Secret Societies, Narcoterrorism, International Fascism, and the World Anti-Communist League: Legacies

I've got some more field research for you guys. It involves one of the strangest spectacles I've ever witnessed. But first, some programming notes...

For the most recent subscribers' episode, I brought back one of my favorite researchers active today. He was the chief of graphics for Cicada 3301 during its mid-period. During this time he encountered figures such as Thomas Schoenberger and Defango, both of whom would later gain infamy thanks to QAnon. More recently his work on Q has been used by the likes of Vice and the HBO Q: Into the Storm docu-series. He also contributed to the TEDxMidAtlantic conference on Q. He is Arturo Tafoyovsky, aka Lestat. 

For this round, I wanted to delve more into Ufology and the New Age, both of which are well represented in the QAnon saga. To this end, we tackle Gaia TV, Project Camelot, Foster Gamble, MUFON, and the curious figure of Tyroan Simpson, aka Frank Bacon. The latter had been grifting in UFO circles for years before hitching his cart to the "patriot" movement. Lestat also weighs in on the current Disclosure flap. 

We cover a few other odds and sods, such as Jim Watkins, General Stanley McChrystal, and ARGs heavily utilizing themes of secret societies and the occult. The main event, however, is our epic discussion of Pizzagate. We cover Cicada 3301 (and possibly QAnon) puppetmaster Thomas Schoenberger's links to Nora Maccoby; Steve and Tanya Biss; and a host of other figures who turn up in that particular saga. For good measure, we even get into the links Sean Stone, son of the director Oliver, has to this network. 

Its one long, strange trip kids. As always, I hope you enjoy and thanks for your support. And remember, this is just the latest addition to the ever-growing roster of exclusive subscriber shows. Prior guests include Diana Walsh-Pasulka, Richard B. Spence, Christopher Knowles, Douglas Valentine, Adam Gorightly, Greg Bishop, Walter Bosley, J. Michael "Doc Future" Bennett, Erica Lukes, Patriots' Soapbox's Radix Verum, David Metcalfe, Neil Sanders, Edmund Berger and Samuel Vandiver. Next up is the parapolitical legend Russ Bellant.

And now, for the main event...

The Weird and the Eerie

That's pretty much day to day life in these United States circa 2021, right? I had thought so to, but not after events that transpired this past Tuesday. That was truly weird, and truly eerie. But before getting to that, let's set the mood: 

"I have been to one of their meetings!" a disheveled Philip Jeffries (David Bowie) pronounced to the hear-challenged Gordon Cole (David Lynch) as a confused Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) looked on. This iconic scene from the Twin Peaks movie Fire Walk With Me (1992) is one of the finest depictions of the Black Lodge and its inhabitants Lynch would grace the fanboys with until the miraculous third season of Twin Peaks rose from the ether in that oh-so-significant-of-years, 2017. Between the twenty-five years that separated the film from Twin Peaks' third season, Bowie's storied sequence and the phrase he uttered became a kind shorthand for encounters with the weird, the powerful, and the unknowable. Michael Malice enlists the "meetings" bit to describe his encounters with the Dark Enlightenment in The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics. It was as apt a use as any I've seen. 

I myself have steadfastly resisted using that expression. But after this past Captive Nations Week (July 18-24, 2021), I think I may have finally earned the right. Decide for yourselves as a I recount the annual Captive Nations summit sponsored by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC). 

The pre-registration bit appears to have been announced the day of the event. The event itself (and most importantly, the time and location) was not announced officially until July 15 for some strange reason...

Regular readers of this blog will probably not be surprised to learn that the VOC, like Captive Nations Week itself, is closely connected to the infamous World Anti-Communist League (WACL), an endlessly fascinating netherworld of diehard fascists, international gangsters, and "former" intelligence and military officers the world over. I've chronicled this outfit for years, beginning with a series of blogs in 2013 and continuing with a podcast series on The Farm that originally aired in 2020 and this year. If you haven't followed any of those efforts, check here to catch up on WACL. 

Even in 2021, well over 60 years after efforts began to craft what became WACL, some of the movers-and-shakers linger. The 100-year-old General John K. Singlaub, a onetime WACL chairman, sits on the VOC's "national advisory council." Lee Edwards, a mere 89-years-old and a founding member of the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), first became involved with WACL around 1970. Fittingly, he was a co-founder of VOC and presently serves as its chairman emeritus. He was present for Captive Nations festivities on July 20, 2021, where he introduced a Cuban hip hop video (seriously --more on that below). 

Edwards is the bald-headed one

And then there's Paula Dobriansky. Her father Lev was a significant figure in WACL circles for decades. He was close to longtime OUN-B head Yaroslav Stetsko, arguably the premier Ukrainian fascist of the twentieth century. Stetsko was also the head of the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations (ABN), an outfit with ties to Nazi Germany that later became one of the crucial components of WACL. Lev Dobriansky founded Captive Nations Week and served as the chairman of the committee behind it for years. Stetsko was his co-chairman for decades. It was out of the National Captive Nations Committee that the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation was established in 1993. 

