Approved For Release 2000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0500560005-7 0 D CID, Intel Agencies Look at Russian Mind Control Technology, Claims FBI Considered Testing on Koresh. ederal law enforcementvice in Waco, he said, officials considered"They wanted F the Russians testing a Russianto promise zero scien- risk" in using tist's the device on acoustic Koresh, but mind the control de~ vice Russians wouldn't on do that," cultist David Koresh a few the participant weeks said. Another before the fiery conflagration obstacle was 'that the fact Smimov killed the Branch had only rbught Davidian "entry-level leader and mom equipment" and than more sophisti- 70 of his followers in cated hardware Waco, would have- Texas, Defense Elec- tronics -had to be rushed has over fro learned. In Russia before a the device could series of closed-meet- ings Ge -used in an beginnifig.March,11 attempt to end in suburban the standoff Northern in Texas. Yliginia with As a result, Dr. Koresh and his Igor Stnirnov~ 'of the Moscow band were not Medical used as test Academy, sub- FBI jects for a demonstration officials of a were bde fed on the technology developed Russian's under decade-long re- search M_e_fo_r_rt_ie_r_!2viet on ~Uniori and a computerized acoustic apparently us( device - allegedly XLb~~iting ians in Af.Ohanistan, thoughts which is in why the-US7(TeT&nse a and in- person*s mind without ~hat telligence communities person were being awar-eoUdie source %_,ell-~ep,~.,~%~in of the March the thought. 1t meetings in Virginia. was su( ggested to us [by other -17here was a federal strong interest officials] that they among the intelligence brin- agen- in the FBI, which was looking for a viable op ? ies because they hLadd bbeen tL ' tracking Smimoy don for years " to deal with Koresh," said a the participant source said, "and be- who participated in the cause we know Smirnov there is evi- meetings who - dence the Soviet agreed Army's Spe- to discuss.the gathe ings ial Forces used only the tsino-1-0- on condition 0 . ,y douring the anonyn-dty. conflict in NII/ - lFis A g anistan." aRount of the meetings was Alcohol and drug confirmed abuse by an execE-' tive among Red Army summary soldiers was memorandum ' - ' officials so pervasive of during the Psy- preparedEy chotechnologies Afghan war that Corp., Soviet offi-, a Rich- 4artment mond, Virginia, based firm/:;wials relied upon the technolo~- owns ns in gies summary, which has been .circulated among U.S. intelli 'i-cutiv gence ex, es, was ob- tained by DE The Psychotechnologies memo described the standoff between federal agents and Koresh in Waco as "an on- going domestic hostage situa- tion." After several meetings with Smirnov, FBI officials, who repeatedly expressed fears durin- the discussions that Ko- resh and his'.foll.owej -,iv. erd suicidal, asked for a pr describing requirements and procedures for using the de- Officials from the Centr Intelligence Agency (CIA), Defense Intelligence Agency 4:1 (DIA) and the Advance Re- search Projects Agency (ARPA) were also present, ac- cording to the source. Spokes- men for those agencies did not return a reporter's telephone calls seeking to confirm whether individuals from their organizations attended the Smimov meetings. , . Because the U.S. has no. known counter-measUr e~ to the technology. intelligence com- munity and-ARPA official are concerned that weapoai~z~ versions of the device mav s fi_1 Iin th ssian rniri inventory, and they expressed fear durinp- the meetinsis that the technolo - could be ex rted to Third World ~a-tions via the growing black market in military. equipment from the former Soviet Union, he said. lq-) M ;c U.S. national security in situ- ationi where in ble com- mands might be used to alter behavior." The memo went on to note that meeting attendees were also "in't-erested in wheth r .. psycho-correction detection. d-ecod ng and counter~mea- shoulil-be-un- dertak-en by the-U.S." An ef- fective psycho-correction del- vice could be a military threat, the memorandum continued, if it were deployed to "nega- tively affect morale of U.S. troops in combaf' or to "affect judgement or opinions of de- cision-mak-ers, key personnel or populaces" in a conflict. Further, the memo said De- of Defense (DOD) og concerned t at ." were tfie technolo could be in the protection of U-S. em bassies, military training_And .. Qlrariuo -areas oF-Potential enemies, tc.11 silipers, e R-on--m-Mitary participants were also