Purchase source, David Lawson's books:
** FOUR STARS **This book is likely to be very helpful for targets who are forced to deal with skeptical family, friends, co-workers, and local authorities. It is definitely a breakthrough in the cause of exposing and stopping these stalking groups who operate freely, while law enforcement only gives their lowest ranking street level members a slap on the wrist now and then (while police deny such crimes happen, to targets who complain.) If a multiple stalking target can comfortably afford the book, I'd give it a definite "buy" recommendation. It will certainly open at least some of the minds of people we multiple stalking victims are forced to deal with. An excellent web site for members of the public who are not yet aware of organized stalking is this one titled Citizens Against Technological and Community-based Harassment (CATCH): . |
Eleanor White talking:
This book places the blame for much group stalking in the United States
on what the author calls "extremist groups". We who are in the current
day organized stalking target community see evidence that local "extremist
groups" comprise a wide range of normal citizens, who appear to be normal,
everday people who probably do not have criminal records. All trades are
represented. Anyone from street people to small children to housewives
to tradesmen to technical and professional people form these stalking
groups, who believe, based on lies, that they are performing valuable
community service by harassing their targets.
Click here
to see the 5-minute video from which the "watcher" image above was
taken.
What we see appear to be "citizens on patrol" groups gone wild, targeting
people who have no criminal records, based on vicious lies we targets
never get the chance to correct.
This author describes local extremist groups who go to considerable
lengths to actually masquerade as public officials. We organized stalking
targets also report bizarre and sometimes unethical and illegal
behaviour on the part of genuine public officials too, so this book
should be viewed as excellent but not necessarily all available information
on the topic of organized stalking.
Let me say here that this author, basing his opinion on a misleading
document by the Southern Poverty Law Center, alleges "Patriots" are one
of the extremist groups which participate in stalking and harassment.
The actual criminal groups frequently DO appeal to potential helpers'
"patriotism" to obtain help in carrying out their harassment. But the
SPLC report MISTAKENLY IMPLIES that EVERYONE who adopts the "Patriot"
label is involved in these odious crimes.
I listen daily to broadcasts by the group calling themselves the U.S.
Patriot Movement, and which you, visitor can access via the WEB,
shortwave, and some AM-FM stations from these sites:
http://www.gcnlive.com (Mainly Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm)
The Patriot broadcasters who broadcast on those stations aggressively
work to expose and stop all well covered up crimes. It is clear
the Southern Policy Law Center people who refer to Patriot Movement
shortwave broadcasters as terrorist stalkers has NEVER actually listened
to these broadcasts!
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Before we get started, author David Lawson did interview perpetrators,
("perps"), targetted people ("targets"), and the POLICE. Here is what
the author heard from the police he interviewed:
Author Lawson explains here how he got involved and began to interact
with the 'cause stalking' perpetrators:
"On another occasion, on the same business band frequency, I heard someone
complain that an African American man was crossing the street. "All we
could get him for is jaywalking" responded the leader.
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"People in the group would discuss where they would go for supper, after
their shift was over, so I [the author] went too. I listened to a group
of people openly discussing various activities as if they were the police.
"Real police officers were also sitting in the restaurant, listening to
them. I later learned that their presence was not a coincidence.
"One man who had supper with the group drove a van marked with the call
letters of a local AM radio station. I started listening to it. Most
of the guests were people who said they had new revelations about Waco
or Ruby Ridge, or had some inside story about government corruption. I
also heard advertisements for the meetings of a local political group
and I attended some.
"At the first meeting I attended, one young man flashed a phony police
badge at me. No one paid any attention. Some of those in attendance
were the people I had seen in the local restaurant. This was my
introduction to the creepy world of extremists."
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He monitored their public communications, attended meetings, rode with them.
The author defines the basic reason for being for these citizen stalking
groups as CAUSE STALKING. Cause stalking means the group is assembled,
under a leader with a "shadowy past", for some specific cause. But what
actually happens is that these groups seem to be:
And ... "Cause stalking has been used by extremist groups since the
early 1990s. The basic system is alleged to have been developed by
the Ku Klux Klan and refined through years of use.
