Freedom of Mind Resource Center, Inc.
Steven Hassan M.Ed LMHC
PO Box 45223 Somerville, Massachusetts 02145 center@freedomofmind.com
Thursday, December 6, 2001
President George Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President,
I was heartened by your comment on 20/20 last night that you believe
John Walker Lindh has been misled. As citizens are presently calling
for this young American to be tried for treason and executed as
a terrorist, it is imperative that everyone understand that powerful
social influence forces were probably exerted on him and which resulted
in his cutting off contact with his family last May and with his
recent capture as a "jihadi soldier."
As a former cult member and an experienced licensed mental health
professional who has helped thousands of people recover from destructive
cult mind control, I believe that a substantial case can be made
that John was a victim of mind control during his time in Pakistan
and Afghanistan.
It appears that John did make a legitimate conversion to Islam
when he was sixteen years old and changed his name to Sulayman al
Faris. It was only years later that he changed his name again to
Abdul Hamid - at a point when I believe he was under mind control.
Islam has at its roots, like Judaism and Christianity, on insistence
on the foundational belief that God wants us - his children - to
exercise free will in matters of faith. Destructive mind control
uses deception and psychological programming to undermine free will
and "clones" people in the image of a human leader
in this case Osama bin Laden. It is my profound belief that this
young man was isolated and indoctrinated into accepting a warped
world-view of Islam that turned him from his family, friends and
country. How else can you explain twisting the two great commandments:
To love God with all your heart, mind and strength and to love your
neighbor as yourself into a doctrine of hatred and violence?
I have been working for twenty-five years helping people to recover
from destructive cult mind control. The good news is that mind control
does not succeed in erasing the person's "real self."
The cult pseudo-self can be neutralized by specialized counseling
and the person made whole again. It is my firm belief that freedom
and justice would be best served by providing the necessary counseling,
and then utilizing this young American to help others imprisoned
by terrorist cult mind control. It is of absolute necessity that
we expose the use of brainwashing and mind control methods to everyone,
in the service of freedom and justice.
I call on everyone in the world who has experienced cult mind control,
either directly or indirectly through a family member or friend,
or who has studied it academically to join me in enthusiastic support
of President Bush's position.
Sincerely,
Steven Hassan
—————————— ABOUT STEVE
HASSAN
Steve Hassan has been involved in educating the public about mind
control and destructive cults for more than twenty five years. He
is a licensed Mental Health Counselor and holds a Master's Degree
in counseling psychology from Cambridge College. For more information
about Hassan's background, please click
here.
In addition, Hassan
is the author of two books dealing with cults, including Releasing
the Bonds: Empowering People to Think for Themselves (Freedom
of Mind Press, 2000), detailing his more sophisticated approach
to cult intervention, the Strategic Interaction Approach, a goal
oriented, therapeutic course of action that can be used by relatives,
friends and anyone who wants to help.
Freedomofmind.com fully supports religious
freedom and the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The fact that a person’s name or group appears on our website
does not necessarily mean they are a destructive mind control cult.
They appear because we have received inquiries and have established
a file on the group.
The Freedom of Mind Resource Center Inc. was established by cult expert Steve Hassan.
