
The following article comes from the 'TC TECHNICAL 
CONSULTANT', Nov.-Dec., 1991 issue:

     "The death of a journalist in West Virginia, plus the jailing of
an alleged CIA computer consultant in Washington State may be 
elements of a much wider scandal that could have serious impli-
cations for the Bush White House in 1992.
     "What started out as an investigation of an apparent case of
pirated software has grown to be a project involving hundreds of
journalists all over the world.
     "The dead journalist, Joseph Daniel 'Danny' Casolaro was
found dead August 10th in a motel room in West Virginia.  His
wrists were slashed seven times on each wrist and a suicide note
was found nearby.  The only manuscript of his book, with accom-
panying notes, WAS MISSING.
     "The book, provisionally titled 'The Octopus', was meant to be 
an explosive expose of misdeeds by the Justice Department 
under the Reagan administration.  Time Magazine also reported
that Casolaro's research centered on gambling and attempted 
arms deals at the CABAZON reservation near Indio (California -
Branton).
     "Indeed, the scope of Casolaro's investigation was so large 
that any one of a large number of areas of research could have
been the trigger for a possible hit.
     "While authorities declared his death a suicide, his relatives 
definitely stated that Casolaro's mental state was sound, indeed
upbeat, after the completion of his book.
     "Casolaro started his work nearly two years before, investi-
gating the bankrupting of a small computer software company 
called Inslaw, allegedly by the U.S. Justice Department.  INSLAW, 
a company headed by Bill and Nancy Hamilton of Washington
D.C., had developed a package known as PROMIS -- short for
Prosecutor's Management Information System -- to act as a case
management tool for the Justice Department's unwieldy work load.
     "Inslaw President Bill Hamilton [NOT the well-known UFO
researcher - Branton] has claimed that Ed Meese associate EARL
BRIAN was given control of pirated versions of the PROMIS soft-
ware by Meese to sell back to different U.S. government agencies
for great profit.  Two courts have so far agreed with Hamilton 
awarding an 8 million dollar judgment, but a higher court of 
appeal has quashed the award and the verdict, declaring that it 
was not the jurisdiction of the lower courts.  As of October 9, the 
case has moved into the realm of the Supreme Court.
     "EARL BRIAN OWNS UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL (UPI) 
and FINANCIAL NEWS NETWORK (FNN).  
     "According to a Washington man, who claims to have modified
the cobol-based software for the CIA and other intelligence agen-
cies, the software was a reward for Earl Brian's role in arranging 
the so-called 'October Surprise' gambit, the alleged conspiracy to 
withhold the American hostages in Iran until after the 1980 elect-
ion which saw Carter removed from power.  The 'October Surprise'
scandal has taken some time to emerge.
     "In a Paris meeting, President Bush is alleged to have met 
with Ali Akabar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the speaker of the Iranian
Parliament, Mohammed Ali Rajai, the future President of Iran and
Manucher Ghorbanifar, an Iranian arms dealer with connections 
to Mossad, according to Navy Captain Gunther Russbacher who 
claims to have flown Bush, William Casey -- the CIA chief -- and 
Donald Gregg, a CIA operative to that location.  Russbacher, who 
made these allegations in May is now in jail on Terminal Island,
convicted on the charge of impersonating a U.S. Attorney.
     "The Washington man is MICHAEL RICONOSCIUTO who is 
now waiting for a trial in a Washington jail on conspiracy to sell
drugs charges, charges which Riconosciuto claims are manufac-
tured.  Indeed, the charge made against Riconosciuto were made 
one week after Riconosciuto authored and signed an affidavit
describing his role in modifying the pirated software.
     "The affidavit also claimed that he had been contacted by 
phone and threatened by PETER VIDENIEKS [a Justice Depart-
ment employee and Customs official who, Riconosciuto alleged, 
had intelligence ties] as to the possible consequences of his 
going public with certain information.