More details about the typical cause stalking recruit:
"We are a citizen's group that helps the police. We are trying to alert
people in the area about this person [the target] before he gets to do
what he did in the last place he lived." [Eleanor White talking:
All the cause stalking targets I know did not commit ANY offenses.
The stalkers are filled with LIES by their leaders.]
"When I get the call, I go to whatever the address is. It doesn't
matter what they [targets] do, they can never get away from us."
The author concludes, as explained at a number of places in the book, that
the "cause" the typical group is "working toward" is mainly an excuse to get
the groups together. The main motivation of members who stay with these
groups is the sense of power and belonging the group members derive.
Having a "cause" enhances the feelings of power and righteousness, but
group members, according to the author, are most concerned with how their
fellow group stalkers feel about their "work" and accept them.
These groups come into being and are run by leaders. Here is what the
author says about them:
Here is what the author learned about their financing:
Next, let's look at some of the typical OPERATIONS these groups carry out:
"Many of these groups include hundreds of people."
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"If they are dealing with individuals who do not know them, they
can also appeal to their sense of patriotism and they can offer
drugs, friendship, home repair, free taxi rides and what ever else
they have to. In some cases they may even be able to get a key to
the residence from a 'patriotic' landlord."
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"In many parts of the country it is common to see groups of six to 30 or
more vehicles driving around in convoys with their high beams on during
the day. This is one of the ways a convoy can be identified."
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Let me, Eleanor White, give you an example of how brutal and serious
this "character assassination" can be.
One of our members, who prefers to remain anonymous, moved in with
her husband and children to a house which, unkown to them, had been
a methamphetamine lab. The chemicals used to brew meth apparently
cause distinctive symptoms in the mouth. This family's dentist
felt he was "helping law enforcement" by reporting them to local
law enforcement as meth users. This was absolutely untrue, but the
family didn't even know the report had been made and had no way to
correct it. (In fact, in some places, dentists are REQUIRED to
report suspected cases of meth use.)
Law enforcement in that area was apparently tied in to the stalking
groups, and the family was harassed for many years. The husband died,
apparently from exposure to these chemicals.
The lady, now a grandmother, steadfastly did detective work and
eventually found out about her family's reputation, with some help
from a policeman who was a personal friend, from a different
jurisdiction. This policeman admitted off the record that "meth
mouth" can result in people being submitted to citizen harassment
groups for harassment.
Character assassination is complete and has life-destroying
consequences!
"They will also make noise from whatever NEARBY PROPERTIES they have
access to. Typically, they will make noise WHEN THE TARGET GOES OUTSIDE.
[Eleanor White talking: OR, when the target opens a window, and I mean
timed to the millisecond! Open, close, perfect sync!] Group members
will also frequently knock on his door for whatever peculiar reasons
they can dream up."
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"Standard practice is to watch the target's vehicles and this subjects
them to damage including slashed tires, scratched paint, stolen license
plates, etc. Typically they would not cut the brake lines on vehicles
or commit other similar acts of sabotage, but they WOULD drain the oil
or antifreeze over a period of TIME. [Eleanor White: AMEN!]"
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Concepts Table (Relevant Points)
(Scroll down for book's table of contents)
Note: This "Concepts Table" is to speed up access to those points of
special relevance to multiple stalking victims. This table doesn't
appear in the book itself.
Note: "Perp" is short for perpetrator of the stalking crimes.