Paula Dobriansky opted for more "mainstream" company. She served in the State Department of various Republican administrations for many years, climaxing with her appointment as Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs during the administration of Bush the Lesser. She also did time at the National Security Council and the US Information Agency, which has led to speculation that Paula had a much closer relationship with the CIA than her father. During the 1990s, she became involved with the infamous Project for a New American Century. She also has longstanding ties to Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), for years the leading neo-liberal foreign policy think tank. Its arguably been superseded during the twenty-first century by the Atlantic Council, who's board of directors Dobriansky sits upon. In other words, this woman has been at the heart of the bipartisan, neoliberal foreign policy establishment for decades. 

Paula speaking at the VOC's Captive Nations Week event

She is also a trustee of the VOC, and was there on July 20, 2021 to kick off her father's legacy. The company she kept for this event was more in keeping with the circles Lev traveled in. Paula was one of a trio of speakers to set the stage for the broader event. Joining here in these efforts was Edwin Feulner, the founder and longtime president of the Heritage Foundation, one of the two most powerful conservative think tanks since the Reagan years. The other is the Council for National Policy (CNP), which Feulner is also a member and former director of. 

Feulner

I got to shake hands with a confused-looking Paula Dobriansky shortly after her speech wrapped up. I later shook hands with Feulner and exchanged some pleasantries outside the men's restroom. I tried to introduce myself to Lee Edwards as well, but the old man looked like he wanted to kill me with his bare hands. 

I'll be honest: I rather liked Paula Dobriansky. I was accompanying my fellow WACL cohort Moss Robeson on this outing. Moss has written some rather inflammatory pieces on Paula and her father. She was surprisingly good spirited about the whole thing and even took the time to say goodbye to Moss before departing for whatever else veeps such as herself do in Washington on a day-to-day basis. No doubt she warrants a lot of criticism, but the woman has class. 

Completing the introductory trifecta was Lisa J. Peterson, who was just wrapping up her time as the Acting Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights in the Biden administration. She was completely at ease speaking between Paula and Feulner, even emphasizing many of the same talking points as the more right wing presenters. Predictably, Peterson emphasized social justice and other wokism, with a slight emphasis on Russia, but on the whole her speech would have been perfectly at home at a foreign policy rally during the Reagan years. 

Peterson

Despite the fact that an unrepentant Nazi collaborator was instrumental in crafting the Captive Nations Week that this event was celebrating, President Joe Biden had few qualms about endorsing it. Indeed, everyone in attendance got a commemorative letter from the president honoring the event:

I'll always treasure my copy, as the coffee stain in the top right corner is a testament to

It must have been reassuring to many of the participants that neo-cons, neo-libs, and the far right (symbolized by the opening trio) could set aside their differences and find so much common cause. It was a recurring theme throughout the summit. 

After this rousing introduction, the panel section of the proceedings began. There were three planned for the day: "Freedom of the Press vs. State Control"; "The Role of Dissidents in Gaining Freedom"; and "Human Rights and the International Community." As one might imagine, the first panel largely centered around "active measures," a Russian phrase for political warfare. The active measures bit has become trendy in recent years among foreign policy circles. It makes the whole political warfare thing seem like it emanated from the Kremlin, or something along those lines. 

Naturally, there were resounding calls for better educating the public in detecting active measures. Myroslava Gongadze, a Ukrainian journalist and "activist," filled us in one how effective public education had been against the efforts of the Kremlin in the Ukraine. Slowly but surely, the public was waking up to active measures. Elsewhere, Brian Whitmore of the Atlantic Council suggested that it was time for the United States to take the offensive as far as active measures were concerned. That played well with the audience.

Whitmore is on the left, Gongadze the right

It was around this time I gagged on my coffee, drawing unwelcome attention from the crowd. I decided it was time to take some air. i.e. go back to my hotel room and get high. What awaited me upon my return brought this scene from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas to mind:

On the bright side, I had missed the entire panel on "The Role of Dissidents in Gaining Freedom." On the not so bright side, I walked in on the antics of Rushan Abbas. Abbas is a Uyghur American activist, and one of the foremost critics of the Uyghur genocide allegedly being carried out in China. I say allegedly, as claims of genocide there are highly controversial, to put it mildly. In fact, the VOC has been at the forefront of pushing these claims. 

Abbas and the crowd certainly wanted to leave no doubt that something was happening to the Uyghur people in the PCR. Indeed, two of the four people sharing the "Human Rights and the International Community" panel with her visibly began to sob during her presentation. And it was graphic, recounting the various tortures the PRC is allegedly subjecting the Uyghur people to. On the other hand, the outrageous hypocrisy of it all was almost to much to stomach. 

You see, Abbas served as a translator at Guantanamo Bay where she assisted in the interrogation of Uyghur men being held there. Of all the Uyghur people in the world, is Abbas really the best they could find to speak for them? Unless the giggle factor is what the VOC was aiming for. Certainly they got plenty of that later in the panel discussion when Abbas called for Chavez's removal in Venezuela. Not to be undone, Suzanna Scholte of the Defense Forum Foundation denounced China's role in spreading the Covid virus. Unsurprisingly, the played well with the audience as well. 

