Pizzagate in historical context: "Fake news" for some, harsh reality for many

Copied and re-formatted from my Steemit post, here: https://steemit.com/pizzagate/@rebelskum/pizzagate-in-historical-context-fake-news-for-some-harsh-reality-for-many

Summary and Table of Contents
The following is a brief on the historical context for Pizzagate. My goal is to help the reader in conceptualizing how governments can systematize trafficking and abuse, as has been done many times in the past.

Provided are well-known cases in which the United States government perpetrated and subsequently covered up incidents of human trafficking as well as sexual and ritual abuse. In most cases children are the victims and the perpetrators go unpunished for their role, despite the knowledge of law enforcement and the public.

A basic summary and additional resources will be provided for each topic in chronological order leading up to the very beginning of the Pizzagate meme itself.

This information has all been compiled by the Pizzagate Wiki team

Special thanks to contributors PeterVenkman, Sliceoflife, and Truthplease5!

• Project MKUltra
• Franklin Scandal
• Presidio Army Base, Lt. Col. Michael Aquino, and Satanism
• Representative Dennis Hastert molested children and may have covered for others
• Representative Randall "Duke" Cunningham accepted prostitutes from defense contractors
• Jeffrey Epstein: sex offender, child trafficker, and "co-founder" of the Clinton Global Initiative

Project MKUltra

Project MKUltra, started in April, 1953, was a series of CIA projects centered around the idea of mind control using a variety of methods including, "administration of drugs (especially LSD) and other chemicals, hypnosis, sensory deprivation, isolation, verbal and sexual abuse, as well as other forms of psychological torture." (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKUltra )

In 1973 Richard Helms, Director of the CIA, ordered the destruction of all documents pertaining to MKUltra and lesser-known sister projects like MKDELTA. Not only did this complicate subsequent investigations on the subject, but it allowed the CIA to perpetuate "fake news" to downplay their involvement in human experimentation.

The CIA has since declassified millions of documents due to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and among them were a long collection of documents on MKULTRA, MKOFTEN, and other unorthodox experiments and operations carried out by the CIA. Here are listed just a small number of those documents which pertain to human rights violations and other criminal activities.

• Secretary of Defense Harold Brown asks the CIA about human experimentation and is told it does not happen
• CIA outlines ways in which it experimented with interrogation drugs and techniques on humans, which was released the same day as Secretary Brown's request
• CIA recognizing unknown MKULTRA mind control subject and their FOIA request
• Unwitting test subject of MKULTRA dies, plus admission of other subjects

Find more at The Pizzagate Wiki's page on Project MKUltra

Franklin Scandal

In the 1980s, banker/politician Lawrence King used the Omaha, Nebraska Franklin Credit Union as a cover for many criminal activities, including child trafficking and pimping to elite clients in Washington D.C. Children were prostituted at parties hosted by gay-pimp Republican lobbyist Craig Spence. Lawrence King's sex ring was allegeded to have been led by "a cult of devil worshipers involved in the mutilation, sacrifice and cannibalism of numerous children." (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_child_prostitution_ring_allegations )

The credit union failed due to King’s embezzlement and a Nebraska State Senate investigation turned up massive evidence of large-scale child abuse, but the FBI shut down the investigation and two sham grand juries attacked the accusers. Several witnesses and an investigator were murdered or died mysteriously. Former CIA Director Bill Colby went on record stating the case had merit before dying in a “canoe accident”.

Find more at The Pizzagate Wiki's page on the Franklin Scandal

Presidio Army Base, Lt. Col. Michael Aquino, and Satanism

Presidio Army Base, as well as several other bases including Fort Mead, have been under FBI investigation for abuses that occurred at on-base daycare centers. The abuses ranged from Satanic ritual abuse to molestation and sexual assault. (Source: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/11/fbi-probes-alleged-child-sexual-abuse-at-fort-meade/ )

One of the officers at Presidio during the time of the abuses was Lt. Col. Michael Aquino, an outspoken Satanist and founder of the Temple of Set. (Source: http://www.outpost-of-freedom.com/aquino01.htm )

Here's a short history of Lt. Col. Michael Aquino, who is still an active officer for the U.S. Army:

>The Army did not suspend his clearance when he joined the Church of Satan, founded by Anton LaVey, in 1969. Nor when Aquino founded his own satanic church in 1975. Nor when Aquino while on a NATO tour of Europe in 1982 performed a satanic ritual in the Westphalian castle that had been used as an occult sanctuary by Heinrich Himmler's SS elite in Nazi Germany. Nor did the Army move to suspend Aquino's top security clearance during the sex abuse investigation.

Lt. Col. Michael Aquino would also be responsible to update the U.S. Army Chaplain's Handbook and include the Temple of Set. (Source: http://www.bahaistudies.net/asma/temple_of_set2.pdf )

Find more at The Pizzagate Wiki's page on the Lt. Col. Michael Aquino

Representative Dennis Hastert molested children and may have covered for others

John Dennis "Denny" Hastert is an American politician who served as the the 51st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007, representing Illinois's 14th congressional district from 1987 to 2007. He is an admitted serial child molester.

He is the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the House in history. In 2015, Hastert pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges of structuring financial transactions to conceal payments to a man whom he had sexually abused decades earlier, when Hastert worked as a high school wrestling coach.

In 2016, Hastert admitted that he had molested underage boys, but he could not be criminally charged for these acts due to the statute of limitations expiring.

Pizzagate researchers would later find out Hastert was intimately connected with Tony Podesta, John Podesta's brother.

Hastert may have also taken blame in the molestation allegations to protect another Representative, Mark Foley.

Find more at The Pizzagate Wiki's page on the Dennis Hastert

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