Re: The Arlington Institute
Subject: Re: The Arlington Institute
From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
Date: 7/17/10, 00:26
To: Clark Robinson <robinsonchicago@gmail.com>

The crazy often possess valuable information, in the broad sense, particularly if their craziness was overseen by the CIA. I want to speak to all of these people, perhaps just for an article, but also, as I mentioned, for my own edification. I'm trying to gain more info on the mindset that existed during the CIA's wackier periods, which is one reason I'm happy to be in touch with Eisler, who must have caught the tail end of it (STAR GATE was still ongoing till 95, I think). 

Kermit Lancaster, the other uncle whom I mentioned to you, is former CIA, recruited out of college. No one in the family knows much else about it other than that his work almost certainly involved research and development and was done through a front company. Obviously, this is between us.

Meanwhile, check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhocracy

On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 12:17 AM, Clark Robinson <robinsonchicago@gmail.com> wrote:
http://www.arlingtoninstitute.org/dr-harold-puthoff  Two decades investigating ESP for CIA and other fed agencies--arguably a greater actual benefit to the nation per dollar expended than abstinence education.  Twice nominated for Nobel, it says.

From Wikipedia:"Puthoff joined the Church of Scientology in the late 1960s and reached the top OT VII level by 1971. Puthoff wrote up his "wins" for a Scientology publication, claiming to have achieved "remote viewing" abilities.[4] In 1974, Puthoff also wrote a piece for Scientology's Celebrity magazine, stating that Scientology had given him "a feeling of absolute fearlessness".[5] Puthoff severed all connection with Scientology in the late '70's.[6]"


See also
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/vision_remota/esp_visionremota_5.htm

  • According to Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird, in The Secret Life of Plants, while at SRI, Puthoff did experiments with chicken eggs. Using an e-meter (invented by L. Ron Hubbard and used in the practices of Scientology), he attempted to see if an egg would react if another was broken nearby.
     (Tompkins, Peter and Bird, Christopher, The Secret Life of Plants, Harper and Row, 1973, pg 29)
     





On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Yeah, I just got done reading their "dream report," which of course produced nothing that actually happened (give it a read if you have a moment, it's amusing). Having said that, I should have noted that I'm not intending to publicly associate with this fellow - and even if I did, it would be assumed by anyone who noticed that I was doing so for purposes of writing a satire on him - but rather to pump him for info regarding his background in national security, largely for my own edification. I'm becoming increasingly interested in the interplay between the various military branches and intelligence services, as I get the feeling that we could learn a great deal from that dynamic. I also get the feeling that he would be happy to tell me everything he knows.


On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:20 PM, Clark Robinson <robinsonchicago@gmail.com> wrote:
I dunno, Barrett -- their website has some strange stuff on it:

The "Whether Map" which collects reports of intuitions and dreams from just about anybody?

http://www.arlingtoninstitute.org/tai/whether-map
http://www.arlingtoninstitute.org/Dream/Intuition-Entry-Form

Or this paper on pre-cognizant dreaming?

http://www.arlingtoninstitute.org/files/Dream%20Report.pdf

Futurists have been around for a while, they seem to me to resemble the motivational speaker industry.  The motivational speakers popularize scholarship in psychology and get big fees urging roomfuls of rubes to increase productivity (or sales), and the futurists I have encountered write books and speak profitably, popularizing scientific and economic scholarship. This group seems to go a little further afield than popularizing -- intuition and pre-cognition, whoa.

My worry is that you could lose credibility with a true scholar like Juan Cole if you associate yourself incautiously with these folks.







On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:13 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm going to get in touch with the head of this think-tank. He would be our most valuable asset.

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Barrett Brown
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Regards,

Barrett Brown
512-560-2302




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Barrett Brown
512-560-2302