Justice and Controversy: Lessons from Solon to the Modern Age By Mike Jukic, Head Lawyer at Axis Law
The ancient Greek lawmaker Solon once taught that justice must never shy away from controversy. Those words still resonate deeply with me today.
In a recent conversation with my brother Joe Jukic, we reflected on our early years working construction as teenagers. Back then, we saw firsthand how cutting corners on safety could cost lives — and how asbestos, once considered a miracle material, became a silent killer in buildings across North America.
Take the World Trade Center, completed in 1973. The astronomical cost of removing asbestos was one reason the material lingered for decades, endangering countless workers, tenants, and first responders.
As lawyers, builders, and citizens, we have a shared duty: to confront uncomfortable truths and demand accountability, no matter how complex or controversial the issue may be.
If you or a family member was affected by that day of infamy, I invite you to share your story below. Every testimony adds strength to the ongoing pursuit of justice.
The initiation ritual of the Thuggee (or Thugs, from the Hindi thag, meaning “deceiver” or “swindler”) is a subject deeply shrouded in colonial-era accounts, folklore, and sensationalism. Most detailed descriptions come from the confessions of captured Thugs in the 1830s, recorded by British administrators like Captain William Sleeman, who led the suppression campaign. These accounts must be approached with caution, as they may reflect a mix of authentic tradition, coerced testimony, and British projections of a vast “cult.”
According to these prevailing 19th-century sources, the initiation (known as “Guru Pooja” or the ceremony of the “Rumal”—the sacred handkerchief used for strangulation) was a solemn, religious act presided over by a senior Thug, usually a jemadar or guru.
Here is a description based on those historical accounts:
The Setting and Candidates
The ceremony was held in a secluded spot, often a grove or ruin, away from inhabited areas.
The initiate was typically a young man whose father and family were already Thugs, with the “trade” often passing through generations. Outsiders were rarely initiated.
The ceremony was conducted by a senior Thug guru, with other experienced Thugs (bhuttotes, the stranglers) present as witnesses.
The Ritual Elements
Consecration of the Tool: The focal point was the rumal (yellow or white silk handkerchief) and the pickaxe (kussee or futteh). The pickaxe was considered the sacred tool of the goddess Kali (or Bhowani or Devi, depending on the region), whom the Thugs believed they served. The pickaxe was used to dig the graves of victims.
The Oath and Instruction: The guru would instruct the novice in the secret signs, slang (ramasi), and techniques of the Thugs. The initiate would take a solemn oath of secrecy, loyalty to the band, and obedience to the leaders. Breaking this oath was believed to incur the wrath of the goddess and result in a horrible death.
The Symbolic Meal (Sugar and Goor): A key part was the consumption of “goor” (unrefined sugar) and “ghee” (clarified butter), which had been consecrated on the pickaxe. The guru would place a piece of goor on the pickaxe’s blade, drip ghee over it, and then feed it to the initiate. This act symbolized the initiate’s binding to the goddess’s service. Some accounts describe a shared meal from a common dish, emphasizing brotherhood.
The Mock Strangulation: In many accounts, a critical ritual was the “trial of the rumal.” The guru or a senior Thug would perform a mock strangulation on the initiate using the sacred handkerchief. This was to teach the precise method (avoiding breaking the neck, aiming for quick suffocation) and to desensitize him. In some versions, the rumal was placed around the initiate’s neck but not tightened.
The First Kill (The “First Fruit”): Following initiation, the novice would be taken on an expedition. His first actual murder was highly ritualized. He would be assisted by experienced Thugs, and the victim’s blood was sometimes used to anoint the pickaxe. The success of this first kill was seen as the goddess accepting the offering.
Important Context and Caution
Religious Justification: Thugs did not see themselves as common criminals. They believed they were performing a sacred duty to Kali, the goddess of destruction and creation. They considered murder their “trade” or “religious duty,” and their victims were predestined sacrifices. They never robbed before killing, as the killing was the primary ritual act; loot was a secondary “gift” from the goddess.
Colonial Construction: Modern historians (like Kim A. Wagner and Martine van Woerkens) critically reassess Thuggee. They argue that while highway robbery and strangulation gangs certainly existed, the British inflated them into a massive, fanatical, and homogeneous religious conspiracy to justify extending control over India. The detailed, standardized initiation ritual may have been a composite created from various local gang practices and coerced confessions.
Variation: Practices likely varied widely across different groups, regions, and time periods. The “classic” initiation described above is a synthesis from Sleeman’s records.
In summary, the Thuggee initiation, as historically recorded, was a potent blend of criminal apprenticeship and religious sacrament—designed to bind the initiate through oath, ritual, and shared guilt to a secret brotherhood that believed it acted with divine sanction. Its enduring image is a product of both genuine criminal practice and the colonial need to narrate and combat a terrifying “evil” within India.
GEORGE W. BUSH, in his personal capacity, THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, DR. JOSE MANUEL RODRIGUEZ DELGADO, in his personal capacity, and DR. [WILSON], Chief of Psychiatry, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, Defendants.
