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Secret Weapons: Two Sisters Terrifying True Story of Sex, Spies and Sabotage
For the first time publicly, two sisters tell their incredible true story of a childhood filled with torture, rape and brainwashing at the hands of the intelligence community to turn them into the perfect spy/soldiers.
200 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2001
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December 13, 2014
Secret Weapons is about two girls who are trained in an MKULTRA-style behavior modification program to become femme fatales. This book was a hidden gem. I hadn't ever heard of it before or seen it in my local bookstore, but I came across a copy at the Strand Book Store in New York on a trip several years ago.
Like Whitley Strieber's Communion, this book leaves one engrossed but wondering what exactly one is reading. It is written as non-fiction, and not creative non-fiction that admits to blending elements of fiction into the fact. The writers are eager to convince the reader that this is not a hoax. About a quarter of the book is supporting documents to lend the book credibility. However, while I'm well aware of the "mind control" programs sponsored by the American government, this story doesn't ring true to me. (In large part this is because we know the programs that operated were not nearly so successful as the one in Secret Weapons.)
One might be prone to think that there are two possibilities: either it's a true story or it's a hoax. However, it's a third possibility that makes this book so thought-provoking. What if the two sisters believe that the story is absolutely true, when--in fact--it wasn't? How could this be? Their father is presented as an unsavory character. One possibility is that the father abused these girls and they created an elaborate backstory in their minds to cope with the fact that the one man who should have loved them, that they should have been able to trust, neither loved them nor was worthy of their trust.
Of course, another possibility is that its all true. While a lot of information did come out about Projects ARTICHOKE, BLUEBIRD, and MKULTRA, a lot was also shredded. The person working the shredder might have gone after the documentation of activities involving pedophilia first. If there is any activity that would have rightfully taken the situation from one of Company employees being sent to country club federal prisons to them being strung up on the Capitol steps, it's what's depicted in this book.
I'll leave the reader to decide which of the three possibilities they believe is most likely.
If you haven't concluded this already, let me be explicit. This book contains disturbing descriptions and even sketches. It isn't gratuitous to the story they are trying to convey, but if you have a weak stomach for such matters, I'd recommend you steer clear.
Like Whitley Strieber's Communion, this book leaves one engrossed but wondering what exactly one is reading. It is written as non-fiction, and not creative non-fiction that admits to blending elements of fiction into the fact. The writers are eager to convince the reader that this is not a hoax. About a quarter of the book is supporting documents to lend the book credibility. However, while I'm well aware of the "mind control" programs sponsored by the American government, this story doesn't ring true to me. (In large part this is because we know the programs that operated were not nearly so successful as the one in Secret Weapons.)
One might be prone to think that there are two possibilities: either it's a true story or it's a hoax. However, it's a third possibility that makes this book so thought-provoking. What if the two sisters believe that the story is absolutely true, when--in fact--it wasn't? How could this be? Their father is presented as an unsavory character. One possibility is that the father abused these girls and they created an elaborate backstory in their minds to cope with the fact that the one man who should have loved them, that they should have been able to trust, neither loved them nor was worthy of their trust.
Of course, another possibility is that its all true. While a lot of information did come out about Projects ARTICHOKE, BLUEBIRD, and MKULTRA, a lot was also shredded. The person working the shredder might have gone after the documentation of activities involving pedophilia first. If there is any activity that would have rightfully taken the situation from one of Company employees being sent to country club federal prisons to them being strung up on the Capitol steps, it's what's depicted in this book.
I'll leave the reader to decide which of the three possibilities they believe is most likely.
If you haven't concluded this already, let me be explicit. This book contains disturbing descriptions and even sketches. It isn't gratuitous to the story they are trying to convey, but if you have a weak stomach for such matters, I'd recommend you steer clear.
May 6, 2015
excellent book - cover mk-ultra and similar projets
huge amounts of documentation includeed
huge amounts of documentation includeed
August 24, 2013
I look forward to reading the updated edition that the author is currently working on. This is an excellent account of what survivors of MK Ultra and similar US military programs are put through.
