Goodbye

No, I am not going to The Village, but I am moving out of Buffalo. I won't be blogging anymore.

Everybody has a number.

Be seeing you,

Stephen Cronin


SC: Have you seen the 1967 Television Series, "The Prisoner" with Patrick Mcgoohan. Any input on its possible relation to Neurocam?

MK: Yes, if we are thinking of the same series, and no.

Assignment III

Dear Operative Steve Cronin,

This email contains the details of your next Neurocam assignment.

NEUROCAM ASSIGNMENT – NCI – 2561/01 – Dead Drop Reconnaissance

(A) AIM

The identification of three (3) viable “dead drop” locations which will be
utilized in future assignments.

(B) EXECUTION

Below are the procedural details for this assignment. Any deviation from
the operational protocol described may result in a requirement of
disciplinary action against the operative.

1. Locate three (3) potential “dead drop” locations within your city.

2. Submit a report to the Operations Division (operations@neurocam.com)
which details these locations and describes how they can best be utilized
for the transfer of documents and objects. The submission of photographic
materials and maps is encouraged, but not essential. If you are unable to
provide this additional material, however, it is expected that your
written report will contain a significant amount of location detail.

(C) OPERATIONAL SECURITY

Neurocam International is aware that many operatives publicly discuss and
relate their Neurocam experiences via online forums and web journals.
Operatives are permitted to disclose the details of this assignment, but
are prohibited from providing the particulars of their final report. Any
operative found doing so will suffer immediate expulsion from Neurocam.

If you have any doubts about what is allowed under this clause, please
contact the Operations Division before publication.

(D) TIMELINE

The time restrictions of Neurocam’s ongoing operations dictate that
Neurocam Assignment NCI-2561/01 must be completed by close of business
Wednesday June 15, 2005.

(E) LEXICON

Dead Drop (n) - a location used for the clandestine exchange of
intelligence information.

Regards,

Charles Hastings
Head, Operations Division
Neurocam International
operations@neurocam.com

Neurocam and Absolutism

My experiences with Neurocam are paying off, but not in the way I had expected.

Before, I was focusing too much on my craving for excitement and adventure. I don't think the Neurocam Operative should crave such things. Now, I realize that I am gaining knowledge and wisdom. These are things far more beneficial than "movie-like experiences" that are used to advertise Neurocam.

Instead of running aggravating investigations, thank you Ms. Zelle, and trying to piece together every body's Neurocam experiences, interpretations, and contradicting pieces of evidence, you should focus on your own experiences and teachings. By creating a sort of Neurocam Operative Absolute, the Neurocam Wiki, you steer your attention and time well spent away from where it should be.

Our weblogs are used for advertisement... myth propagation.

Buffalo, NY

Neuro-IRC

I guess it's time to do my share and advertise the neurocam irc channel. We've had a small crowd lately and it's been fun!

#neurocam

irc.chat-solutions.org

Assignment II: Complete

phew.


Dear Operative Steve Cronin

This is to confirm that your excellent report has been received and filed.

greta work. Your insight into the unveiling the assignment has offered
you is noted.

You will be contacted by Operations with details of your next assignment
within the next 28 days.

Otti Votavova
Operations Division
Neurocam International
otti.votavova@neurocam.com

Mr. Hastings and The Age

What follows is a series of e-mails about my Hastings / Age investigation. Currently, I am finished with the matter. These e-mails are here so that you may draw your own opinions on the issue.

Dear Miles Carrefour,

I would like to start out by asking if are you the person that handles the address "enquiries@neurocam.com" ? If so, I would assume that you are the right person to answer general questions from people like myself. If I remember correctly, Neville Harris used to manage that address and it was part of his job (in administration) to answer questions. I am unsure if it is yours, as induction officer, as well.

This brings me to my question.

I am sure you are aware of the article written on Neurocam from "The Age."

The photo, in the article, includes Maxwell Knight, Charles Hastings, and Neville Harris. (All Masked) One thing peculiar I noticed was that Charles Hastings wore a mask bearing the symbol of an organization dubbed "Yellow One."

On the Neurocam website, there used to be several images including one entitled "testimonials." Within the file were several images of men wearing Yellow One Masks.

In early April (before I came across this information), I had e-mailed Maxwell Knight asking him about Yellow One. He had responded telling me that Yellow One had nothing to do with the workings of Neurocam.

How could this be true with the information I have presented above?

Did Maxwell Knight strait out lie?

Any input you have on the matter would be most appreciated.

Thank you for your time!

Be seeing you,

Operative Cronin


Dear Operative Cronin,

I am not in a position to answer queries except as pertains explicitly to induction processes, I have forwarded your email to Gertrude Zelle, Head of HRSD, to field and you should hearback from her soon.