Scholte (left) and Abbas (right)

From there, it was finally time for the main event: the Dissident Human Rights Awards Ceremony. A certain anti-Castro sentiment had been in the air all morning. Now, we were finally going to cut loose and call for regime change like it was 1961! Lee Edwards himself took the stage for this solemn occasion. 

The 2021 Dissident Human Rights Award went to Cuba's San Isidro Movement, which Edwards informed us was driven by artists. At the forefront of these efforts was something known as "rap," which Edwards described as a "new form of communication" to the audience. Apparently, some Cuban hip hop collective was slated to receive the award, but they were unable to attend. Instead, a pre-recorded message was played over the image of a shirtless Cuban rapper. All the while, the thought "Is Lee 'Fucking' Edwards going to introduce a hip-hop video" kept flashing through my mind. 

And I was not disappointed! He did in fact bust out the video, and the mostly white and middle-aged audience tried to groove to it, in a sense. I sincerely apologize for not taking pictures of this spectacle dear reader. I confess, I was in a near trance-like state by this time. But in case you're wondering, here is the video:

Marco Rubio was supposed to drop by for this spectacle, but wisely sent roughly third seconds of pre-recorded comments instead. Pity, as I was planning on asking him if the Pentagon's UAP report justified increased defense spending. Originally, I had thought such a question may have been a little over the top during such a serious occasion, but not so after the awards ceremony! 

In conclusion, the VOC Captive Nations Week Summit provided a compelling glimpse into Washington's permanent foreign policy establishment. Having witnessed it first hand, I can say that the only fundamental differences between most Democrats and Republicans on these matters is the extent to which LGBTQ+ rights should be emphasized when regime change is advocated. 

And make no mistake about it, regime change was seen as desirable the world over: Cuba, Russia, China, Venezuela, Iran, Syria, it was on the table. Other points of emphasis included how democracy could be "strengthened" in the West and how America's enemies were "weaponzinig democracy against democracy." On the whole, one was left with the distinct impression democracy could use a lot of work. Fortunately, we have institutions like the VOC to help us through this process. 

Give 'Em Enough Rope?

The ides of the month are once again upon us and you know what that means. In this very special subscribers' episode of The Farm I'm joined by Radix Verum of Patriots' Soapbox. Radix is one of the most controversial investigators active in the alternative media today. She and her husband, Pamphlet Anon, were early players in what became the QAnon phenomena going back to the pre-8chan days. In this exclusive interview, Radix traces the early history of the Q movement from the perspective of someone who witnessed it first hand. She recounts the involvement she and her husband had with Dr. Jerome Corsi (he of World Net Daily, Info Wars, the Swift Boat Vets, the Birthers, and so on...), his ties with the early Q movement, and other shadowy figures lurking in the background. 

From there, we get into who may have been behind Q. Radix lays out the intrigues unfolding in the Middle East and how this led an Israeli private intelligence company known as Psy-Group to ponder some novel psychological warfare techniques. From there, we get into Psy-Group's post-2016 election business arrangements with the infamous SCL Group/Cambridge Analytica network. This led to a host of developments, leading up to many of the strange moves at the Pentagon after the 2020 election, and climaxing with the events of January 6th. 

Along the way, we have an epic discussion concerning Colonel Michael Aquino, his doctrine of MindWar, and the influences of Jacques Ellul & Giordano Bruno upon it; the overlap between the theory-fictions of The Aviary and QAnon; the use of "twilight language" in psychological warfare; the real foreign influence on the US government; and so much more. 

But that's not all subscribers have to look forward to today. They're getting an additional, two-hours of bonus material! Yes, an complete second interview between Radix and myself is also going up today!

After Radix agreed to appear on The Farm, I offered to return the favor and appear on PSB. She took me up on that offer and the result is two hours of parapolitical/high weirdness gold. After live streaming this interview on Patriots' Soapbox on May 14, 2021, Radix has graciously allowed me to repost it in my subscribers' section.  

The first hour largely focuses on the events of January 6th; the role the Oath Keepers played; the general history of the outfit; and the American stay-behind network. From there, things start getting weird. I delve into the early history of Ufology, the Collins Elite, CIA/Pentagon-engineered cults, Skinwalker Ranch, the Sovereign Order of Saint John, and the Order of the White Eagle. The first half is certainly more coherent, but there are plenty of gems to be found in the second. As always, I hope you guys enjoy. And a big thank you Radix for having me PBS and allowing me to upload this ep. As always, I hope you guys enjoy. 

Radix is the latest in an ever growing roster of guests for these exclusive subscriber shows. Prior guests include Diana Walsh-Pasulka, Richard B. Spence Christopher Knowles, Douglas Valentine, Adam Gorightly, Greg Bishop, Walter Bosley, J. Michael "Doc Future" Bennett, Erica Lukes, David Metcalfe, Neil Sanders, the Penny Royal crew, Edmund Berger and Samuel Vandiver. Next up is Dr. Andre Gagne of Concordia University to talk some spiritual warfare and related topics. 