Police aware of these groups .................................. VI
"Cause stalking" .............................................. VI
Author mistaken - not ALL "Patriot" groups .................... --
Tactics used by "cause stalkers" .............................. VII
Cause stalkers always there ................................... VII
Author's favorite quotes from perps he "rode" with ............ 15
Personality types of the perpetrators ......................... 16
Firemen can be perps .......................................... 16
Tearing up road is one recruitment goal ....................... 17
Perp LEADERS have shadowy backgrounds ......................... 17
Stalker groups' financial sources ............................. 20
Perps surround apartment of target ............................ 26
Adjacent apt - steady stream of people day and night .......... 27
"Who are we", perps' own statement about themselves ........... 27
The "cause" isn't the most important thing to group members ... --
Victims don't always recognize harassment as such ............. 32
Isolating victim is the goal .................................. 32
Surrounding victim on the road ................................ 32
The on foot harassment methods ................................ 33
Ah, the trusty old "noise campaign" trick! .................... 34
Neighbors' synchronized leaving/arriving ...................... 34
Horns/sirens synced to toilet use ............................. 34
Synchronized movement, apts above or below .................... 35
Interference with personal and business relationships ......... 35
Leaders' claims of national security affiliation .............. 37
Stalker groups blame TARGET for their shortcomings ............ 49
Character assassination ....................................... 51
Stalking leaders say targets should be killed ................. 54
Gross disinformation in book "Harvest of Rage" ................ --
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FOREWORD ...................................................... VI
1. Intro to Extremist Groups ................................ 10
2. Who Are These People? .................................... 16
3. Selection of Targets ..................................... 19
3. Group Structure .......................................... 22
5. The Surveillance Operation ............................... 25
6. Search and Seizure ....................................... 28
7. Overt or Covert Operation ................................ 32
8. Let's Pretend ............................................ 37
8. Influence Techniques ..................................... 40
9. Self Defense ............................................. 48
11. Conclusion ............................................... 53
Note: Chapter numbering errors are actually found in the book. This
book is far to valuable to be concerned with that.
Appendix A - DOJ article on stalking .......................... 57
Bibliography .................................................. 67
References .................................................... 73
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"Watcher" perpetrators on station
http://www.republicbroadcasting.org
"I also spoke with police officers from across the country. They confirmed
the existence of stalking groups across the country. In general, they
said that 'cause stalking' is primarily a civil problem where the plaintiff
has to prove financial loss. They also said that there are free speech
and grass roots issues involved. In fact, the police themselves are
targets of these groups. In small towns, the number of members in these
groups can easily exceed the number of police officers. In general, the
police will NOT talk about stalking groups. One officer did say there is
a storm brewing as groups become larger and more numerous."
"One day, several years ago, I was sitting in my house, and checking out
the activity on my scanner. I heard a woman say that she was following a
certain vehicle. She gave the location, the make and model of the car
and the license plate number. A few days later, I heard the same woman
on the same frequency say that she needed a bit of help at a certain
location and a few days after that I again heard her broadcasting the
position and details about another vehicle she was following. I listened
to other people talking on that frequency and they didn't give any
indication that they were with any government agency but they were
talking about ARRESTING PEOPLE.
David Lawson goes on to explain that he has observed extremist groups for
several years while living in New York State, Florida, and Canada.
"... groups of individuals who appear to be borderline retarded,
mentally ill, or deluded into thinking that they are secret agents."
Easy to recruit, right? More than that,
"Group members are taught that THE TARGET IS THE REASON FOR THEIR
PROBLEMS. He is the reason why their lives are a failure."
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"Recruits tend to be blue collar workers who are at the bottom end of
the job scale. They are janitors in apartments, hotels, etc., who
have keys to get in any locked doors. They are security guards, who
can let fellow members into places where they would not normally be
allowed to go. They are city workers, who can, in many cities, follow
a target around all day in their vehicles or have a noisy project
underway near his [target's] residence. They are taxi drivers, who
are always on the road. They are cable, telephone and electric
company employees who can interfere with a target's service and spend
time on patrol with the group, while they are on the job.
Those are the author's words. Here are a few quotes from the perpetrators
themselves:
"We are like the police except we are ABOVE the police."
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"Most of these leaders HAVE BACKGROUNDS WHICH ARE NOT KNOWN TO THEIR
SUPPORTERS. They are from 'somewhere else' and there isn't much
information available about them from independent sources. This provides
a basis for the 'larger than life' stature they assume in these groups.
Many claim to have connections to the C.I.A. or other intelligence
agencies which do not reveal the identities of their employees or
ex-employees."
How about financing these groups? Although the author states that the
pay is low, there are still very large expenses to harass people as
thoroughly as targets report. Here is an example of what I mean by
"large expenses":
"Groups are WELL FINANCED. They can afford to RENT PROPERTY WHEREVER THE
TARGET LIVES. If he drives across the country, he will be followed by
supporters of similar groups in that area. If he travels by plane, group
members will meet him wherever he lands. They may even accompany him
on a plane if they know his travel plan, and there is a good chance that
they do."