Thanks,

Miles Carrefour
Induction Officer
Human Resources Security Division
Neurocam International
miles.carrefour@neurocam.com


Operative Cronin,

Your enquiry was recently forwarded to me by Mr. Miles Carrefour, Induction Officer of Neurocam International. Due to its sensitive nature, Mr. Carrefour determined that I was more ably positioned to author a response than he was.

You have raised a pertinent question, but one which has its origins in an outright fabrication.

The newspaper article written by Mr. Marc Moncrief is a potentially slanderous fiction, complied by him from half-truths, materials of questionable veracity and blatant lies. Despite his claims to the contrary, the photos contained within the article are also fabricated, staged by Mr. Moncrief in an attempt to add an atmosphere of “sinister mystery” to his article.

The individual shown in the photograph is not Mr. Charles Hastings.

Yellow One does not have anything to do with the internal operations of Neurocam International.

Mr. Maxwell Knight, despite his occasional faults, did not lie to you.

I trust this satisfactorily answers your question.

Regards,

Gertrude Zelle
Head, Human Resources Security Division (ACTING)
Neurocam International
gertrude.zelle@neurocam.com

Dear Mr. Marc Moncrief,

I would like to ask you a question about an article you wrote
published on December 18, 2004 entitled "Entering the shadowy world of
neurocam." There has been somewhat of an internal debate between my
colleagues and I. I am hoping you can clear the matter up for us.

I am interested in the photo the appears at the top of your on-line
article, taken by Simon O' Dwyer, with the caption: "Maxwell Knight
(ghoul mask), Charles Hastings (white mask) and Neville Harris (black
mask) take a neurocam operative on a car journey to an unknown
destination."

Here is the link to your on-line article: (If you are unsure of which
image I am speaking of)

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/12/17/1102787276356.html?oneclick=true

I was wondering if this is a staged photo, such as to add a sense of
mystery to the article, or if it is indeed legitimate. (Meaning you,
or Simon O ' Dwyer, met the said individuals and photographed them.

Thank you very much for your time,

Stephen Cronin

--

Dear Steve,

Thanks for your interest in the article. The photo is legitimate, though (obviously) posed. To the best of my knowledge, the people in the photo are those I interviewed for the article (with the exception of the ''operative''), though this statement is complicated by the fact that they are wearing masks. I believe the ''operative'' was an acquaintance of the Neurocam leadership.

I met with Neurocam on a separate occasion for the purpose of the interview and arranged for them to meet with Simon O'Dwyer a few days later. I did not attend the shoot. To set up the shoot, I contacted Neurocam through the same methods I used to arrange my interview and I received a report from Neurocam after the shoot about how it had gone.

At any rate, you are very confidently assured that the photo is a legitimate photo of the top levels of Neurocam's management. The masks are the same, the physical characteristics that are visible are the same, it was arranged through a reliable source and a credible report about the shoot was given to me afterward.

Regards,

Marc Moncrief



As you can see, according to Mr. Moncrief, the photos in the article were not staged by him in an attempt to add a “sinister mystery” to his article as Gertrude Zelle suggests. In fact, Mr. Moncrief seems very sure that the photos are real. (As he met the actual staff in an interview.)

I would also like to point out, if you refer to Avery Carsoza's weblog from January 2005, that Neville Harris spoke of himself in The Age article pointing to the fact that it was legitimate.

(Avery had sent a photo of a "Neville Harris" on a fishing trip to Neville Harris of Neurocam. It turns out that Neville Harris never actually saw the photo, but said it was him anyway because he assumed Avery was talking about the photo from The Age article).

Here is an excerpt from Avery's weblog, (The full text of Neville Harris's letter to Avery on the matter.)


"Dear Avery,

I think there has been a colossal misunderstanding, the blame for which lies mostly with me. On Sunday January 16, 2005 you asked me – “I'd like to ask if you are the same Neville Harris who's signature is on the Certificate of Incorporation for Neurocam Limited…” As one of Neurocam’s senior administrators I was heavily involved with many stages of Neurocam’s incorporation process. As such, my signature can be found upon many documents which relate to that process. Hence my natural assumption that the document you had located included my signature… It would now appear that I was mistaken. In addition, although Mr. Charles Hastings has been very kind in allowing me to utilize his terminal (my terminal is currently being upgraded by Neurocam’s Information Technology Division), he does have a number of sophisticated firewalls installed which restrict the downloading of attachments without specific passwords. Due to those firewalls I didn’t actually download the picture you sent to me. Instead I assumed that you had located the photo of me which appeared in The Age newspaper. Have a good look at the photo from The Age and you will see how your statement, “If so, congratulations! That's some catch!”, took on an entirely different, but still entirely relevant, meaning. I apologize profusely for this confusion and assure you that I never meant to deceive you. I fear that as a result of my blunder our correspondence has been brought to the attention Maxwell Knight. He is currently reviewing the matter and has instructed me not to correspond with you again (after this e-mail) until I get his permission. He has also asked me to tell you that he will be in touch shortly. Sorry once again for the confusion. Two different Neville Harris? What are the chances of that?