Non-Lethals and SOCOM

Obviously, there are no shortage of current events to discuss at present. Let's begin with a thread we explored during my last post: non-lethal weapons. Yes, they've been back in the news in a big way over the last few weeks. The crickets explanation has quietly been dismissed regarding "Havana syndrome." Sonic or microwave weapons are back on the table. What's more, the Pentagon is alleging that military personnel have been targeted in Syria. Both the CIA and the Pentagon are currently carrying out investigations into these incidents. 

Now, more fuel has been added to the fire, and by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki no less. In May 2021 she acknowledged that suspected attacks have occurred in these United States, including in the nation's capital. The Daily Mail has also acknowledged reports of Havana syndrome in DC. One reported victim was a National Security Council staffer while the other was simply described as a "White House official" in the Trump administration. 

As was noted above, the CIA and Pentagon have already been studying the incidents. But apparently, that's not enough. Biden's National Security Council is now conducting it's own investigation as well. 

For those of us who have followed the developments of the non-lethal weapons for years now, these last few weeks have been quite eyebrow raising. This is the type of stuff that was largely dismissed as far out conspiracy theories for decades. But in 2021, we've seen numerous mainstream news agencies acknowledge the possibility of these types of weapons being a reality. It's something worth keeping an eye on going forward, especially with the looming UFO Disclosure on the horizon. 

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On the subject of things worth keeping an eye on, let us turn our attention to ongoing developments within the special operations community. As regular readers of this blog are aware, a lot has been going on in such circles for the past year or so. On the one hand, the outgoing Trump administration took steps to establish the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) as it's own branch of the military during it's final months. On the other hand, a rash of strange deaths over the past year have rocked Fort Bragg, the black heart of the US special operations community. As to the latter, even the mainstream media has begun to take note. No less than Rolling Stone weighed in, gleefully ripping off my research without credit along the way. So it goes. 

While 2020 was certainly a banner year for SOCOM scandals (the extent of which we likely will not know for decades), the warning signs have been evident for a while now. Members of the special operations community have been implicated in drug trafficking and even murder with increasingly frequency in recent years. Reportedly, all the murders linked to Fort Bragg this past year involved drugs. One is left with the distinct impression that SOCOM is little more than a glorified drug cartel, not unlike it's predecessor, the CIA's Directorate of Plans/Operations (DO). But the DO got soft towards the end of the Cold War, playing the role of the American Syndicate to SOCOM's rising Russian mafia. 

It is Trump's decision to elevate SOCOM to it's own branch of the military that is proving most controversial, however. Politico reports that current SOCOM commander General Richard D. Clarke has been rallying his not inconsiderable resources to push back against the move. Clarke is concerned about encroaching civilian control over SOCOM if the outfit is made into it's own branch of the military. 

General Richard D. Clarke

This is a bit of a surprising development, and adds another level of intrigue to the ongoing saga involving the Pentagon during Trump's final months in office. Shortly after his alleged defeat in the 2020 US Presidential Election, the Orange One abruptly sacked Mark Esper (who had publicly rebuked Trump for suggesting the use of the military to quell riots during the summer of 2020 and oversaw the DoD when the military refused to intervene in the 2020 elections) and replaced him with Christopher C. Miller as Secretary of Defense. Miller, in turn, was quick to elevate SOCOM to it's own branch of the Armed Forces. 

It should be emphasized that Miller himself is a former US Army colonel who spent virtually his entire career in special operations, including a stint with the highly secretive Intelligence Support Activity (note before here). Thus, he should have been as aware of the pulse of SOCOM as well as anyone. And yet he pushed throw this highly controversial move while Trump was theoretically a lame duck? And he continues to vigorously defend Trump's actions regarding January 6th to boot. 

Christopher C. Miller

What is going on here, especially in the context of the criminal activity at Fort Bragg? Was elevating SOCOM to it's own branch of the military a form of blackmail? Heightened civilian control over SOCOM may well have shown a brighter light on the rampant criminal activity in the special operations community. This is turn could have led to more restrictions, and possibly even prosecutions. Was Trump attempting to force SOCOM to support his attempts to over turn the election by using this as leverage? It was reported that deploying the military was discussed before Trump's advisors opted for the January 6th protests instead. Was General Clarke concerned about the politicization of SOCOM that would have resulted from these moves? 

But would special operations veterans like Michael Flynn and especially Miller have supported such a crass power grab by Trump over a command they, and many of Trump's military supporters, had pledged their lives' work too? 

Curiously, current Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (who also has deep ties to Fort Bragg) made partially reversing SOCOM's status as an independent branch of the military a top priority. Currently a decision remains in limbo as the Joint Special Operations University conducts what is widely viewed as a sham review. In all likelihood, it will recommend SOCOM retains it's present status.

Lloyd Austin

I again return to the bizarre series of events involving General Charles Flynn during the months leading up to and the day of the capital riots. Flynn, the brother of Michael, was nominated for another star on November 30th, shortly after the action involving SOCOM's status. His star was then confirmed by the Senate the day after that faithful meeting in the Oval Office in which the January 6th "protest" was conceived. General Charles Flynn was then in on the discussion to deploy the military in the capital on the day of the riots, despite being outside the chain-of-command. Was the status of SOCOM part of the conversation taking place then? 

