Conspiracy conference speaker alleges CIA mind‑control program and ties to former President Gerald Ford

The leadoff speaker at Conspiracy Con was Cathy O’ Brien, who claimed to be a victim of the CIA’ s MK-Ultra child-sex-slave program, Project Monarch. She was introduced by her husband, Mark Phillips, as “the love of my life.” Phillips claims that, having worked for the CIA, where he learned hypnosis, and for a Department of Defense subcontractor with exposure to mind-control research, he was able to rescue O' Brien, deprogram her and collaborate on their book, 7rance Formation of America. “There is not one person in this audience,” he exhorts, “that could not be legally experimented on, killed or financially destroyed.” He has the bearing, the cadence and the pompadour of a dramatically pious televangelist. He oozes with practiced integrity. In contrast, Cathy O’ Brien has the demeanor of a guileless, bleached-blond checkout cashier in a small-town supermarket who sends money every week to her favorite televangelist. She speaks with a certain tremor in her voice. “Mind control,” she warns, “is the most important issue facing humanity today.” She reveals her relationship with Gerald Ford, who was “very much interested in mind control, so the local Michigan Mafia child pornography HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015228