October 3, 2016
A valuable addition to a mind control researcher's library and an interesting read. The story of the Hersha sisters has many parallels to the accounts of other MK Ultra/Monarch-type survivors like Cathy O'Brien and Brice Taylor. One of the Hersha girls claims that she answered directly to Richard "Dick" Helms, the CIA director famous for ordering the destruction of the MK Ultra documents. Other familiar names (familiar to mind control researchers, anyway) pop up, as the Hershas claim to have had direct involvement with Sid Gottlieb, Martin Orne, and other well-known MK Ultra participants. This book is nowhere near as informative as O'Brien's book or Taylor's book, but "Secret Weapons" sheds some light on the "Delta" assassin programming, which neither O'Brien nor Taylor experienced.
Not the best written or most informative of the MK Ultra/Monarch survivor accounts, but a complimentary and welcome addition to the available information on the topic.
Not the best written or most informative of the MK Ultra/Monarch survivor accounts, but a complimentary and welcome addition to the available information on the topic.
December 13, 2021
The war is real. Nothing is as it seems. All I can say is know who you belong. The battle rages globally for souls.
January 2, 2019
This is my thing right now. SRA, mind control, Satanism, and any survivor testimony I can get my hands on. This book did not disappoint.
I found my eyes glazing over and my focus waning whenever military, helicopter, and training tactics were discussed. Those technical details are so far removed from my reality that I had a hard time staying interested.
Other than military detail, I gobbled up this book in three days. It's heart breaking. It's hard to believe. Even so, I believe them. The book did not go into a large amount of detail on the SRA aspect of their upbringing, which is originally why I picked it up.
Were it not for the hundreds of other testimonies, books, YouTube interviews, blogs, and forums I've immersed myself in on this exact topic, I could easily dismiss Secret Weapons. I just can't look away. Complementary to this book is an interview with Cheryl Hersha by Victurus Libertas on YouTube. Great interview where she is very relatable and her honesty shines through.
As mortified as I am of the world that continues to expose itself while researching this topic, I'm incredibly grateful for Cheryl Hersha and her sister, Lynn. Our awareness, our consciousness, and our willingness to receive all this bad information is what will eventually change it.
Really opening your eyes and looking into the world of the SRA, satanism, mind control, CIA & government corruption, and sex/child trafficking systems may affect your life. Transcending the horror, then becoming the energy, space, and consciousness to dissipate and release this evil is the only thing that will work to change it. Ignoring, denying, making excuses, and turning away will never, ever change anything. Ignorance has never improved any situation.
Anais Nin was right when she said, "There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, on a small scale, by successive developments, cellularly, like a laborious mosaic."
I found my eyes glazing over and my focus waning whenever military, helicopter, and training tactics were discussed. Those technical details are so far removed from my reality that I had a hard time staying interested.
Other than military detail, I gobbled up this book in three days. It's heart breaking. It's hard to believe. Even so, I believe them. The book did not go into a large amount of detail on the SRA aspect of their upbringing, which is originally why I picked it up.
Were it not for the hundreds of other testimonies, books, YouTube interviews, blogs, and forums I've immersed myself in on this exact topic, I could easily dismiss Secret Weapons. I just can't look away. Complementary to this book is an interview with Cheryl Hersha by Victurus Libertas on YouTube. Great interview where she is very relatable and her honesty shines through.
As mortified as I am of the world that continues to expose itself while researching this topic, I'm incredibly grateful for Cheryl Hersha and her sister, Lynn. Our awareness, our consciousness, and our willingness to receive all this bad information is what will eventually change it.
Really opening your eyes and looking into the world of the SRA, satanism, mind control, CIA & government corruption, and sex/child trafficking systems may affect your life. Transcending the horror, then becoming the energy, space, and consciousness to dissipate and release this evil is the only thing that will work to change it. Ignoring, denying, making excuses, and turning away will never, ever change anything. Ignorance has never improved any situation.