General Charles Flynn

Was Trump, as a lame duck, implementing a decision forced upon SOCOM by Congress that no one wanted to see through? Were the riots in turn to ensure that the incoming Biden administration would reverse course? 

I suspect the factors behind January 6th and the moves leading up to it were Byzantine, and the status of SOCOM was thus one of many. But it clearly seems to have been more contested than I originally believed. Maybe in 50 years we'll finally have some indication of how central it was. Clearly, this is a JFK assassination/9/11-type deep event unfolding before our eyes. 

He's Baaaaack

The other headline that's caught my eye is the announcement of the pending divorce of Bill and Melinda Gates. While this is significant on a number of levels, the really intriguing thing is who's name has surfaced in conjunction with the separation: Jeffrey Epstein. Remember that crazy guy? Everyone's favorite VIP sex trafficker? 

Bill Gates surely wishes Melinda didn't. 

The couple has allegedly spent weeks working with PR specialists to frame their divorce. And yet, Melinda Gates' camp is clearly dishing the dirt on Bill's relationship to Jeffrey. And it's not pretty. The Daily Beast reports that the relationship between Gates and Epstein was much closer than originally reported, surprising absolutely no one who has followed this train wreck. 

Bill and Melinda

It was already acknowledged that Boris Nikolić, a biotech investor and former scientific adviser to Gates, was mysteriously named as a back-up executioner for Epstein's will. What's more, Melanie Walker, a former Gates Foundation employee, would go on to become a scientific adviser to Epstein (whom she had known since 1992). Other names have surfaced as well. Nathan Myhrvold, Microsoft's chief technology officer during the late 1990s, appears to have had links to Epstein going back to that era. Elsewhere Linda Stone, who worked with Myhryold at Microsoft (where she eventually became a vice-president) during the 1990s, had also had links to Epstein since at least the early 00s. So, the Epstein/Microsoft connection is very much a thing. 

But with a looming divorce, the stakes have been upped. Thus, The Daily Beast has acquired access to such money quotes as this nugget Bill Gates dispatched to the Gates Foundation stuff via email concerning Epstein: "His lifestyle is very different and kind of intriguing although it would not work for me."

Gates' handlers were quick to insist that Bill was only referring to Epstein's "unique décor” and his habit of "spontaneously bringing acquaintances in to meet Mr. Gates.” Sure he was. The décor no doubt played a leading role in Mr. Gates ponying up $2 million to MIT's Media Lab in 2014, alleging with Epstein facilitating the transaction. Perhaps the décor also played a role in Mr. Gates abruptly breaking off relations with Mr. Epstein by the end of that year. 

But more likely, it was Mrs. Gates. Bill Gates' relationship with Epstein allegedly "still haunts Melinda." Reportedly, her decision to divorce Bill was spurred by the Epstein revelations of 2019. If this is as much a sore spot as the nuggets leaked by her camp indicate it is, some real fireworks are probably on the horizon. 

It also brings the long-simmering Epstein scandal back into play in a big way. Gates is the second high profile figure linked to Epstein to become ensnared in a scandal this year already. As was noted before here, Andrew Cuomo is currently fighting for his political life due to his own long-simmering sex scandals. The Cuomo-Epstein links have been kept on the backburner a bit thus far, but with the Gates thing breaking, it's something to keep an eye on. 

Andrew Cuomo

What's especially interesting about these revelations is how visibly linked Cuomo and Gates are to the neo-liberal/Davos response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Gates in particular has been leading the charge for mass vaccination since literally onset of the pandemic. How is the "Trust the Science" crowd going to respond to accounts of Gates actively abusing teenage girls with his pal Epstein? 

And what if it doesn't stop there? As I've been emphasizing since 2019, virtually the entire field of celebrity scientists are compromised by links to Epstein. Even Stephen Hawking had ties to Epstein, for God's sake. 

Hawking visiting Epstein's private island

What's more, it's not just the personal lives of these scientists that were compromised by Epstein. For much of the twenty-first century, most of Epstein's efforts revolved around funding scientific research. Incidentally, this is one aspect of the Epstein scandal that no one wants to touch. Little has come out concerning it and the little that has is designed to make these pursuits sound as foolish as possible. Need I remind you of the "revelation" that Epstein wished to cryogenically freeze his penis? 

The MSM efforts to mock Epstein's scientific research when not downplaying it is a dead giveaway as to how serious it really was. And what if people start asking hard questions about such things while the neo-liberal COVID response in full swing? 

That is certainly a very interesting question and raises some additional compelling ones. Most notably, why would the Davos crowd tap someone like Gates or Cuomo to take such a visible lead while Epstein hung as a Sword of Damocles over them? And the same is true of virtually all the other arch globalists backing the Davos COVID response. Seriously, Jeff Bezos? Eric Schmidt? Ghislaine Maxwell already started talking up her relationship with either men last summer. What else will she have to say in the coming months?

