Attempting to uncover evidence to prove that a leaked document is authentic when the alleged program behind the document is buried in the black and highly compartmentalized is nearly impossible, even for the FBI, as an FBI source told NY Times reporter Howard Blum.
Left in this position, the next best option is to falsify the document by finding a fatal error proving that the document is a fake.
One particular example is the original MJ-12 "Eisenhower Briefing Document" -- a document that has been under the microscope since it was first revealed in the 1980s.
Unfortunately, amateur sleuths pretending to be experts make unsubstantiated claims based more on personal opinion than comparison to the historical record.
A recent example comes from the amateur debunkers at "Reality Uncovered" -- a web site that proclaims using unethical methods to "out" the "scammers" intend on defrauding the innocent and wealthy, as well as the public at large.
Examples of unsubstantiated claims made by so-called members at RU (including one from a gentleman waiving his current security clearance in my virtual face) have been easily falsified using officially released (FOIA) historical documents available to anyone on line.
Here are a couple of issues that have been raised about the Eisenhower Briefing Document, and why these claims are simply wrong:
FASLE CLAIM: (Klass) The incorrect use of a comma in the date line.
EVIDENCE: Numerous FOIA documents exhibit the same error. After brief look in a couple of US government FOIA electronic reading rooms, I found a document featuring the same superfluous comma in the date line. This document was produced within the same month as the date on the Eisenhower Briefing Document.
FALSE CLAIM: (Reality Uncovered) US government DoD documents are never marked EYES ONLY, thus the MJ-12 briefing must be a fake.
EVIDENCE: Higher level documents, such as National Intelligence Estimates and Daily Briefings are often marked EYES ONLY, even in the modern era. Handfuls of documents may be found with this marking in the CIA's electronic reading room.
FALSE CLAIM: (RU) Classification markings are never boxed in or emphasized.
EVIDENCE: Numerous variations of boxing, underlining, and use of special characters for emphasis may be found in documents from the late 1940s and 1950s, and in some cases, even today (I have an entire file on paraphysical research released by MoD with SECRET inside a box, as an example).
When RU debunkers are faced with the error of their ways, they typically respond by offering demeaning insults, unsupported retorts, and then to cover the trail of their errors, using their "editorial privilege" to delete select portions of text posted at their forum.
This must not remain unanswered.
Use of the public access to the Internet to disinform the public must be met with a swift and just response -- the truth.
So what is the truth?
The closest access for the people, comes from the historical records of the US government.
Although searching the records is a time consuming and frustrating endeavour, it is the one and only means of refuting the bogus claims of the debunkers.
We know, for example, that the Eisenhower document, and many others, are marked as TOP SECRET, MAJIC, EYES ONLY.
We know for a fact that in the 1940s and 1950s (and even today in the United Kingdom) joint intelligence was handled by a JOINT INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, also know as "JIC."
The JIC was a very high level authority which debated and issued intelligence reports based upon a majority opinion.
Further digging revealed a related document JIGSAW (Joint Intelligence Group) -- which features pages of internal committee discussion.
And there, on the real page, is SECRET boxed using dashes.
Not exactly the same as the MAJIC document, but an interesting example for the record.
It's true that no evidence has been found in the historical record to verify MAJIC -- but evidence does exist to debunk the debunker's claims.
In other words, while no evidence exists for a MILITARY AUTHORITY JOINT INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, one should never make false claims to prove it could never have existed.
Someone, somewhere, at sometime created the MJ-12 documents.
Understanding the reasoning behind the elements found in the document is the first step to understanding the thought process of the creator.
That's the difference between using facts, and opinions, something the "Reality Uncovered "crowd needs to learn if they want to be taken seriously.