Anais Nin was right when she said, "There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, on a small scale, by successive developments, cellularly, like a laborious mosaic."
December 3, 2017
I thought that this book was a great read. It helped in listing document's that could be researched for fact checking and continuation of gathering information on those subjects. For some it will be hard to understand how this could happen to so many people, but for other's who have been researching SRA and mind control it will be another piece of the puzzle to add to what is needed to know. It does not go into graphic detail on ritual abuse but does present it in such a way that one is not turned off by reading it. If you have ever meet someone who has gone through this or similar situations then it will come as a handy resource book
February 4, 2018
Eye opening
Absolutely heartbreaking to hear the story of these sisters and the abuse and torture they endured at the hands of people we as a nation were supposed to trust. This book was recommended to me by one of the co-authors, Dale Griffis, and I'm glad I read it. I'm just dumbfounded.
Absolutely heartbreaking to hear the story of these sisters and the abuse and torture they endured at the hands of people we as a nation were supposed to trust. This book was recommended to me by one of the co-authors, Dale Griffis, and I'm glad I read it. I'm just dumbfounded.
March 3, 2019
Very informative!
If you are curious about MKUltra, mind control and the government involvement, this is an eye opening book you will want to explore.
If you are curious about MKUltra, mind control and the government involvement, this is an eye opening book you will want to explore.
December 1, 2019
Two sisters participate in a secret C.I.A. experimental mind control program. At pre-school age, these girls were tortured and abused (physically, mentally and emotionally) to split their minds, which is a creative way a child's mind deals with the unimaginable pain. When the mind is fractured, it creates multiple parts, which can be programmed to do what the handlers want them to do. The fractured pieces of the the mind that 'took' the pain are walled-off, so that the main part of the brain does not remember it. The C.I.A.'s goal is to create super soldiers who can be mind-controlled to spy, kill, fly airplanes and helicopters (anything the C.I.A. wants them to do) without remembering and leading double lives.
As incredible as it sounds, this book was totally believable. There are FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) documents which prove these kinds of programs actually existed during this time frame. It is questionable whether or not it is still going on today. The book lays out evidence that corroborates the recovered memories of the girls, and the book was well-written.
I felt the book did a good job of explaining how this kind of thing can go on and remain undetected. I also felt it conveyed why so many parents agreed to it (in the interest of national security) and that the parents had no idea 'what' (exactly) the C.I.A. was doing to their children. They were told their children were chosen because they were amongst the brightest children out there. The Father had problems. I almost quit reading the book, because they painted him as a 'right-wing' nut. He was messed up, to be sure, but his problems went far beyond being 'right-wing'. The mother was drugged and made to forget much of what was going on as well; most likely programmed. The Father's parents were also involved. I suspect that the Father, himself, was also programmed.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It was different to all of the other 'MK-Ultra' books I've read. It was fascinating and believable. I hope more books are written to expose this travesty and mostly, the covert activities of an organization that has no oversight.
As incredible as it sounds, this book was totally believable. There are FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) documents which prove these kinds of programs actually existed during this time frame. It is questionable whether or not it is still going on today. The book lays out evidence that corroborates the recovered memories of the girls, and the book was well-written.
I felt the book did a good job of explaining how this kind of thing can go on and remain undetected. I also felt it conveyed why so many parents agreed to it (in the interest of national security) and that the parents had no idea 'what' (exactly) the C.I.A. was doing to their children. They were told their children were chosen because they were amongst the brightest children out there. The Father had problems. I almost quit reading the book, because they painted him as a 'right-wing' nut. He was messed up, to be sure, but his problems went far beyond being 'right-wing'. The mother was drugged and made to forget much of what was going on as well; most likely programmed. The Father's parents were also involved. I suspect that the Father, himself, was also programmed.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It was different to all of the other 'MK-Ultra' books I've read. It was fascinating and believable. I hope more books are written to expose this travesty and mostly, the covert activities of an organization that has no oversight.
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