     "According to Riconosciuto, Videnieks was a frequent visitor 
to the Cabazon Indian reservation near Palm Springs and visited
with tribal manager, John P. Nichols.  Nichols was in essence
Riconosciuto's boss in a number of enterprises conducted on
reservation land and the PROMIS modification was just one of
these projects.  According to Riconosciuto, in an interview with
T.C. conducted from jail, the PROMIS software was modified to
install a backdoor access for use by American intelligence
services.  The software was then sold to 88 different countries 
as a sort of 'trojan horse' package enabling us to access their
intelligence systems.  According to Riconosciuto these countries
included Iraq and Libya.
     "Correspondence between Nichols and other companies, if
authentic, indicates that Riconosciuto's claims of his expertise
in the area of electronics and armaments appear to be true. 
Marshall Riconoscuito, Michael's father is a reputed former
business partner of Richard Nixon.
     "According to Riconosciuto, the fuzzy status of reservation
land as 'sovereign' allowed elements of the CIA and organized
crime to conduct business uniquely.
     "Among the projects worked on during this time were joint
projects with WACKENHUT, a company loaded with former CIA 
and NSA personnel and business ventures with the Saudi Arabian
royal family and other unusual projects.
     "A joint venture with Southern California Edison will soon be 
generating power for bio-mass drawn from local waste outlets. 
Biological warfare projects were investigated with Stormont labor-
atories looking into the creation of 'pathogenic viruses' and 
enhanced fuel-air explosive weapons were created and tested in 
league with Meridian Arms at the NEVADA TESTING RANGE 
which matched the explosive power of nuclear devices.
     "These enhanced weapons gained their power from polarizing
the molecules in the gas cloud by modification of the electric field, 
a technology developed from exploring Thomas Townsend Brown's
suppressed work, a knowledge which Riconosciuto claims he
gained from working at LEAR in Reno, Nevada.
     "Riconosciuto is said to have worked on the enhanced fuel-air 
explosive weapons with Gerald Bull of Space Research Corpora-
tion.  Bull, now deceased, later became an arms advisor to 
Saddam Hussein.  It is said that HUSSEIN POSSESSES THE 
FAE TECHNOLOGY.
     "In July, Anson Ng, a reporter for the Financial Times of 
London was shot and killed in Guatemala.  He had reportedly 
been trying to interview an American there named Jimmy Hughes,
a one-time director of security for the Cabazon Indian Reservation
secret projects.
     "In April, a Philadelphia attorney named Dennis Eisman was
found dead, killed by a single bullet in his chest.  According to a 
former federal official who worked with Eisman, the attorney was 
found dead in the parking lot where he had been due to meet with 
a woman who had crucial evidence to share substantiating 
Riconosciuto's claims.
     "Both Eisman's and Ng's deaths were declared suicides by
authorities.
     "Fred Alvarez, a Cabazon tribal leader who was in vocal oppo-
sition to the developments on the reservation, was found shot to 
death with two friends in 1981.  Their murder remains unsolved.
     "The leader of the House, Thomas Foley, announced last 
month that a formal inquiry will be initiated into the Inslaw case. 
Foley appointed Senator Terry Sanford as co-chairman of the joint
congressional panel.  Prior to his election, Senator Sanford was
the attorney representing Earl Brian in his 1985 takeover bid for
United Press International and was instrumental in appointing Earl
Brian, a medical doctor, to the board of Duke Medical School, of 
which Sanford is President.  
      "However, despite repeated requests from journalists to
produce photographs showing Riconosciuto together with Brian, 
and requests to produce his passport showing his alleged trip to
Iran, he has not yet done so.  Also Riconosciuto failed to be able 
to describe Peter Videnieks to CNN's Moneyline program, claim-
ing a medical condition prevented him from remembering clearly.
     "This led one former intelligence operative to speculate that 
we may be witnessing a very sophisticated intelligence operation 
being played out in public.
     "Former F.B.I. Special Agent, Ted Gunderson, speaks for
Riconosciuto's credibility.  Gunderson, who lives in Manhattan
Beach, has worked with Riconosciuto for many years in his
capacity as private investigator.