) Case No.: [FICTIONAL-2024-00123] ) ) COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES AND ) INJUNCTIVE RELIEF ) (Electronic Psychiatric Abuse, ) Unauthorized Human Experimentation, ) Cruel and Unusual Punishment, ) Violation of Fundamental Human Rights) ) ) JURY TRIAL DEMANDED )
COMPLAINT
Plaintiff, JOSEPH C. JUKIC (“Mr. Jukic”), by and through his undersigned counsel, for his Complaint against Defendants, alleges as follows:
INTRODUCTION
This is an action arising from a covert, transnational, and profoundly torturous program of unauthorized human experimentation, psychological torture, and technological assault on the autonomy of a civilian citizen. The Defendants, acting individually and in conspiracy, subjected Mr. Jukic to a regime of “electronic psychiatric abuse,” culminating in the non-consensual surgical implantation of behavior-modifying microchips in his brain. This was done under the guise of medical treatment at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, Canada, but was in fact a continuation of CIA mind-control research and a brutal violation of Mr. Jukic’s most fundamental human rights.
PARTIES
Plaintiff JOSEPH C. JUKIC is a natural person and a citizen of the United States, currently residing in Washington State.
Defendant GEORGE W. BUSH is a former President of the United States and was, at all relevant times, the ultimate executive authority over the intelligence apparatus of the United States, including the CIA. He is sued in his personal capacity for his alleged authorization, ratification, and deliberate indifference to the programs at issue.
Defendant THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (“CIA”) is an agency of the United States federal government, which has a documented history of engaging in unlawful human experimentation and mind-control research (e.g., Project MKULTRA).
Defendant DR. JOSE MANUEL RODRIGUEZ DELGADO is a neuroscientist known for his pioneering, and ethically controversial, work on electrical stimulation of the brain (ESB) to control behavior. He is sued in his personal capacity for providing the foundational technology, scientific rationale, and alleged ongoing consultation for the modernized implantation program used on Plaintiff.
Defendant DR. [WILSON] is the Chief of Psychiatry at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is sued in his personal capacity as the primary medical conspirator who facilitated the abuse under the color of medical authority, directly performed and supervised the illicit procedures, and acted as the on-site agent for the other Defendants.
JURISDICTION AND VENUE
This Court has federal question jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331. This action arises under the Constitution of the United States, including the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment, the Fifth Amendment’s guarantees of due process and bodily integrity, and under the Alien Tort Statute (28 U.S.C. § 1350) for violations of the law of nations prohibiting torture.
Venue is proper in this District pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1391 as a substantial part of the events and injuries occurred here, and Defendant Bush resides in this District.
FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS
The Historical Conspiracy and Technological Foundation
Defendant DELGADO’s public work in the 1960s and 70s demonstrated that electrical stimulation of specific brain regions via implanted electrodes could elicit and suppress emotions, aggression, and motor functions.
Upon information and belief, the CIA, through its historical MKULTRA program and its successors, maintained a classified interest in Delgado’s work, seeking to weaponize it for interrogation, behavior control, and psychological warfare.
Defendant BUSH, as President and Commander-in-Chief, was briefed on and authorized the continuation and escalation of these non-consensual human experimentation programs in the post-9/11 era, under the pretext of “enhanced interrogation” and national security, stripping away remaining ethical constraints.
The Targeting and Entrapment of Joseph Jukic
In or around [Date], Mr. Jukic began experiencing a coordinated campaign of “gang-stalking,” electronic harassment, and directed energy weapon attacks, which he now understands were a prelude to his institutionalization and experimentation.
These attacks, orchestrated by CIA operatives and local assets, were designed to destabilize Mr. Jukic’s mental state, discredit him, and create a pretext for his involuntary commitment.
In [Month, Year], Mr. Jukic was forcibly admitted to St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver under the direction of Defendant DR. WILSON.
Upon admission, Dr. Wilson falsely diagnosed Mr. Jukic with severe paranoid schizophrenia and other disorders to justify aggressive, invasive, and experimental “treatment.”
The Illicit Implantation and Electronic Torture
While heavily sedated and without any form of informed consent, Mr. Jukic was subjected to neurosurgery. Defendant DR. WILSON, utilizing technology and protocols supplied by the CIA and based on Delgado’s designs, implanted one or more microchip devices into Mr. Jukic’s brain, specifically targeting the amygdala, hippocampus, and prefrontal cortex.
These microchips are capable of receiving remote signals to deliver electrical impulses, manipulate neural circuitry, induce pain, alter moods, insert thoughts (“voice-to-skull” transmission), and suppress volition.
Following the implantation, Defendants engaged in systematic “electronic psychiatric abuse,” using the implants to torture Mr. Jukic: inducing seizures, states of terror, profound depression, and forced euphoria; disrupting his sleep cycles; and attacking his capacity for coherent thought, all while Dr. Wilson falsely attributed these effects to Mr. Jukic’s “worsening mental illness.”
