December, 2015 - Frank Report

Raniere studied a host of programming methods and created NXIVM

December 31, 2015

While I never took the NXIVM courses (I was however asked to write/create a module for a new class) I don’t want to dissuade anyone from taking the courses. As for myself, I never saw much originality in it. Although it took real…

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Raniere’s Self-Serving ‘Rational Inquiry’ Designed for Dictatorship-Style Punishment

by Frank Parlato

December 31, 2015

Did Keith Raniere design Rational Inquiry as a self-serving model for a dictatorship? His Crime and Punishement Module seems to suggest it.…

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Raniere’s Love Letter to Woman He Tried to Destroy

by Frank Parlato

December 31, 2015

"I can live only wholly with you or not at all," Keith Raniere wrote to Toni Natalie in 1999, then, for the next 16 years, he did everything in his power to ruin her life.…

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I did not know about Raniere’s cruelty

by Frank Parlato

December 31, 2015

A reader was curious about my contact with Keith Raniere and so I will give the short answer:. I had regular access to Keith and at the time I liked him quite a bit. I knew he was different; I thought he…

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Reader warns: Don’t tell where your internet visitors come from

by Frank Parlato

December 31, 2015

In one of my posts I happened to mention that readership is growing not only in the US but in other countries and I mentioned Fiji as one of these. A reader, mindful of Raniere’s vengeful nature wrote to admonish me: “The…

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Raniere has ‘taken the fall’; but shall we hate as Raniere hates?

by Frank Parlato

December 30, 2015

The author makes surprising revelations as he exposes a dirty laundry list of meanness Raniere completed. It proves he has 'taken the fall' but does that mean people should hate him?…

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Opinion: Raniere is not evil; he is a frightened child

by Frank Parlato

December 29, 2015

The writer is asked his opinion of Raniere and offers it freely. It may surprise readers.…

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Raniere in ‘double bind’ in dealing with me

by Frank Parlato

December 29, 2015

The writer points out a 'mistake' in judgment the 'perfected' Keith Raniere made and how that places him - in his own jargon- in a 'double bind.'…

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LAWYER AND LEGAL AIDE BOLTED FROM NXIVM INTENSIVE

by Frank Parlato

December 29, 2015

Recently a reader recently submitted a list of questions. Some of them were answered in an earlier post. Here is the answer to one more: Did the NIXVM lawyers catch on to the sex (Raniere had with his female followers)? For the…

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Raniere ‘Vision’ Proves Bogus

by Frank Parlato

December 28, 2015

We could write volumes on the visions and dreams that Keith Raniere – leader of NXIVM – the Vanguard – claims he had. Especially with attractive women. And how they did not come true. Nostradamus he ain’t. But consider: Raniere –…

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Some insights into Raniere, Clare Bronfman; Writer answers reader’s questions

by Frank Parlato

December 27, 2015

An earlier post began: “Having evidently read several of my posts on NXIVM, a reader asks: How did they try to control your mind?” Here are some of the questions the reader asked which I will attempt to answer: Q: It sounds like…

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Reader has Questions about writer’s role in NXIVM

by Frank Parlato

December 27, 2015

Having evidently read several of my posts on NXIVM, a reader asks: How did they try to control your mind? It sounds like you were allowed close enough to the inner circle to be able to see at least the sex-charged nature…

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Reader explains how NXIVM trainers use covert hypnosis techniques

by Frank Parlato

December 26, 2015

They believe in neutro-linguistic programming (NLP), which in this case would be Ericksonian covert-hypnosis. The first steps are for the controller to converse with you, preferably seated side by side, and subtly match your body language, which apparently goes a long way…

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Protect Yourself at All Times; Reader warns how Raniere goes after sources and writers

by Frank Parlato

December 26, 2015

This reader sent this advice along. And while it gives a good primer on how to deal with sources – it also gives us a chilling view of how NXIVM leader Keith Raniere uses his “wealth” and (mis)uses the tools of…

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Reader comments on Raniere’s lie regarding his fatherhood

by Frank Parlato

December 25, 2015

A reader comments on Raniere our story Rainere is father of ‘adopted’ child who fled cult with mother; Raniere claimed ‘mother died giving childbirth, father unknown’ So I guess that Bouchey and the inner circle was told the lie (and Keeffe…

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Rainere is father of ‘adopted’ child who fled cult with mother; Raniere claimed ‘mother died giving childbirth, father unknown’

by Frank Parlato

December 24, 2015

After telling infertile women he would father their child - as the chosen one, spiritual leader Keith Raniere fathered a son who he lied about - claiming the infant was adopted and that he was not the father. He went so far…

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KING CON SHMUEL SHMUELI CHALLENGES ISRAELI NATIONAL HERO

by Frank Parlato

December 24, 2015

BY FRANK PARLATO This week in our series on that fascinating conman, Shmuel Shmueli, we go to Shmueli’s native country Israel. Shmueli, who by our calculation has sued or was sued about two dozen times, finds it easy to participate in…

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Did Asimov inspire Raniere to be ‘the mule’?

by Frank Parlato

December 24, 2015

(This essay contains major spoilers about Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation Trilogy” of science-fiction novels. So if you want to fully enjoy these classics, read them first before reading further. For the rest of you, we continue below.) A little bit of light reading…

December 2015