Introduction: The Hacked Saga Overview

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• Hacked: the Saga: Started August 2024 after no response from authorities
• Hacking began December 2023; first reports filed April 2024
• Criminals are associated with Houston Baptist University (now Houston Christian University) Apologetics program
• An Unexpected Journal members involved in plagiarism, theft, and sabotage
• Police won’t act unless money is stolen from accounts or physical items taken
• Perpetrators are federal contractors who create fake sock puppet accounts

The Quicksand Metaphor: How Corruption Entraps

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• Story of hiker rescued from quicksand in Arches National Park, Utah
• Struggling in quicksand creates more suction—like fighting corruption alone
• Required entire rescue team with specialized equipment
• Cold weather added danger—victim lost feeling in legs
• Parallel to how evil operates: initial contact seems manageable, struggle makes it worse
• Psalm 40:2 references being lifted from “slimy mud” (quicksand in some translations)

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Biblical Understanding of Spiritual Quicksand

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• NET Bible commentary: “cistern” metaphorically represents Sheol (death)
• Sin creates spiritual death—separation from God
• Making wrong choices moves us further from God’s voice
• Each bad choice makes the next one easier
• Builds walls against Holy Spirit conviction
• Eventually requires “an act of God” to break through hardened hearts

Grace as Divine Interruption

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• Protestant view: grace as unmerited favor
• Catholic understanding: grace requires response
• Flannery O’Connor’s stories depict grace as God interrupting complacency in sin
• Grace can be violent and destructive—whatever it takes to shake people free
• O’Connor’s characters are self-satisfied, prideful, racist—think they’re “good people”
• Biblical example: Balaam and the donkey (Numbers 22)—even animals had more sense than the “prophet”
• Balaam misused his authority for greed and position

Timeline of Reporting: 21 Months of Inaction

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• December 2023: Hacking begins after calling out sock puppet accounts
• April 2024: First reports to FBI and Woodburn Police—both refused to help
• May 2024: More reports, FBI says “submit to IC3,” no report number given
• July 2024: 33,000-word report with 100 pages of documentation submitted to FBI, IC3, DOJ—zero response
• August 4, 2024: First livestream posted
• Within hours: Facebook locked, all accounts taken over
• Every report to FBI resulted in worse attacks
• Currently 21 months since first FBI report with zero contact from any agency

Federal Contractors and Institutional Protection

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• Federal contracts create institutional investment
• Admitting contractor wrongdoing = admitting oversight failure
• Government resources (FBI social media accounts) being puffed up by criminals
• Documented evidence of stolen homes, fraudulent sheriff sales, massive counterfeit ring—no action
• Authorities appear to prioritize protecting contractors over investigating crimes
• Bureaucratic inertia or deliberate cover-up unclear

Resignation from An Unexpected Journal

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• August 8, 2024: Final board meeting—discussing hideous Community issue cover
• During Zoom call, Jason Smith and Jasmine Biggs not on the call, but were were hacking my accounts
• August 15, 2024: Formal resignation email sent to entire board
• Email clearly stated: no longer involved, seeking prosecution of IP theft
• Concerns about writer’s agreement changes (September 2023)
• Original agreement: writers kept rights, journal had 90-day exclusive license
• Warning about verifying contributor identities and checking for plagiarism/AI
• Jason Smith’s response attempted to control narrative

Faking Continued Involvement

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• Despite resignation, journal members dropped essays into Google Drive through May 2025
• November 16, 2025: Faked activity showing altered journal covers
• Files appearing in Google Drive that aren’t on local devices
• Faked sharing logs on Google contacts
• No point to fabrication unless authorities are illegally accessing files for “proof”
• Google Photos altered with false names and deleted photos
• Question: Why fake involvement 15+ months after resignation?

Law Enforcement Failures

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• Visited FBI offices in Portland and Salem—both refused help
• Multiple police departments: reports taken but no cases opened
• Officer said “hacking isn’t a crime”
• When Phil Tallon’s name found on hacked Google family group, officer said “don’t know if crimes were committed”
• Salem police officer claimed “identity theft isn’t a crime” (it’s both state and federal crime)
• Documents of Afghan refugee families stolen and shared—still no investigation
• Every attempt to report blown off or minimized

The Iniquity vs. Sin Distinction

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• Sin: single mistake (e.g., not firing someone when you should have)
• Iniquity: compounded effects of unconfessed, unrepented sins piling up
• November 2025: Jason Smith still attempting fabrications
• Each cover-up makes perpetrators bigger criminals
• Getting harder to escape as corruption deepens
• Those protecting criminals become tied to their crimes

Download Final Email to AUJ Board

Warning About Social Media Contractors

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• Example: Aseel app (buy care packages for Afghans)
• Suspicious post about “street children in Afghanistan” with bikes
• Children in photos don’t appear Afghan (not Pashtun, Tajik, or Hazara)
• Story mirrors priest’s Eastern Europe ministry story previously overheard
• Criminals target anyone host interacts with to fake connection
• Nancy Pearcey example: negative opinion formed based on sock puppet social media posts
• Critical advice for businesses/nonprofits:
  • Sign off on every post before it goes live
  • Monthly review of comment interactions
  • Ask contractors about AI use, sock puppets, fake engagement
  • Verify designer experience and actual work
  • Understand their position on representation, identity theft, plagiarism
  • Your reputation is at stake—contractor faces no consequences

Ongoing Technical Sabotage

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• YouTube subtitle interface altered—can’t see dates, names, or export timestamps
• Must download videos, upload to different account just to get transcripts
• Downloaded files corrupted within minutes of transfer
• Name changed to “Carlo Teresa Walk” in video subtitles
• September 2023 Kabul Hope video sabotaged (previously corrected subtitles altered)
• Monday at Broadway Coffee: couldn’t access Proton without VPN set to Canadian IP
• Indicates US government resources being used for censorship
• Phil Tallon’s December 8 email from the HCU School of Christian Thought blocked on laptop but accessible on other devices
• Password changes intercepted—submitted password different from what site received
• Suspicious person with iPad and charging block positioned near laptop

Biblical Lessons: Ahab, Jezebel, and Accountability

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• 1 Kings 21: Ahab wants Naboth’s field, Naboth refuses
• Jezebel impersonates Ahab (signs his name, uses his seal)
• Frames conspiracy with religious pretense (“observe a time of fasting”)
• Hires “Belial”—worthless, wicked people—to lie about Naboth
• Naboth’s own neighbors and leaders participate in false accusations
• Naboth stoned to death; Ahab takes field
• Prophet Elijah pronounces judgment
• Ahab repents—judgment delayed to next generation
• Key principle: Nobody gets away with anything; judgment may be delayed but always comes
• Book of Kings documents generational iniquity and delayed judgment
• Ezekiel 3: Failure to confront wrong makes you guilty of their sins
• “Am I my brother’s keeper?” Yes.

The Power to Overcome

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• 1 John 4:4: “Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world”
• Jesus delivers from evil and gives victory over it
• Holy Spirit power can overcome fear, cowardice, weakness
• “If you faint in the day of adversity, your faith was too weak” (Proverbs 24:10)
• John’s Gospel written at end of first century during intense persecution
• “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it” (John 1:5)
• Light is active force that cannot be stopped
• We must choose life or death—God never forces
• Can’t bring evil with you to God; must confess and repent
• Hanukkah reminder: Festival of Lights (December 14-22, 2025)