FBI: Naval Yard Shooter Was Delusional
Believed he was being controlled by electro-magnetic waves
Aaron Alexis, the man who went on the deadly shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard, was under the "delusional belief that he was being controlled or influenced by electro-magnetic waves," the FBI's Valerie Parlave said Wednesday.
Parlave, assistant director in charge of the FBI Washington Field Office, said Alexis acted alone and there was no evidence he was targeting particular people.
Alexis, who was 34, went on the rampage September 16, killing 12 people and wounded several others. Chilling video released Wednesday shows Alexis running through hallways with a sawed-off shotgun. He also gained access to and used a Beretta pistol during the shooting.
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So - the FBI (Washington Field Office) wants us to take their word for it: that Aaron Alexis was "delusional".
Huh.
This from the same domestic spy agency that gave us COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program).
Under J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI routinely targeted lawful American citizens - who they deemed "dissidents" - for surveillance, harassment, intimidation and "neutralization". Many innocent American lives were ruined and lost. Yet, no one was prosecuted for this crime.
There is an ever-growing belief that COINTELPRO never really ended. And, that this subversion against American citizens simply re-emerged with a different name and LOTS of new technology. The tactics, however, remain the same.
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