FTR-272 “. . . They Shall Reap the Whirlwind” (One 30-min. segment) (Sources are noted in parentheses.)

1.            Past broadcasts have explored the use of environmental modification for military purposes. (See FTR #'s 1, 30, 69, 79, 101, 128, 156.) Those programs are the foundation for this broadcast. The title is a Biblical reference (Hosea, 8:7), and refers to those who “. . . sow the wind” as being doomed to “. . .reap the whirlwind.”

2.            Ben Eastlund, described as “a former Star Wars defense program scientist," has proposed using an orbital, space-based microwave beam to neutralize tornadoes. ("Could Tornadoes Be Prevented?" by Jerry Bowen; CBS News Online; 1/16/2001, www.cbsnews.com/now/story.)

3.            Eastlund appears to be the “Bernard” Eastlund who developed the HAARP system, described in the broadcasts enumerated above. The alteration of the weather for military purposes, and the destruction of incoming enemy missiles are among the stated applications of the HAARP system patents. (The destruction of enemy missiles would, obviously, be a "Star Wars" application.)

4.            Critics of Eastlund's proposal believe that his “tornado prevention” system could, in practice, make tornadoes worse and/or kill birds or knock down airplanes. (Idem.)

5.            Mr. Emory discusses the possibility that the same technology could be used to cause tornadoes. In that context, it should be noted that Eastlund's research has been funded by the European Space Agency. (Idem.)

6.            It should be noted that Europe rarely has tornadoes and only 100 Americans a year are killed by these storms. (One wonders why the European Space Agency would fund such research.) The proposed tornado targeting system would require “precision targeting” systems. (Idem.)

7.            Next, the program examines the proposed sale of a key Silicon Valley firm to a Dutch holding company, ASM Lithography. (“Spy Tech: The U.S. Edge” by Alan Tonelson; San Jose Mercury News; 1/9/2001; p. B7.)

8.            Silicon Valley Group Inc. has Tinsley Laboratories as a subsidiary. (Idem.)

9.            The latter “has been the sole manufacturer of many of the state-of-the-art mirrors and lenses in the high-powered cameras carried by America's spy satellites-systems that the Clinton administration has called ‘among the most valuable national security assets.’” (Idem.)

10.        Mr. Tonelson worried “that ASM's far-flung global operations and corporate alliances with companies like Germany's Carl Zeiss and Schott Glass could make it more difficult to keep SVG/Tinsley's advanced optics and lithography capabilities from migrating to unfriendly countries.” (Idem.)

11.        By way of emphasizing the history of the firms to which ASM Lithography is connected, the program illustrates that the Zeiss firm was among the charter firms proposed by SS General Scheid as a participatory element in the Bormann flight capital program. (Martin Bormann: Nazi in Exile; by Paul Manning; copyright 1981; Lyle Stuart [hardcover]; ISBN 0-8184-0309-8; p. 25.) The economic and political component of a Third Reich gone underground, the Bormann organization is also discussed in: FTR #'s 87, 90, 99, 102, 120, 122, 123, 125, 127, 134, 145, 152, 155, 158, 177, 179, 180, 187, 189, 193, 194, 195, 215, 216, 218, 219, 224, 226, 232, 233, 234, 235, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 245, 248, 250, 251, 261.)

12.        When considering German corporations, it is important to remember that they are controlled by the Bormann Organization. This institution has perpetuated its power in an effective, clandestine, and deadly, Mafia-like fashion in the years since World War II. American corporations are driven by the profit motive, and coordinate policies on labor, environmental, marketing and taxation issues--they are otherwise relatively apolitical. In contrast, German corporations (under control of the Bormann group) function as coordinated elements of international economic and political control, not unlike the divisions in an army. Although they, too, strive to make money, profit is subordinate to the goal of national hegemony.

13.        The Schott firm also has a history of working against American interests. The program excerpts Miscellaneous Archive Shows M-11 (originally recorded on 5/23/80.) Discussing the cartel arrangements which permitted Germany to restrict the production of strategic materials in other countries, M-11 underscores the role of the Schott firm in such arrangements. (All Honorable Men; James Stewart Martin; copyright 1950 [hardcover]; Little, Brown & Company.)

14.        Because of its role in arming Saddam Hussein, the Schott firm was also among the defendants in a class action lawsuit brought by veterans of the Persian Gulf War. (See also: FTR-87.) (The role of the Bormann group in arming Saddam Hussein is discussed in FTR#155.)

15.        Next, the program highlights the fact that ASM has Intel as its largest customer. (“ASM Lithography Will Wait to Acquire Silicon Valley Group” by Glenn R. Simpson; Wall Street Journal; 1/9/2001; p. B7.)

16.        The company will wait for approval from the U.S. government before completing the sale, having delayed the transaction until after George W. Bush takes office. (Idem.) It remains to be seen whether the Bush administration will approve the sale.

17.        In the discussion of ASM Lithography, the broadcast highlights the fact that the company's full name is “ASM Lithography Holding.” (Idem.)

18.        Mr. Emory notes that holding companies have been one of the financial cloaking vehicles through which the aforementioned Bormann group has hidden its ownership of key companies around the world. (Martin Bormann: Nazi in Exile; by Paul Manning; pp. 134-5.)

19.        Silicon Valley Group has an interesting history as well. One of its founders, Carl Story, has become a key financial backer of the Aryan Nations. ("Computer Millionaires Fund Hate: Carl Story, Vincent Bertollini and 11th Hour Remnant Messenger"; pp. 1-2; accessed from the ADL's web site at www.adl.org/tycoons.)

20.        It should be noted that SVG has disavowed Story's beliefs. (Ibid.; pp. 4-5.)

21.        One of the off-shoots of the Aryan Nations was the Nazi terrorist group the Order.

22.        The broadcast points out that the group received funding from “German families living in South America.” (Unholy Alliance; by Peter Levenda; copyright 1995 [softcover]; Avon Books; p. 338.) Those "families" were, in all likelihood, the Bormann organization.

23.        The broadcast asks (and juxtaposes) several pivotal questions. First, is ASM a Bormann company? Is (or was) SVG a Bormann company? Is the Bush administration (as seems probable) connected to the Bormann group? Could Eastlund's tornado technology be married to the optical espionage technology of Tinsley laboratories to create weather weapons that could be used against the United States?

24.        In that context, it is important to consider what the Nazi philosophy espoused by Story predicts. His publication, The 11th Hour Remnant Messenger forecasts the destruction of the United States as punishment for its racial and religious “heresy.” ("Computer Millionaires Fund Hate: Carl Story, Vincent Bertollini and 11th Hour Remnant Messenger;" p. 6.)

25.        The possibility that such an "Armageddon" could be manufactured using the Eastlund technology, guided by Tinsley equipment, is one to be considered. The possibility of the marriage of technology, fascism and religion to create a world-wide fascist theocracy is explored at length in L#2.) (See also: RFA#'s 1-3, 10-13, 37, Miscellaneous Archive Show M52, and FTR#'s 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 22, 23, 26, 27, 39, 40, 45, 46, 60, 70-72, 81, 87, 88, 92, 97, 186, 197, 271, 273.) (Recorded on 1/26/2001.)