(CNN) Trump claims secret ‘discombobulator’ weapon was used to help capture Maduro.
I wrote an initial version of this post a week ago, and held it back for a dull moment. Before Trump’s mention, the best open-source analysis was provided by Alex Hollings in (YouTube) Did Delta Force using a secret SONIC WEAPON in the Maduro raid? Quoting,
On Saturday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt reposted an alleged account from one of Nicolas Maduro’s security guards during the raid that led to his capture last weekend, and it claims American troops used a secret sonic weapon during their assault.
But is that true? Let’s see if we can’t figure it out.
Trump’s assertion is a second strike against Hollings’ diligent analysis; for the first, read to the end. Hollings exposes the multiple attributes of this story that suggest it is disinformation. Content creators with this propensity are so numerous, and have so many tools at their disposal, fraud has justifiably become the default conclusion. Hollings’ focus is first on the character of fraud, followed by a rundown of extant sonic weapons. None of the declared weapons suffice to support any form of the narrative. All declared weapons use electronic amplifiers to drive ruggedized loudspeakers, power-limited mechanisms that cannot practically cause injuries that, according to the narrative, resembled blast injuries.
So is Trump riding a fictional wave, or a kernel of fact? Apart from Trump’s mention, nothing on the level of information challenges Hollings’ tentative conclusion that the “secret sonic weapon” probably does not exist. Except for a single word. But could it?
I have written extensively on the possible use of a stealth sonic weapon in conjunction with the “Havana Sonic Attacks.” See Senate Hearings on Havana Sonic “Attacks” and this link. The design of such a weapon is complex because of the need for stealth, with absence of audible sound. But the “victims” of the Maduro raid allegedly — if “alleged” can be used to describe the testimony of a fictional witness — experienced audible sound.
With conversion of the problem from a non-lethal, stealth gadget to a lethal or “less lethal” non-stealth gadget, the problem is vastly simplified. Gone are the complex electronics and fragile loudspeaker, replaced by something much more elemental, based on pure physics, the Lauren Bacall Machine. It is so easy to do, it actually re-balances a little of Hollings’ justified skepticism. Your clue is a single word, which appears in the accounts, and somewhere in this blog.
***Let Lauren Bacall tell you***