Ghislaine (right) was arrested abruptly in July 2020 after hiding out for nearly a year. When the FBI finally dropped by the arrest her, they found her being guarded by a team of SAS veterans

The use of Gates as the front man for these efforts is increasingly baffling in this context. The Epstein/Gates connection already surfaced in a big way in 2019, to the point that Melinda allegedly began contemplating divorce shortly thereafter. And yet no one foresaw this train wreck unfolding?  It's even more interesting that the looming divorce was kept under wraps until after Trump left office.

While this no doubt aided Biden in getting elected, if more Epstein/Gates revelations are forthcoming, it's not going to make the country any more governable. Further, given the extent to which the Democratic Party embraced figures like Cuomo and Gates during the horrors of 2020, it could cause serious branding issues going forward. The same goes for the Davos crowd. 

Was this simply hubris? A delusional sense of invincibility? A belief that anything would be excused in the name of getting Trump out of office? Well, the Orange One is gone. And it's looking like the chicks are just now starting to come home to roost. 

Or was someone anticipating, even banking, on the Davos crowd reacting in the fashion that they have (read: LARPing every conspiracy theory former Office of Naval Intelligence officer William Milton Cooper ever disseminated to the point of becoming comic book super villains)? There's no question the neo-liberal order has been in decline for some time now and the rise of Trump and Brexit in the Anglo-American heartlands no doubt invoked a sense of desperation amongst the Davos set. All the stops were pulled out in a sad attempt to reverse the course of history. 

The end result is to have made these United States, the linchpin of the neo-liberal order, all but ungovernable and rapidly approaching a massive economic downturn. Large swaths of the country consider Biden to be an illegitimate president and those numbers will only grow as investigations into voter fraud continue. If the Epstein thing is taken to it's logical conclusion, what little credibility the scientific community and leading Democrats have left with the public at large will be gone. Interesting times indeed, and I increasingly suspect that was the plan all along. 

Secret Societies, Narcoterrorism, International Fascism, and the World Anti-Communist League Part V

Yes folks, it is now time to revisit this classic series. I initially wrapped it up all the way back in 2013, which seems like a lifetime ago. As the title implies, the series chronicles the history of the dread World Anti-Communist League (WACL). During the height of the Cold War, WACL was very much the visible personification of the Fascist International. It had it's origins in the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations (ABN) and the Asian People's Anti-Communist League (APACL). These outfits had their roots in Nazi Germany and the narco-state of Taiwan, respectively. This lineage was discussed in the first installment of this series.

Drug trafficking has always been a major component of WACL. Many of the early works on it, such as the Andersons' Inside the League, neglected this aspect. The great Peter Dale Scott touched on it in various works, but it had never been subjected to an extensive examination, as best I could tell. Hence, much of parts two and three are pre-occupied with outing WACL's links to the international drug trade. 

Part three also delves extensively into the mysterious Mexican secret society known as Los Tecos. In many ways, it was Mexico's answer to Propaganda Due (P2), effectively controlling the Mexican security services on behalf of the United States. As far as I'm aware, this is the longest English-language account of Los Tecos since the publication of Inside the League in 1986. Frankly, I wish I didn't have that distinction. Los Tecos is an important and highly neglected subject, one that really deserves a researcher who can read Spanish. 

Carlos Cuesta Gallardo, a WWII-era Nazi collaborator and longtime Tecos head

For what was the last installment, I delved into the hardest topic involving WACL: the genocide it helped perpetuate across Latin America and other parts of the developing world during the final decades of the Cold War. By the 1980s, virtually every nation blessed with a WACL chapter had developed it's own "freedom fighters," anti-Communist militias. The phrase "dirty war" was coined to described the methods embraced by these WACL-backed regimes. 

While the operations of WACL proper wound down decades ago, it's legacy is still with us. Consider WACL's chairman during its absolute 1980s pinnacle, Major General John Singlaub. Singlaub was a special forces legend who deployed with the Jedburg teams during WWII, and later helped manage the Phoenix Program during Vietnam. Singlaub's contributions to special operations forces are succh that the US Army Special Operations Command began handing an award named after Singlaub in 2013. Yeah, the same year I finished writing this series chronicling the genocidal legacy of WACL, one of the principal '80s architects got his own award named after him from the US Army. So it goes. 

Singlaub

Nor is the US Army the only outfit naming awards after Singlaub these days. Phyllis Schlafly's Eagle Forum followed suite in 2018 when it announced the inaugural Singlaub Award. The first recipient? Why, General Michael T. Flynn, the former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and Trump's inaugural National Security Adviser. He's also been a leading figure behind the QAnon LARP. Singlaub had to be pleased. He would latter beg Attorney General William Barr to address the "miscarriage of justice" against Flynn during early 2020. 

Flynn

In a way, it was inevitable. Singlaub is set to turn 100 this July, further confirming that the truly evil never die young. But sooner or later (and probably sooner), Singlaub must shed his mortal coil. When that happens, it will truly be the end of an era. Singlaub is the last of the OSS "China Cowboys," a curious clique that included other storied figures such Ray S. Cline, Lucien Conein, Mitchell WerBell III, and E. Howard Hunt (noted here). Many of the old China cowboys would play instrumental roles in WACL, as well as the international drug trade and various death squads the world over. They turn up in the Phoenix Program and later Iran-Contra. Their modus operandi largely revolved around using narco-financed anti-Communist militias to terrorize the peoples of developing nations. 

