NESARA

This article is about an internet based conspiracy theory involving secret laws, white knights, aliens, and September 11. For the legislative proposal that the conspiracy is based on, see NESARA.

NESARA is an acronym for the National Economic Security and Reformation Act (sometimes National Economic Stabilization and Recovery Act), a bill which was allegedly passed during a secret session of congress and signed into law by Bill Clinton before he left office. Supporters of NESARA claim that it has provisions which would entirely reorganize the US economy and government. Its detractors claim that the law does not even exist, and is an example of an internet based conspiracy theory.

History of NESARA

Because the existence of the law is disputed, different sources will give different accounts of its history.

Skeptics' views

Skeptics give an entirely different account. According to this account, NESARA was invented by Dr. Harvey Barnard in 1991. Dr. Barnard's proposal is similar to the version promoted by Shaini Goodwin, but is more limited in scope and does not contain some of the more comprehensive governmental changes such as forced resignation of the president and congress. Dr. Barnard shipped copies of his proposal to members of congress, and founded The NESARA Institute to promote his proposal. He never claimed that congress has passed the bill into law, and on his website states that it "has not been enacted into law, has not been introduced into Congress, and has not yet been assigned a tracking number." Dr. Barnard is embarrassed at the more conspiratorial claims of some NESARA supporters, and disavows any connection with them.

Dr. Barnard's proposal was turned into an internet conspiracy theory by Shaini Goodwin, a former student of The Ramtha School Of Enlightenment living in Shelton, Washington. Goodwin adopted the pseudonym "Dove of Oneness" and began posting messages on internet discussion boards about NESARA. Her initial claims centered around Omega, a fraudulent investment scheme whose creator, Clyde Hood, was on trial at that time. Goodwin originated the claims that NESARA had already been enacted into law, and began to claim that the defrauded Omega investors would receive their Omega returns as soon as NESARA was announced. Goodwin also originated the theory that NESARA was scheduled to be announced on September 11 2001, and that the World Trade Center attacks were orchestrated by President Bush to cover up the announcement. Goodwin has consistently made claims that the NESARA announcement is going to occur in the very near future.

Since then, NESARA has taken on a life of its own, going further then either Barnard's or Goodwin's versions. Several other internet based conspiracy theorists have sprung up to promote NESARA, and their claims sometimes conflict. One supporter, Sheldan Nidle, ties the imminent NESARA announcement into his years-old prophesy of an imminent UFO invasion by benevolent aliens (sometimes on his website reports, but more prominently in his seminars). Jennifer Lee, who publishes internet NESARA status reports almost daily (Goodwin's and Nidle's reports are weekly), discusses a host of other-worldly and "interdimensional" beings who are helping behind the scenes to get NESARA announced. Internet evangelist Sherry Shriner (hosting a great many websites) sees NESARA as linked to maleviolent reptiloid aliens she feels have long controlled the U.S. Government [1].

Various regional groups have sprung up in many US states, as well as foreign countries, to discuss and take action on getting NESARA announced. NESARA groups, known as "NTATs" (NESARA Take Action Teams) are known to exist in Arizona, California, Texas, Utah, The Netherlands, and Australia. Members of these groups get together to discuss the status of NESARA, read the various reports, hold protests, and pass out fliers about NESARA to the public.

Up until 2004, Goodwin was publishing anonymously under the pseudonym "Dove Of Oneness". This anonymity was shattered in July of 2004 when a series of newspaper articles about Goodwin and NESARA appeared in The Tacoma News Tribune, accusing her of lying to her readers about NESARA. Much to her consternation, it also revealed her real name, her connection with Omega, and the fact that she lives in a trailer home with her mother.

Dispute and Confusion Over the NESARA Name

Goodwin's camp often refers to the law as "The True NESARA Law" to distinguish it from Barnard's version. Barnard's camp calls it "The Real NESARA". They also use different names for the acronym, with Goodwin originating "Security and Reformation Act", and Barnard sticking with his original "Stabilization and Recovery Act". Goodwin claims that Barnard's more strait laced NESARA Institute is a disinformation front for the Bush family.

Most press accounts of NESARA deal with the conspiracy theory version, and if they mention Barnard's version at all, they mention it primarily in the context of being the origin of the conspiracy. This has caused The NESARA Institute some anger and embarrassment, and they feel that the prominence of the hoax has been a major barrier to public discussion of their legislative proposal.