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• Aug 25, 2014 The FBI says it
> began keeping tabs on the compound years ago
following a string of
> mysterious deaths involving members of the eccentric
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> HYANNIS PORT, MA—In a surprise predawn raid Monday,
heavily armed FBI
> agents stormed the notorious Kennedy Compound in
Massachusetts,
> reportedly arresting more than two dozen key members
of the faction
> and exposing many of the bizarre inner workings of
this insular fundamentalist organization.
> According to officials, agents in full SWAT gear
disembarked from
> patrol boats just off Cape Cod and quickly advanced
upon the 6-acre
> oceanfront compound. The raid followed a multiyear
investigation into
> illicit activities by the secretive Kennedy group,
which are said to
> have included substance abuse, rampant promiscuity,
and carefully
> formulated plans to seize control of the United
States.
> “At approximately 4:15 a.m., federal agents entered
the Kennedy
> premises, apprehending numerous individuals and
charging them with
> multiple counts of attempting to infiltrate the
government at federal,
> state, and local levels,” said lead investigator
Frank Campbell,
> adding that the group’s steadily expanding network
of members has used
> the compound as a base from which to extend its
power for decades.
> “Our investigation indicates that several charismatic
leaders within
> the sect manufactured an intense cult of personality
that, over the
> years, they have used to hold sway over many
thousands of followers nationwide.”
> “It appears that the people at the top of this
structure possessed a
> near-pathological desire to exert control over
others and manipulate
> their beliefs,” he continued. “These are ideologues,
plain and simple.
> To the many people who got caught up in this
so-called family, these
> individuals’ power of persuasion was irresistible.”
> Searching the three clapboard houses that compose
the compound,
> investigators said they found numerous symbols
consistent with intense
> fanaticism, including framed photographs of their
late leader, John F.
> Kennedy, upon whom family members appear to have
accorded a sort of
> godlike status. Sources confirmed that the messianic
figure spoke of a
> mystical “New Frontier” and believed the future of
his people hinged
> upon making a journey to the moon, a mission he
ordered his followers
> to carry out as quickly as possible.
> Records show the compound was established in 1926 by
Joseph P. Kennedy
> Sr., a man referred to as “the patriarch” and
believed to have more
> than 100 descendants. A survey of land deeds
determined that Kennedy’s
> children and grandchildren—many of whom were known
to take multiple
> wives and produce unusually large numbers of
offspring to propagate
> their ranks—later bought up several of the
surrounding Hyannis Port
> properties, apparently to keep family members
confined in close proximity while keeping outsiders at bay.
> Providing evidence of the group’s eccentric
ideology, FBI forensic
> psychologist Ada Willmann told reporters the Kennedy
clan’s belief
> system is structured around the central concept of
“Camelot,” within
> which the family perceives itself in grand, mythic
terms as a kind of
> modern-day American royalty.
> “Given such profound levels of self-delusion, we’re
clearly dealing
> with a group of people who have divorced themselves
from reality,”
> said Willmann, adding that interrogators have been
able to glean
> little new information from the family members now
in custody, who so
> far have stuck to similar lines of strange utopian
rhetoric.
> “Remember, many members of the Kennedy group have
been trapped in the
> compound for decades. They appear to have been
subject to the same
> rigid philosophy and forced to repeat the same
mantras again and
> again. Over the years, they have become increasingly
closed-off and
> paranoid, and the hardliners who remain are fully
indoctrinated.”
> “They all look the same, talk the same, and even
dress the same,” she added.
> “It’s very unsettling.”
> FBI officials acknowledged the success of the
Kennedy raid stands in
> stark contrast to a botched operation two years ago
at the remote
> Cheney family ranch in the Wyoming wilderness, where
14 federal agents
> attempting to serve a warrant were gunned down by
extremists on site.
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If only... nice thought though!
I just saw this on CNN and MSNBC lol
What exactly is the purpose of this story ?
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