It was a bloody business to be sure, but one that was necessary to the objectives of the American Empire. Unfortunately for men like Singlaub, the generation of CIA officers that came of age after the Cold War just weren't up to snuff. Relics like Singlaub were necessary to continue filling the gap. That is, until the rise of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). Men like Flynn, his longtime boss General Stanley McChrystal, and General William Boykin, had not only the will to revive the Phoenix Program, but to implement it on a truly international scale for the Global War on Terror. This topic was discussed at length in my debut work, Strange Tales of the Parapolitical: Postwar Nazis, Mercenaries, and Other Secret History. 

McChrystal (top) and Boykin (bottom)

Flynn and company seem well on their way to reviving the private networks so favored by Singlaub and earlier generations as well. But instead of using a litany of anti-Communist networks, these young guns prefer to work through a host of interlocking private military and intelligence companies. In this sense, the SCL Group and the host of companies surrounding it (including Cambridge Analytica) provide us with a vision of how a twenty-first century version of WACL operates. This sleek, corporate version, centered around the boardrooms of London and NYC, is a far cry from the aging Nazis and their charges deep in the jungles of South America. But it is no less lethal. 

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Of course, I didn't opt for a new WACL post just to ruminate on the passing of the baton from Singlaub to Flynn. If you've been following my podcast, The Farm, then you probably have some inclination as to what this post is about. Beginning last summer, I embarked upon what was always going to be an ambitious project: a full-blown podcast miniseries chronicling the history of WACL. 

It seemed like a great idea for a variety of reasons: thanks to Kyle Burke's Revolutionaries for the Right and the Biden/Ukraine flap, interest in WACL is arguably as high as it's been since the early 1990s. And now, almost 30 years removed from the end of the Cold War, and with most of the leading figures having shed their mortal coils, lips are becoming looser and documents more plentiful. What it amounts to is that there is a far clearer picture of WACL available now in the historic records than in any previous era. And with rising tensions between the American Empire and China, and the corresponding attention the US will lavish on it's old WACL partners in Asia, this state of affairs may not last for long. Thus, it's crucial to document this important history while it's still possible. 

The miniseries was conceived of as running roughly 4-5 episodes, and clocking in around 10 hours. As with all projects I embark upon, this proved to be insanely optimistic. The final product will be eight full length episodes and two appendixes (thus far). And it probably goes without saying, but it consists of well over 20 hours of material, a good chunk of it wholly original research that has never been made available to the public before. 

This was due to the incredible group of researchers who took this journey with me: my research partner Keith Allen Dennis, We've Read the Documents' John Brisson, Unification Church defector "Don Diligent," and Ukrainian specialist Moss Robeson. Combined, these guys brought a wealth of material to the table, which enabled us to fill in some of the crucial historical gaps. But of course, I still did a lot of the heavy lifting for Los Tecos episode, though Keith did his part to set the table. 

One of the striking things about this endeavor, as opposed to the earlier WACL series I wrote for this blog, is how much better of a researcher I've become. This is largely due to Mr. Dennis. For the original WACL series, I was relying on the account of the Tecos presented in Inside the League, which in turn was largely based upon a report by Stefan Possony for the US chapter of WACL. This time around, I had a copy of Possony's actual report, along with everything he had on the Tecos from his papers at Hoover. But there'll be plenty of time for self-reflection in a moment. For now, the WACL series:

Part One

Here I'm joined by Moss Robeson to discuss the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (Bandera) (OUN-B), a WWII-era fascist organization. For decades, it was the driving force behind the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations (ABN). Several of the other Quisling outfits that comprised the ABN are also discussed, as well as it's links to Nazi Germany, the KGB and a host of other intrigues. 

Part Two

Here Moss returns, along with Keith Allen Dennis. Much of the discussion here is centered around the old (and new) China Lobby. We address the brutal history of the former narco-state of Taiwan; it's epic connection to the international drug trade; the Cooke-Pawley Expedition; the OSS "China Cowboys"; and the Fabulous MacArthur Boys. We also touch on the ABN again and the Captive Nations.

Part Three

You can't discuss the World Anti-Communist League without discussing the Unification Church. So, this is our epic Moonies episode. Naturally, our resident ex-Moonie Don Diligent was with us for this one, along with John Brisson, Keith and myself. This is one of the most complete accounts of the early history of the Unification Church one is likely to find. With this episode and the prior, we fleshed out the early history of the Asian People's Anti-Communist League (APACL). 

Part Four

Having fleshed out the two principal bodies behind WACL (the ABN and APACL) during the prior three episodes, we now turn our attention to WACL's founding. We begin with the infamous and semi-legendary 1958 Mexico City meeting, which marked the first attempt to launch WACL. It failed and the enterprise would not get off the ground until 1966. There were multiple attempts to sabotage WACL, with the Kennedy administration being a major thorn in the proverbial side. Keith takes center stage in this one as he lays out this pivotal moment in WACL's history. Myself, Moss, and Don are also present for this one. 

