The History of the FBI’s Use of Brain Wave Technology
In 2001, federal law enforcement agencies sent a letter to Senator Chuck Grassley explaining their interest in a technology called “Brain Fingerprinting”. The technique, as they stated “is designed to determine whether an individual recognizes certain details of an event or activity by measuring the individual’s brain wave responses.”
Brain Fingerprinting involves measuring the EEG signals from the brain as the subject is shown a series of words and pictures on a screen. When used in an investigation, among the words and images shown are details of the case that only law enforcement or the perpetrator of a crime would know. Once some information is familiar to the subject, it will trigger an involuntary response from the brain called a “P300” response that is recorded.
Brain Fingerprinting was first used in an active case in 1999 and is credited for assisting in the solving of a 15-year-old murder case. Its creator Lawrence Farwell was covered by both Time Magazine and 60 Minutes.
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) technology is the next step up in brain wave detection. As mentioned in a previous post, fMRI involves using an MRI machine to record the brain activity of a subject and with the help of AI, converting that brain activity to text or even images.
In 2006, the ACLU filed a Freedom of Information (FOIA) request with the Pentagon, FBI, CIA, NSA, DOD, DIA, and DHS seeking “all records including but not limited to study, development or use of such technologies for foreign or domestic use”.
In 2009, “a defendant’s fMRI brain scan was used in court for what is believed to be the first time.” The scan was allowed into the sentencing portion of the murder trial. Despite the use of the fMRI scan, the defendant, Brian Dugan, was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a 10 year old girl.
Dated in 2016, the FBI has a list of interrogation techniques on their website. Among them is the use of fMRI for lie detection.
With the help of AI, fMRI technology has advanced beyond just simple lie detection in the past few years to the point that it can now be used to convert brain waves of what the subject is thinking to text and images.
What I have been trying to show here is that the government has been researching and working on brain wave technology for over two decades now. The limitation for fMRI technology was that it requires a big MRI machine in order to record brain waves. That limitation has been lifted now with the advent of nanotechnology and more specifically Neuro-Swarm3 sensors. I talk about some of this in a previous post. It’s no longer some sort of “conspiracy theory” to think that the government and more specifically the FBI can see into our thoughts. They have the resources and the technology to do just that.
https://bizarroworld.medium.com/the-history-of-the-fbis-use-of-brain-wave-technology-9bc17c1281b1
In 2001, federal law enforcement agencies sent a letter to Senator Chuck Grassley explaining their interest in a technology called “Brain Fingerprinting”. The technique, as they stated “is designed to determine whether an individual recognizes certain details of an event or activity by measuring the individual’s brain wave responses.”
Brain Fingerprinting involves measuring the EEG signals from the brain as the subject is shown a series of words and pictures on a screen. When used in an investigation, among the words and images shown are details of the case that only law enforcement or the perpetrator of a crime would know. Once some information is familiar to the subject, it will trigger an involuntary response from the brain called a “P300” response that is recorded.
Brain Fingerprinting was first used in an active case in 1999 and is credited for assisting in the solving of a 15-year-old murder case. Its creator Lawrence Farwell was covered by both Time Magazine and 60 Minutes.
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) technology is the next step up in brain wave detection. As mentioned in a previous post, fMRI involves using an MRI machine to record the brain activity of a subject and with the help of AI, converting that brain activity to text or even images.
In 2006, the ACLU filed a Freedom of Information (FOIA) request with the Pentagon, FBI, CIA, NSA, DOD, DIA, and DHS seeking “all records including but not limited to study, development or use of such technologies for foreign or domestic use”.
In 2009, “a defendant’s fMRI brain scan was used in court for what is believed to be the first time.” The scan was allowed into the sentencing portion of the murder trial. Despite the use of the fMRI scan, the defendant, Brian Dugan, was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a 10 year old girl.
Dated in 2016, the FBI has a list of interrogation techniques on their website. Among them is the use of fMRI for lie detection.
With the help of AI, fMRI technology has advanced beyond just simple lie detection in the past few years to the point that it can now be used to convert brain waves of what the subject is thinking to text and images.
What I have been trying to show here is that the government has been researching and working on brain wave technology for over two decades now. The limitation for fMRI technology was that it requires a big MRI machine in order to record brain waves. That limitation has been lifted now with the advent of nanotechnology and more specifically Neuro-Swarm3 sensors. I talk about some of this in a previous post. It’s no longer some sort of “conspiracy theory” to think that the government and more specifically the FBI can see into our thoughts. They have the resources and the technology to do just that.
https://bizarroworld.medium.com/the-history-of-the-fbis-use-of-brain-wave-technology-9bc17c1281b1
