Roger Tolces (bugsweeps.com(1)) a private investigator, who specializes in surveillance countermeasures, was the guest on Thursday's show. He outlined a variety of ways in which US citizens' privacy rights have been eroded since the passing of the Patriot Act. "They can throw a switch and listen to all your phone calls," or gain access to your computer, he said, explaining that government or law enforcement no longer has to seek judicial authorization for many kinds of taps.

It becomes a "question of who the real crooks and criminals are," Tolces said as he detailed an astonishing array of electronic harassment devices(2) that he has found evidence for through his work with his clients. Many of these people have told him they feel as though they are being used as guinea pigs in covert experiments. One device, which could also be classified as a non-lethal weapon, is a microwave energy beam, that can "make people hear voices in their head," Tolces said. The voices might be used to direct the subjects to commit suicide, he added. To counteract these beams, he recommended usage of the product Eccosorb, which can absorb microwaves.

Tolces said he has also been able to detect biochips implanted in some of his clients' heads, that could possibly be used as tracking devices. "What I tell my clients to do is to carry a video camera," in order to take pictures of people in the "program" who may be observing their subject. This kind of documentation can also show that clients aren't just imagining the harassment or "going nuts," said Tolces, who will be speaking this July at the Controlled America(3) Conference in Davis, California.

1. http://www.bugsweeps.com/
2. http://www.bugsweeps.com/info/electronic_harassment.html
3. http://controlledamerica.com/

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