whether physical or mental .")

ART 8

"Law enforcement officials shall respect the law and the present code. They shall also, to the best of their capability, prevent and rigorously oppose any violations of them."

tHE US FEDERAL POLICE AGENCIES ARE NOW VIOLATING THESE PROVISIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES

THE "WAREHOUSE TREATMENT" AGAINST THE NASA-13

EVIDENCE OF USE OF ILLEGAL PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERROGATION METHODS BY U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENTS IN VIOLATION OF U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL LAWS

SURVEYS / QUESTIONNAIRES OF FOURTEEN (14) LIGHTNING STRIKE VICTIMS
EVIDENCE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE (PSYOPS) AND INTELLIGENCE INTERROGATION PROGRAMS IN U.S. GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

EXTENSIVE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE RESEARCH INTO THE COERCIVE PERSUASION (CP) METHODS DEVELOPED BY THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS IN THE KOREAN WAR PERIOD

MILITARY PSYOPS INVOLVEMENT IN PRESENT DAY DOMESTIC POLICE OPERATIONS: APPLICABLE GOVERNMENT AUTHORIZATION AND OPERATING DOCUMENTS

E.O. 12333, DEC. 4, 1981 - GUIDES AND DIRECTS INTELLIGENCE AND SPECIAL ACTIVITIES

NSDD 130 - DIRECTS INTERAGENCY COORDINATION OF PEACETIME PSYOPS ACTIVITIES

DOD DIRECTIVE 5240.1 - "ACTIVITIES OF DOD INTELLIGENCE COMPONENTS THAT AFFECT U.S. PERSONS"

DOD DIRECTIVE 3321.1 - "OVERT PEACETIME PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS. . ." LEGAL MEASURE AUTHORIZING THE "PEACETIME" PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE PROGRAM (OP3)

JCS PUB. 3-53 - COORDINATION RESPONSIBILITIES AMONG GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

JCSP, ANNEX "D" (PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS) - PROVIDES NATIONAL POLICY GUIDANCE

10 USC 167 - AUTHORIZES SPECIAL OPERATIONS (SO) TO INCLUDE: COUNTERTERRORISM, OTHER ACTIVITIES SPECIFIED BY THE NATIONAL COMMAND AUTHORITIES (NCA)

18 USC 1385, 1981 AMENDMENT, TO POSSE COMMITATUS ACT - AUTHORIZES THE DOD TO HELP IN DRUG INTERDICTION, COUNTER DRUG (CD) AND OTHER FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC OPERATIONS

NSDD18 - AUTHORIZES "PSYOPS" FORCES TO SUPPORT DEA IN PLANNING, ORGANIZING, AND CONDUCTING LARGE SCALE, LONG TERM CD OPERATIONS.

JCS PUB. 3-53, FEB. 1, 1987 - JOINT PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS

ARMY REG. 381-10, JULY 1, 1984 - U.S. ARMY INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES

U.S. ARMY FIELD MANUAL (FM 33-1) - PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS (PARTICULARLY CHAP. 8)

U.S. ARMY FIELD MANUAL (FM 34-5) - HUMAN INTELLIGENCE (HUMINT)

U.S. ARMY FIELD MANUAL (FM 34-52) - INTELLIGENCE INTERROGATION

U.S. ARMY FIELD MANUAL (S-NF) FM 34-60A, JUNE 6, 1989 - COUNTERINTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS (U)

U.S. ARMY FIELD MANUAL (S) TC 34-5, OCT. 3, 1988 - HUMAN INTELLIGENCE OPERATION (U)

U.S. PUBLIC LAW PROHIBITS THE USE OF PSYOPS ON ITS OWN FORCES OR POPULACE!