included in the Smirnov meetings in Virginia, as well as a series of subse- quent briefings by the two Russians,at the University of KansasVedical Center in Topeka. The non-military at- tendees i0cluded Dr. Richard Nakamura of the National In- 2;: s14qt~v&EA0,4,4,eiitaI- Health and "V,, ~t le.r. Or,::cn, direc- tor 0t Citneral Motors Corp. ~Gm) bi , - . research de- partment'n Detroit. Dr. Nakamura could not be reaTfi-eUTor -comment, but he was described in the Psy chotechnologies memo as being "familiar with U.S. 0 patents" in the area and that "the Russians seemed to have solved" matheluatical prob lems "which had preve ted d-evelopment of U.S. work-BE- Dr. Green said through a G~Fs_pokesruaa Oiat he attend- ed the Sminiov briefings in his capacity as a n-e-inber of a Na- tional Acaderay of Sciences (NAS) pane'l on 21st Century Army tecbnolo&s. 'This has no connection to anything being done by GM," the spokesman said. "It looks Rromising. but we don-'t have enough details-y-et to really apprqise it," Dr. To-wier Jones of Universify-of Ta_nsasMedical Center's psy chology division told DE. -It was really more of a presenta (ion than an actual demonstra tion because, unfortunately. a lot of the software we couldn't get going." Jones said he and his colleagues at (he Kansas facifity are look ing for funding sources for re search to determine whether the Russian psycho-correction technology can be used in treating alcoholism and other C, addictions. The Psychotechnologies memo described an agreement company officials entered into with Smirnov in March in which "the Russian side agreed to comritit the psycho- correction technologies still in Russia and all related know- how to the U.S. company in exchange for stock. The Russ- ian side has agreed to provide all support necessary to recre- ate current fpsycho-correction] capability in the U.S. and to upgrade (he capability using U.S. components and comput- er prograinniers, All.necessary developrim" 61'' ' exiisting al- gorithrns will be provided by the Russian side." -By Mark Tapscott DEFENSE ELECTRONICS JULY 1993 17 . C A N1 L RC L Approved For Release 2000/08/11 : CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0500560005-7 0 DOD, Intel Agencies Look at Russian Mind Control Technology, Claims ederal law enforcement officials considered Ftesting a Russian scien- tist's acoustic mind control de- vice on cultist David Koresh a few weeks before the fiery conflagration *that killed the Branch Davidian leader and more than 70 of his followers in Waco, Texas, Defense Elec- tronics has learned. In a series of closed,meet- inggs beginning March.17 in suburban Northern Virginia with Dr. Igor Smimwof the Moscow Medical Academy, FBI officials were briefed on the Russian's decade-long rq~- search on a computerized FBI Considered Testing on Koresh. vice in Waco, he said. "'Rey wanted the Russians to promise zero risk" in using die device on Koresh, but the Russians wouldn't do that," the participant said. Another obstacle was the fact S ,, Ambaov had only brought. entry-level equipment" and more sophisti cared hardware would have -had to be rushed over fro -Russia before the device could FF-used in an attempt to end the standoff in Texas. As a result, Koresh and his band were not used as test sub- jects for a demonstration of a technolovv developed under versions of the device may ~ssiati ~mdj ~' s t1l ili n inventory, and they expms ed fSar ~fin r~hemeetin ~sthat the technology could be ex- ' to WRI Worla -nations via the growing black market in military equipment from the former Soviet Union, he said. Dr. Nakamura could not be reathed for co ment, but he was described in the Psy- chotechnologies memo as being "familiar with U.S. patents" in the area and that "the Russians seemed to have 7so!T&_L; 7-- in _~i c a ~Ir o b- lems "which had prevented development ofU.S. work be- ~ond hasic ~stas.' ge, Dr. Green said through a GM spokeswwi tbat he attend- ed the SrrlirrioV briefings in his capacity as a m.,mriber of a Na- tional Academy of Sciences (NAS) panel on 21st Century Army tec'bnolo&-s. "This has no connection to anything being done by GM," the spokesman said. "It looks promising. but we dor~_thave enough del I. to really apprgise it," Dr. -Fowler Jones of Universiiv of I-a-masMedical Center's psy- chology division told DE. "it was really more of a presenta- tion than an actual demonstra- tion because, unfortunately. a lot of the software we couldn't get going." Jones said