Part Five

This is my personal favorite, though I'm biased. It's just myself and Keith for this one. While nominally centered around Los Tecos, we delve deeply into the occulted history of Mexico. We consider the struggle between Freemasonry, the Vatican, and various populist movements for control of Mexico during the early twentieth century and its aftermath: the brutal dirty war that destabilized Mexico for nearly two decades. Los Tecos was born in the midst of the former struggle and was at the heart of the latter. 

Part Six

With this installment, Keith, Don, and myself close out the 1970s. This was a "colorful" decade for WACL, climaxing in Bolivia's "Cocaine Coup" of 1980. Here we really dig into the Nazi legacy in South America, Operation Condor, and the dirty wars in Chile and Argentina. 

Part Seven

Finally, we arrive at the 1980s, the absolute pinnacle of WACL. Parts seven and eight are effectively a two-parter with the entire cast on hand: Keith, Moss, Don, John, and myself are all present and accounted for. In this one, we consider the rise of the "New Right" and Reaganism in the 1980s as well William F. Buckley's not inconsiderate contributions to either. We also catch up on the Captive Nations, OUN-B, and, inevitably, Iran-Contra.

Part Eight

For the final installment we delve into the "Golden Lily" one final time, the Christic Institute, their "secret tram" allegations, and one of the most bizarre lawsuits of the latter stages of the Cold War. Brisson also dives into one of his favorite subjects, the Council for National Policy (CNP) and their links to WACL. Finally, I open up the floor for Moss, Don, John, and Keith to provide their reflections on WACL and this series. 

There are also (thus far) two Appendixes to the series, both them dealing with the OUN-B: 

Appendix I

This one is with Moss Robeson and myself. Here we discuss the continuation of the OUN-B as a kind of quasi-secret society in modern times. We also delve into how this factors into the Biden-Ukraine connections.

Appendix II

A follow up to the prior podcast, this time with John Brisson joining Moss and I. Here, we delve even deeper into the Biden-Ukraine connections. 

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And now it's time for something I don't normally do: Reflect on this blog. But in this case, it seems so fitting as both the series and subject of it have meant so much to me. So, here are a few thoughts:

WACL is by far the hardest subject I've written about. This may surprise those of you who are long time readers. Over the course of my ten plus years blogging, I've covered a lot of dark subjects: Esoteric Nazism, child sex rings, and state-sanctioned human experimentation are re-occurring themes here. Outfits like the American Security Council (ASC) and Le Cercle have similar legacies of death squads, drugs/arms trafficking, and pedophilia. And of course, my second book traced the origins of Epstein's ring. So yeah, after doing this for over a decade, I am well familiar with the terrible things human beings are capable of and then some. 

But that doesn't make dealing with WACL any easier. It was all the things groups like the ASC and Le Cercle were, but on steroids. This was likely out of necessity. The core of the ASC and Le Cercle oversaw the strategy of tension in North America and Western Europe respectively, where a little black terror went a long way. 

Things were different in the developing world. There, legions of "former" Nazis and their Quislings, along with US and UK intelligence veterans, crafted their own private fiefdoms away from the prying eyes of human rights advocates. The gloves were firmly off and places like Colonia Dignidad embraced this freedom with "vigor." The Colony had a mass grave for it's victims, and it is not alone. WACL was the vehicle for a host unreconstructed Nazis and their sympathizers to live out their fantasies of making 120 Days of Sodom a reality in the developing world. And this was done largely with the tactical and financial support of the American Empire. 

To describe this as a national scandal is an understatement. It is completely and utterly sickening and morally reprehensible. It is a stain on the soul of this nation and a major factor that has led us to the administrations of Trump and Biden. 

And it is a stain upon my soul as well. Upon completing this series in October 2013, I was done with WACL. I never wanted to revisit it again. But WACL was not done with me. I would write about it again with my first book, and revisit it yet again with the current series up for discussion. 

In the intern, something truly bittersweet happened: WACL helped establish VISUP as a serious parapolitical blog in a big way. To date, the final installment in the original WACL series is my most widely viewed post, with 23.5k views over nearly eight years. It truly marked a turning point when I found my "voice" as a researcher. 

But beyond that, it had a totally unforeseen consequence: bringing many of the people who have subsequently become my closest friends into my life. Keith Allen Dennis first contacted me in 2016, informing me that a thesis paper he was working on was inspired by my WACL series. Much of the documentation we have for the podcast series came from Keith's time at Hoover researching that thesis. It was the first of what has subsequently become many communications. First, a few emails a year, now we're in almost daily contact with one another. 

Don came into my life some two years later, also partly because of the WACL series. We've also developed a friendship. I collected Brisson in 2019 and Moss in 2020, both due in part to the WACL series as well. And their have been others along the way, most notably "Scully" and "Annie Wilkes," who became two of my dearest friends. 

Suffice to say, this was the last thing I ever expected to come from this series when I started it all those years ago. And with that, I shall sign off, because frankly there are not words to describe what these people mean to me and how much better my life is because of them. Thank you all so much.