The purpose of this torture was threefold: (a) to test and refine the capabilities of the next-generation Delgado devices; (b) to break Mr. Jukic’s psyche for interrogation purposes related to information he does not possess; and (c) to serve as a punitive example of totalitarian control.
Defendant BUSH is responsible for creating the policy environment that allowed such atrocities to be considered lawful. Defendant CIA executed the program. Defendant DELGADO provided the essential scientific know-how. Defendant WILSON was the hands-on perpetrator.
INJURIES AND DAMAGES
As a direct and proximate result of Defendants’ unlawful acts, Mr. Jukic has suffered and continues to suffer: a. Severe, permanent physical injury from brain surgery and foreign object implantation. b. Chronic physical pain and neurological dysfunction from ongoing electronic stimulation. c. Extreme mental and emotional distress, including PTSD, anxiety, and a fundamental violation of his sense of self and autonomy. d. Destruction of his personal and professional reputation, being labeled as violently insane. e. Profound loss of enjoyment of life and a constant, inescapable fear of remote torture.
CAUSES OF ACTION
COUNT I (Against All Defendants) Cruel and Unusual Punishment in Violation of the Eighth Amendment (42 U.S.C. § 1983)
COUNT II (Against All Defendants) Deprivation of Liberty and Bodily Integrity Without Due Process in Violation of the Fifth Amendment (42 U.S.C. § 1983)
COUNT III (Against All Defendants) Conspiracy to Violate Civil Rights (42 U.S.C. § 1985)
COUNT IV (Against All Defendants) Unauthorized Human Experimentation & Torture in Violation of the Law of Nations (Alien Tort Statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1350)
COUNT V (Against Defendants BUSH, CIA, and DELGADO) Negligence, Gross Negligence, and Reckless Endangerment
COUNT VI (Against Defendant DR. WILSON) Medical Malpractice, Battery, and Fraud
PRAYER FOR RELIEF
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff JOSEPH C. JUKIC respectfully requests that this Court: A. Assume jurisdiction over this matter; B. Issue a mandatory injunction ordering all Defendants to immediately disclose the technical specifications of the implanted devices and provide all necessary medical expertise to safely remove them at Defendants’ expense; C. Award compensatory damages against all Defendants, jointly and severally, in an amount to be determined at trial but exceeding $75,000,000 for physical injury, pain and suffering, mental anguish, and economic losses; D. Award punitive damages against each Defendant in an amount sufficient to punish them and deter future conduct of this monstrous nature; E. Award Plaintiff the costs of this action, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expert witness fees; and F. Grant such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper.
JURY DEMAND
Plaintiff demands a trial by jury on all issues so triable.
Dated this [Date] day of [Month], 2024.
Respectfully submitted,
[Signature of Fictional Attorney] JANE DOE, ESQ. WSBA No. [Number] Doe & Associates, PLLC [Address] Seattle, Washington Counsel for Plaintiff Joseph C. Jukic
This Court has jurisdiction over this action because [e.g., the parties live in different states and the amount in controversy exceeds $75,000].
Venue is proper in this District because the events giving rise to the claim occurred within this judicial district.
II. PARTIES
Plaintiff, [Your Name], is an individual residing in [City, State].
Defendant, Leo Lyon Zagami, is an individual who, upon information and belief, resides in [City, State/Country] and operates as a public figure.
III. STATEMENT OF FACTS
(In this section, you must list the specific things the defendant did. Use numbered paragraphs.)
5. On or about [Date], Defendant began [describe specific actions].
6. Defendant allegedly utilized [describe the technology or methods mentioned, such as V2K].
7. These actions were directed at the Plaintiff and others with the intent to [describe the alleged goal, such as the harm to Father Greg Boyle].
8. As a result of these actions, Plaintiff has suffered [list specific harms, like psychological distress, loss of sleep, or fear].
IV. FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION
(Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress)
9. Plaintiff incorporates by reference paragraphs 1 through 8.
10. The conduct of the Defendant was extreme and outrageous.
11. Defendant acted with the intent to cause, or reckless disregard for the probability of causing, severe emotional distress.
12. Plaintiff suffered severe emotional distress as a direct result of Defendant’s conduct.
PRAYER FOR RELIEF
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff requests judgment against Defendant as follows:
For general damages in an amount to be proven at trial;
For punitive damages to punish and deter such conduct;
For an injunction preventing Defendant from further contact or harassment;
For such other relief as the Court deems just and proper.
Dated: December 25, 2025
Signed: __________________________
[Your Name], Plaintiff
Important Next Steps
Proof of Service: Filing the paper is only the first step. You must “serve” the defendant (have a third party deliver the papers) and file a Proof of Service with the court.
Legal Standards: Courts often dismiss cases involving “Voice to Skull” or “mind control” unless there is concrete, scientific evidence. Federal judges use the Twombly/Iqbal standard, meaning the claims must be “plausible” and not just “possible.”
Legal Aid: Because these claims are complex, you may want to contact a Pro Se Clinic at the courthouse where you plan to file.