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"The operations of many extremist groups are actually financed by
CORPORATIONS which use them to stalk their enemies or potential enemies.
The groups are used as the PRIVATE ARMIES of those corporations. Some
countries kill dissidents and in others they are jailed. In the United
States, someone who is threatening to corporations or industries,
like a whistleblower or activist, is likely to become the target of
an extremist group."
The author makes several statements that these criminal stalking groups
not only harass targets specified by their leaders, but also are FOR
HIRE - a kind of "revenge service" for those wealthy enough to hire
them.
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Now that is a HUGE "laundry list" of operations carried out against the targets of these criminal cause stalking groups. But reader, this particular book is ALL MEAT, and there is MUCH, MUCH more within its covers. If the general public is made aware of this book, these brutal crimes, which have resulted in suicides, just might have a chance of being exposed and stopped.
Currently, the typical justice system response is to label the victim as mentally ill and wash their hands of the problem. This is itself a criminal act, and a violation of all the job descriptions and oaths these public officials have accepted and made. They are NOT doing their jobs!
What about the future, then? Let me close this review with a chilling
quote from the book reporting what the author learned from some of the
leaders:
Eleanor White
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Robert L. Snow, "Stopping a Stalker", Plenum Press, 1998
Robert J. Lifton, "Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism",
University of North Carolina
Frank J. Donner, "Protectors of Privilege", University of California
Press, 1990
Frank J. Donner, "The Age of Surveillance", Alfred A. Knopf Inc., 1980
Joel Dyer, "Harvest of Rage", Westview Press, 1998 [E.W. Thumbs down!]
* See also Eleanor White's REVIEW of Harvest
of Rage
Eleanor White talking: The above book, "Harvest of Rage", is an attempt
to paint ALL members of the U.S. Patriot Movement as extremists, criminals,
religious fanatics, and mentally ill. At the time of writing this
review, I have listened to their shortwave, web, and AM/FM *broadcasts*
for two years. If Mr. Dyer has ever listened to those broadcasts, then
I have to conclude he is deliberately trying to discredit this movement
for motives unknown. My guess is Mr. Dyer has not listened to their
broadcasts.
I have heard an endless stream of documented information, often from
wire services before getting edited by retail media outlets, and government
publications, which shows conclusively that the U.S. Patriot Movement
broadcasters are on the right track and speak out often against anti
government violence. The goal of the U.S. Patriot broadcasters is non-violent
change, returning the United States to original Constitutional principles,
brought about by PUBLIC EDUCATION. Anyone who takes the time to
LISTEN to their broadcasts will find the same. It is easy to listen to
them by way of the network links at the top of this document.
I'm afraid the author of Terrorist Stalking in America, David
Lawson, has not taken the time to listen to these broadcasts either, and
so does not have a fully informed opinion about the Patriots.
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"The leaders ... are starting to balk at exposing their members to
arrest for activities which amount to little gain for the movement.
THEY SAY THAT ANYONE WHO IS A TARGET SHOULD BE KILLED, and not just
harassed for years."
YOU, Joe and Jane Citizen, have the power to stop this by doing nothing
more than asking your public officials how they plan to deal with this
growing crime. Will you help us?
Bibliography
References
1. FBI web site, http://www.fbi.gov
2. "The Rise and Decline of the Patriots", Southern Poverty
Law Center Report, summer 2001, issue #102,
http://www.splcenter.org/intelligenceproject/ip-index.html
3. Frank J. Donner, "Protectors of Privilege", University of
California Press, 1990, 252
4. LCDR Steven Mack Presley, "The Rise of Domestic Terrorism
and its Relation to United States Armed Forces", written
in fulfillment of a requirement for the Marine Corps
Command and Staff College, 26,
http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/presley.htm
5. Robert L. Snow, "Stopping a Stalker", Plenum Press, 1998, 85
6. Robert L. Snow, "Stopping a Stalker", Plenum Press, 1998, 94
7. Wollersheim v. Church of Scientology 89-1367 and 89-1361
8. Robert Jay Lifton, "Thought Reform and the Psychology of
Totalism", University of North Carolina Press, 1989, 419