Joe Cafasso wasn't all that smart when he sent this resume around. He committed a crime, which others have been brought up on charges for, when he claimed all of these things:
Gerry is a retired Lt. Colonel serving with the U.S. Army for 26 years.But he has the unmitigated gall to go far beyond that ridiculous claim:
Gerry served with the 179th Military Brigade/MACVSOG Command and Control South SVN, 1970-1972.Wow, what a surprise, we have another complete fabrication. Joe Cafasso is only 50 years old. He was born on August 2, 1956 and will be turning 51 in August of this year. He is simply NOT OLD ENOUGH to have served in any capacity during that period; except maybe STUDY HALL in High School. He should have still been in High School during the 1970-1972 period! Although there is speculation as to whether or not he graduated at all, considering his poorly developed grammar and writing skills. If he graduated, he would have graduated High School in 1974 or thereabouts (presuming he didn't flunk a grade). When you consider his inability to get along with people, I would further speculate that he had problems, not only at home, but in the neighborhood and school, during those years.
The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) 1972-1980 at various overseas posts. NATO Nuclear Liaison Officer 1980-1985.Ridiculous! To our knowledge, he doesn't even own a passport, under this fictitious identity that he's manufactured, or his own! He has never been out of the country at all.
After Gerry's assignment with NATO he returned to a special assignment at CIA and Center Lane.Anyone who REALLY KNOWS and UNDERSTANDS what he's talking about here should be on the floor laughing. Center Lane was completely abandoned shortly after it was begun. It was about 'remote viewing'. An explanation of what that is follows:
This is from Tim Rifat's book on remote viewing available at Amazon:
Remote viewing is the ability to travel psychically out of one's body to remote locations....At the height of the Cold War, both the Soviet Union and the United States developed a new and terrible form of warfare called psychotronics. This school of espionage used ESP and psychic spying as well as telepathic hypnosis and even remote killing. Tim Rifat provides scientific explanations of how remote viewing works and detailed instructions on how to learn the techniques-information that is taught in the US on courses costing many thousands of dollars.
It was so terrible, so lethal, that it was discontinued! But it should also be noted that Tim Rifat claims to be an expert on remote viewing; when a rational person would recognize this as complete hogwash. It would be great fodder for a science fiction book, though, perhaps it was one of the reasons that Kathryn Cramer fell for his line of BS?
If it worked so well, why aren't they doing it anymore? It was also referred to as Grill Flame, Sun Streak or Stargate by DIA and INSCOM, and SCANATE by the CIA. I wouldn't imagine there is NOT a lot of science behind this. It sounds more like hocus pocus, on Star Trek; something a science fiction writer like Cramer would come up with. Cafasso seriously thinks that people are going to believe this hooey?
By the early 1990s the program was plagued by uneven management, poor unit morale, divisiveness within the organization, poor performance, and few accurate results. The FY 1995 Defense Appropriations bill directed that the program be transferred to CIA, with CIA instructed to conduct a retrospective review of the program. In 1995 the American Institutes for Research (AIR) was contracted by CIA to evaluate the program. Their 29 September 1995 final report was released to the public 28 November 1995. A positive assessment by statistician Jessica Utts, that a statistically significant effect had been demonstrated in the laboratory [the government psychics were said to be accurate about 15 percent of the time], was offset by a negative one by psychologist Ray Hyman [a prominent CSICOP psychic debunker]. The final recommendation by AIR was to terminate the STAR GATE effort. CIA concluded that there was no case in which ESP had provided data used to guide intelligence operations.
It wasn't even called Centerlane anymore by then.
When Army funding ended in late 1985, the unit was redesignated SUN STREAK and transferred to DIA's Scientific and Technical Intelligence Directorate, with the office code DT-S.
So I suppose he might have the timing right, if nothing else. During the early 1980's, it was called Centerlane.
As far as we know, and we could be wrong, there were only a little over 40 people involved in the program over its entire lifespan, with just 23 remoted viewers, some who demonstrated a high level of psychic ability, and some who were connected with Scientology. This is not something to brag about, Joe, DUH!
Here is the piece de la resistance for Blackwood's resume, as if Centerlane wasn't enough:
Currently, Gerry holds a DOD Top Secret SSBI, Yankee White, DOE Q Clearance and Cosmic Top Secret/ATOMAL (Nato)So Joseph "Jay" Cafasso wants everyone to believe that he has access to the Whitehouse with a Yankee White clearance.
Seriously, Mr. Bill, the Secret Service should be very interested in that claim. The military and others who have used Cafasso as a source should be interested in finding out if he ever tried to squeeze money out of the government based on his military expertise or more succinctly, a military record that he completely fabricated out of thin air!
In short, Cafasso's escapades under his different aliases should be investigated. Joseph "Jay" Cafasso should be under investigation; a Grand Jury hearing should be impaneled. His numerous crimes should be exposed, and personally, I think some news outlets should pick this up - this is big news, along the lines of Frank Abegnale.
By claiming that he has a top secret ATOMAL clearance, he is claiming he has access to classified information that could damage or endanger national security if in the wrong hands. I would say Cafasso's hands are the wrong hands, he has NONE OF THIS expertise! He doesn't have a phd or any of the things he claims in this fake resume. Gerry Blackwood doesn't even exist; it's a completely fabricated persona he invented!
Mr. Bill, et.al, Joe Cafasso should not only get jail time for defrauding Kathryn Cramer out of $20 grand, but he should get jail time for claiming military experience that he hasn't, and be turned over to the Secret Service for questioning. The Fox News job is one where he was hired completely under false pretenses. He is not a Lt. Colonel, never was a Lt. Colonel, and is not military in any way shape or fashion except in his overly fertile imagination.
Anyone who stands up and says 'the reason I work with Knightsbridge International is because I killed a kid in Vietnam' - when he wasn't in Vietnam, isn't old enough to have spent any time in Vietnam, spent only 44 days in the army before getting kicked out for unsuitable service, should have his head examined. He needs to seriously spend some time with a psychiatrist, on meds, in a padded room! And take the people who fell for his lines with him!
Paging Mr. Bill and the people in North Carolina!
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