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| - | Participants in the [[AA]]. The term was originally used in [[Smedley Wissock|Field Agent Smedley Wissock's]] report to his supeiors at the FBI dated October 4, 1968: ''Internal Report 27a, 1967: The AA and Satellite Organs, Threat Factors and Subversive Tendencies''. | + | [[Category:Glossary]]Participants in the [[AA]]. |
| - | As part of the notorious COINTELPRO in the late Sixties, Wissock was assigned "to unravel the baffling enigma of the AA." Having infiltrated the movement over the period of several years, Wissock always managed to remain a background figure, a functionary of sorts. As part of his official cover, he posed as a go-between the AA and the [[International Fund for Social Relief]], a supposedly non-partisan organization dedicated to helping feed children in underveloped parts of the world. [[Stimes Addisson]] had been approached by a an earnest young Wissock sometime in 1966 for a benefit concert and reading to be held in New York City. Addisson, no bleeding heart by any standard, agreed to lend a hand after the impassioned sales pitch by Wissock left him impressed by the rhetorical flourish he added at the end: "Whaddaya say?" | + | The term was originally used in [[Smedley Wissock|Field Agent Smedley Wissock's]] report to his superiors at the FBI dated October 4, 1968: ''Internal Report 27a, 1967: The AA and Satellite Organs, Threat Factors and Subversive Tendencies''. In a sporty display of life imitating fiction, participants in the group began using the term for themselves. It now refers both to original personages from the [[Who We Are]] era and those of the current manifestation known as [[The Second Advance]]. |
| - | Unknown to Addisson, the IFSR was a money-laundering front for the FBI, an ingenious scheme that allowed the parties under observation to pay for their own surveillance with tax-free contributions. Wissock appeared to have a favorable opinion of most og the AA circle, but couldn't help but note that "strange doings are underfoot that cannot be ignored." | + | == Extrapolation == |
| - | This information was released to [[Guileess Maccabee]] under the Freedom of Information act in 2001. | + | ---- |
| + | Wissock was an undercover FBI agent working his way up the saboteur ladders when a nefarious assignment led him to [[Balthazar Buehb]] and subsequently the [[AA]]. Wissock, often fueled by [[Dewey Rose|Dewey Rose's]] acerbic vitriol, envisioned a wildly complicated AA Conspiracy whose perfidity would have made [[Jonathan Trenchwheat|Trenchwheat]] smile. And it was so that Wissock unknowingly advanced much of the apochryphal mythos associated with today's [[AA]]. Wissock, a vehemenent racist, intoxicated on a homemade concoction of sodium pentathol and Everclear, failed to complete his plan to firebomb [[Stimes Addisson's]] residence when he was spooked by the sight of [[Mazzistow Carrington]] and [[Bashy Gupta]] exiting. Wissock was eventually dismissed from the force due to security clearance concerns, and it was later determined that Smedley suffered from acute schizophrenia. | ||
| == See Also == | == See Also == | ||
| - | *[[Psy-Op]] | + | |
| - | *[[Revelation of the Method]] | + | ---- |
| + | * [[Psy-op]] | ||
| + | * [[Revelation of the Method]] | ||
| + | * [[Three Blind Mice]] | ||
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Participants in the AA.
The term was originally used in Field Agent Smedley Wissock's report to his superiors at the FBI dated October 4, 1968: Internal Report 27a, 1967: The AA and Satellite Organs, Threat Factors and Subversive Tendencies. In a sporty display of life imitating fiction, participants in the group began using the term for themselves. It now refers both to original personages from the Who We Are era and those of the current manifestation known as The Second Advance.
Extrapolation
Wissock was an undercover FBI agent working his way up the saboteur ladders when a nefarious assignment led him to Balthazar Buehb and subsequently the AA. Wissock, often fueled by Dewey Rose's acerbic vitriol, envisioned a wildly complicated AA Conspiracy whose perfidity would have made Trenchwheat smile. And it was so that Wissock unknowingly advanced much of the apochryphal mythos associated with today's AA. Wissock, a vehemenent racist, intoxicated on a homemade concoction of sodium pentathol and Everclear, failed to complete his plan to firebomb Stimes Addisson's residence when he was spooked by the sight of Mazzistow Carrington and Bashy Gupta exiting. Wissock was eventually dismissed from the force due to security clearance concerns, and it was later determined that Smedley suffered from acute schizophrenia.