BUT THE LINE BETWEEN MILITARY AND THE POLICE IS DISAPPEARING,
AS SEEN IN OPERATION LIGHTNING STRIKE

U.S. Government Documents

(U) - U.S. Army Field Manual 33-1, Psychological Operations

(U) - U.S. Army Field Manual 34-52, Intelligence INTERROGATION

(U) - U.S. Army STP 34-97E, Interrogation Training Manual

* (SN-F) FM 34-60A, Counter Intelligence Operations (U) 6 June 1989

* (S) TC 34-5, Human Intelligence Operations (U) 3 October 1988

*Unclassified document numbers and titles provided for Reference

only.

U.S. ARMY FIELD MANUAL FM 34-52

INTELLIGENCE INTERROGATION (POW’s)

CHAP. 3 - THE INTERROGATION PROCESS (ALL PSYCHOLOGICAL)

APPROACH PHASE - "LOOK FOR INDICATORS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL OR PHYSICAL WEAKNESS"

RAPPORT POSTURES - "STERN OR SYMPATHETIC"

DEVELOPING RAPPORT - "HELP THE SOURCE TO RATIONALIZE

HIS GUILT" -- what Guilt ??

"EXONERATE THE SOURCE FROM GUILT"

"FLATTER THE SOURCE"

"APPROACH COMBINATIONS - e.g. DIRECT - FUTILITY - INCENTIVE

DIRECT - FUTILITY - LOVE OF COMRADES

DIRECT - FEAR UP - INCENTIVE" - how?

"INCENTIVE APPROACH - PROVIDE POSITIVE REWARDS FOR

COOPERATION"

"EMOTIONAL APPROACH - PRESSURE ON DOMINANT EMOTIONS; LOVE, HATE, REVENGE, GREED"
"FEAR-UP APPROACH - EXPLOIT SOURCE’S FEARS" ???? HOW?

"FEAR-UP HARSH" OR FEAR-UP MILD OR

FEAR DOWN APPROACH - PHYSICAL CONTACT, SYMPATHETIC, KINDNESS"
"PRIDE AND EGO APPROACH - TRICK THE SOURCE BY FLATTERY"

PRIDE AND EGO UP

PRIDE AND EGO DOWN

"FUTILITY - RESISTANCE TO QUESTIONING IS FUTILE"
"WE KNOW ALL" - e.g. "FILE AND DOSSIER TECHNIQUE"
"ESTABLISH YOUR IDENTITY - YOU MAY BE THE CRIMINAL WANTED BY

AUTHORITIES"

"REPETITION - SO THAT SOURCE WILL TALK TO GET RELIEF"
"RAPID FIRE - CONTINUOUS INTERRUPTIONS BY MULTIPLE

INTERROGATORS"

"SILENT TREATMENT - FOR NERVOUS OR FEARFUL SOURCES"
"CHANGE OF SCENE - CHANGE SETTING TO MORE RELAXED ENVIRONMENT"

FM34-52 PROVIDES EXTENSIVE WARNINGS TO MI INTERROGATORS RE. GENEVA CONVENTION AND UCMJ RESTRICTIONS AGAINST COERCION AND THREATS BUT IS ENTIRELY PSYCHOLOGICAL! IF SO, WHY WAS IT USED IN OPERATION LIGHTNING STRIKE

FIELD MANUEL 35-52 QUESTIONING

DIRECT QUESTIONING

FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS

NON-PERTINENT QUESTIONS

REPEATED QUESTIONS

CONTROL QUESTIONS

PREPARED QUESTIONS

LEADING QUESTIONS

NEGATIVE QUESTIONS

COMPOUND QUESTIONS

VAGUE QUESTIONS

DOD/DOD TRAINED INVESTIGATORS WHO PLAYED KEY ROLES IN

OPERATION LIGHTNING STRIKE INVESTIGATIONS/ENTRAPMENTS

PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERROGATIONS

JAMES H. FRANCIS (FBI) EX-AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE SERVICE

(AFIS)

LANCE BOOTH DEFENSE CONTRACT INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE (DCIS)
LANCE G. CARRINGTON (NASA-IG) HIGHLY TRAINED USA MILITARY

INTELLIGENCE (MI INTERROGATOR)

OTHERS?

WHAT WAS THE DOD DOING INVESTIGATING NASA CORRUPTION CASES?

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