Regards,

Neville Harris

Administration Division

Neurocam International"


As you can see, there are two different stories being told.

Dear Ms. Zelle,

I have decided, reluctantly, to attempt to continue our little chat
about Mr. Moncrief and his article about Neurocam. I am sure you
remember when I had asked about Mr. Charles Hastings and the mask he
was wearing in the picture of the article. You replied with,

"The newspaper article written by Mr. Marc Moncrief is a potentially
slanderous fiction, complied by him from half-truths, materials of
questionable veracity and blatant lies. Despite his claims to the
contrary, the photos contained within the article are also fabricated,
staged by Mr. Moncrief in an attempt to add an atmosphere of "sinister
mystery" to his article. The individual shown in the photograph is not
Mr. Charles Hastings."

Well, I took the liberty of contacting Mr. Moncrief to get his side of
the story.

I did not do this because I didn't trust your answer, but rather
because I thought it might have been expected from me. Because I do
not know what Neurocam is, or what it's goals are with it's
operatives, I thought about the possibility of Neurocam purposley
spreading false information in hopes that we operatives would do a
little research and "prove our worth."

With the nature of my last two assignments, both having to do with
"myth propagation", I figured this idea might not be that far from the
truth.

Here is my letter to Mr. Moncrief,

Dear Mr. Marc Moncrief,

I would like to ask you a question about an article you wrote
published on December 18, 2004 entitled "Entering the shadowy world of
neurocam." There has been somewhat of an internal debate between my
colleagues and I. I am hoping you can clear the matter up for us.

I am interested in the photo the appears at the top of your on-line
article, taken by Simon O' Dwyer, with the caption: "Maxwell Knight
(ghoul mask), Charles Hastings (white mask) and Neville Harris (black
mask) take a neurocam operative on a car journey to an unknown
destination."

Here is the link to your on-line article: (If you are unsure of which
image I am speaking of)

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/12/17/1102787276356.html?oneclick=true

I was wondering if this is a staged photo, such as to add a sense of
mystery to the article, or if it is indeed legitimate. (Meaning you,
or Simon O ' Dwyer, met the said individuals and photographed them.)

Thank you very much for your time,

Stephen Cronin


His response,

Dear Steve,

Thanks for your interest in the article. The photo is legitimate,
though (obviously) posed. To the best of my knowledge, the people in
the photo are those I interviewed for the article (with the exception
of the ''operative''), though this statement is complicated by the
fact that they are wearing masks. I believe the ''operative'' was an
acquaintance of the Neurocam leadership.

I met with Neurocam on a separate occasion for the purpose of the
interview and arranged for them to meet with Simon O'Dwyer a few days
later. I did not attend the shoot. To set up the shoot, I contacted
Neurocam through the same methods I used to arrange my interview and I
received a report from Neurocam after the shoot about how it had gone.

At any rate, you are very confidently assured that the photo is a
legitimate photo of the top levels of Neurocam's management. The masks
are the same, the physical characteristics that are visible are the
same, it was arranged through a reliable source and a credible report
about the shoot was given to me afterward.

Regards,

Marc Moncrief


As you can see, according to Mr. Moncrief, he did not purposely stage
the photos in order to add an atmosphere of "sinister mystery" to his
article. Perhaps you were misinformed.

As far as the actual story goes, I'm sure we both know how the media
loves to portray things and I would agree that this story (as well as
any other) has the potential to be a "slanderous fiction."

Thank you for your time.

Be seeing you,

Stephen Cronin

Operative Cronin,

For a journalist to admit that an element of his work was fabrication
would be a rare occurrence indeed. It should come as no surprise that Mr.
Moncrief stands by his claims, as to do otherwise would be to admit his
perjurious nature. You must agree, such an admission could greatly
blemish a journalistic career (being, after all, a career based upon the
relation of facts believed to be truthful), and so would not be undertaken
lightly.

I can assure you that the photo in Mr. Moncrief’s article was fabricated
and is not an accurate portrayal of Neurocam International’s senior
management. Whether or not Mr. Moncrief is aware of this fact, however,
is still a potential matter for debate.

Based upon the many other potentially slanderous inaccurate elements of
his article, I hold the opinion that Mr. Moncrief was most likely aware of
the falsehoods he had printed. That having been said, however, I have not
entirely discounted the possibility that the fabricated material was
provided to him by a third party who wished to discredit Neurocam
International and that Mr. Moncrief was, in fact an innocent party.

Either way, the effect is the same, your investigations into this matter
will only lead to frustration and an inability to verify Mr. Moncrief’s
article. I advise you to cease this line of enquiry in an expedient
manner.

Regards,

Gertrude Zelle
Head, Human Resources Security Division (ACTING)
Neurocam International
gertrude.zelle@neurocam.com