he and his colleagues at the Kansas facility are look- ing for funding sources for re- V search to determine whether the Russian psycho-correction technology can be used in treating alcoholism and other addictions. The Psychotechnologies memo described an agreement company officials entered into with Smirnov in March in which "the Russian side agreed to conimit the psycho- correction technologies still in Russia and all related know- how to the U.S. company in exchange for stock. The Russ- ian side has agreed to provide all support necessary to recre- ate current fpsycho-correction] capability in the U.S. and to upgrade the capability using U.S. components and comput- er programmers, All necessary developinentAl ai4 existing al- gorithms will be provided by the Russian side." - By Mark Taj)scotr March-7777-ri-gs was de- scribed in the Psychotech nologies memo as to "deter- iiq-n-ewhether psycho-correc tion technologies represent a T-Cesent qr,..future threat to U.S. national securitv in situ- tHe- formersoviet Union and ations where inaudible com- acoustic device apparently used niands. might allegedly ca- against civil be used to after -2able of implanting behavior." thougfiLtsrr ians in AfZhanistan, which is in a person's why the . . e The memo went mind without ense and in- on to note that ire of-the telligence co that meeting limunities were attendees were source of the well-represented also -interested thought. in the March in wheth r "it was suggestedTectings in Virgipsycho-correction to us [by in. detection.. _ _ other federal "'lliere was a d-ecodin_- and officials] that strong interest co~ iter-mca- t they bring in among the intelligence the FBI, which agen- W was looking for dertak-en by a viable op ies the U. ." An becal ey had ef- been c" -0 tion to deal with- Koresh," said' ' - fective psycho-correction tracking Smirnoy de'- for years," .a source who the participant vice could be participated said, "and be- a military in threat, tfie smirnov in~Hi-ngswhocause we know the memorandum there is evi- continued, agreed to discussdence the Soviet if it were deployed the gathe Army's Spe- to "nega- ings only on condition-tat Forces used lively affect of the technolo- morale of U.S. anonynity. troops in combaf' n or to "affect durin- ~rhhe conflict in %our' ' His account of tm judgement or the meetings A g ~ani opinions of de- wa~~~ execu: Alcohol and drug cision-makers, abuse key personnel 71ve summary memorandumamong Red Army or populaces" soldiers was in a conflict. prepared by officialsso pervasive duringFurther, the of Psy- the memo said De- chotechliologles Afghan war that 'partment of Soviet offi-' Defense (P..QD) ~ inond, Virginia, I h d n the techn-oro-offi6jWk ncerned based firm that that owns the J;gy in prepaliD,--tre technology American ri s( troops for mis could be used To the Russian sions involving in the protection techn atroc.itte of Q.S. r. 0 y. Pi - .. aoamst civilians.bassies, military . _ training and copy o the Psychotechno-_ - 0- ~ gies summary, is from the Centralin non-violently -wh4uh hn- I i a !!Qlc~ i circulated among Intelligence Agencyareas of potential U.S. intelli- (CIA), enemies, - Defense Intelligencesnipers, etc.', gence execti-tives,Agency was ob . (DIA) and the Non-m-iffitary Advance Re- participants The Psychotechnologiessearch Projects were also included Agency in the memo described (ARPA) were also Smimov meetings the standoff present, ac- in Virginia, between federal cording to the as well as a agents and source. Spokes- series of subse- Koresh in Waco men for those quent briefings as "an on- agencies did by the two not going domestic return a reporter'sRussians at hostage situa- telephone the University of tion." . calls seeking Kansas Medical to confirm Center in After several whether individualsTopeka. 'Me meetings with from their non-military at- Smirnov, FBI officials,organizations tendees included who attended the Dr. Richard repeatedly expressedSmirnov meetings.Nakamura of fears the al In- during the discussionsBecause the U.S. 7-stR~t-e that Ko- has no, - pf-~Mental Health and i ' " known counter-measurePr '~%'ns resh and his'follow,rto th ~&;pher Green, ers were direc- ' . technology, intelligencetor of fi suicidal, asked com-, eneral Motors for a proposal Corp. describing requirementsmunity and `ARPA l and official (GM) biomedical T research de- procedures for ~Fc partnient in using the de- concemed that Detroit. weaponized DEFENSE ELECTRONICS JULY 1993 17