     "Together, according to Gunderson, they were responsible for
thwarting a terrorist operation during the Los Angeles Olympics. 
According to Gunderson, Riconosciuto was well known in certain
circles as a genius in almost all sciences.
     "The so-called drug operation broken up in Washington State
was an electrohydrodynamic mining operation claimed Gunderson,
using Townsend Brown technology.  A videotape viewed by this
journalist revealed metallic powders and apparent processes 
unrelated to drug manufacture.  Indeed, a government analysis of
soil samples revealed the absence of drug contamination, but a
high concentration of barium.  Barium is often found in high
voltage related work.
     "Unsubstantiated information from an intelligence source
claims that the current situation (with the scenario being carried
out around former Wackenhut/Nevada Test Site worker Michael 
Riconosciuto and others? - Branton) is the visible effect OF A 
WAR CURRENTLY GOING ON IN THE INTELLIGENCE COM-
MUNITY between a group centered in the CIA called AQUARIUS 
(around a powerful center KNOWN AS MJ-12) and a group known
as COM-12 centered around Naval Intelligence.  COM-12 is 
reputedly trying to sustain a rearguard action to sustain and 
preserve constitutional government and is deliberately LEAKING 
INFORMATION damaging to the former group."  (Take note of 
William Cooper's pro-constitution, anti-MJ/12 writings and his 
past association with high levels of Naval Intelligence.  Also, one
source has implied that "COM-12" may stand for an intelligence
organization known as the "COMMITTEE OF 12", to which the
notorious "Commander X" himself has apparent ties - Branton)

     In the same publication, same issue, there appeared a small
article just following the one quoted above.  Written by Thomas
Zed, the article, titled "WACKENHUT'S CONNECTION WITH THE 
BLACK PROJECT WORLD", stated:
     "The Wackenhut company has a very close connection to the
world of BLACK BUDGET PROJECTS.  Besides being connected 
with the Cabazon venture mentioned in this issue it is also respon-
sible, according to jailed computer consultant Michael Ricono-
sciuto, FOR THE SECRET PROJECTS BEING UNDERTAKEN IN
DULCE, NEW MEXICO where the JICARILLA INDIAN RESER-
VATION IS BEING SIMILARLY USED. (Note: The Underground 
Labs near Dulce are alleged to be tied-in with the Department of 
Energy, Rand Corp, Los Alamos Labs, MJ-12 and other 'secret 
government' controlled military-industrial organizations.  It is 
believed to be the largest underground joint CIA-Alien laboratory 
of it's kind in the United States, and perhaps the world.  Could the
Cabazon reservation also hold an underground base? - Branton)
     "After sending two of my colleagues there recently AND
RECEIVING CONFIRMATION THAT THERE WAS A TOP 
SECRET MILITARY TYPE INSTALLATION I decided to call the 
newspaper office and make an educated bluff.
     "I identified myself as a freelance reporter from Los Angeles
-- and told the newspaper that I was doing a story on the Cabazon
reservation biological warfare projects that had been undertaken 
there on behalf of the CIA.  I told her that I had heard that there 
were similar things being done in Dulce and would like to know 
what was going on.
     "The official I spoke to BECAME FRIGHTENED and said, 'I
can't talk to you about that!  It would be very unprofessional of me 
to talk to you about that.  You'll have to speak to the President of 
the tribe.'  She then hung up.
     "I have yet to call back and ask the President of the tribe, but 
will report on that in the next issue.
     "Wackenhut is also responsible for security of a lot of UNDER-
GROUND FACILITIES in California and Nevada, including the
notorious S-4 or Area 51 in Nevada where Townsend Brown flying
disk technology (written about in a T.C. recent issue) has been
flying and developing for decades.
     "A recent helicopter crash at the area, where two pilots and
three security guards from Wackenhut flying in a Messerschmit 
BO-105 helicopter were killed was not at all accidental claimed
Riconosciuto, who said that the individuals aboard the helicopter
were traveling with sensitive documents.
     "Groups are now investigating Riconosciuto's claims." 
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