From the January 1998 Issue of "The Free American" magazine. Highway 380 Box
2943 Bingham, New Mexico PZ 87832  Subscriptions are $30.00 for 12 Issues.

TERRY COOK'S VENDETTA

What started out as a disagreement between friends, has escalated into a major
scandal within the Patriot Movement. Terry Cook, author of "The Mark of the New
World Order" has carried a vendetta against his old "friends" Pastor Del Bock
and Texe Marrs, author of over 30 books, researcher and radio broadcaster, to
new heights. Cook filed a lawsuit against his old "friends", Pastor Del Bock
because he believed that Del Bock had cheated him out of some of his profits.

When Texe Marrs refused to continue carrying Cook's tapes and book, Cook
retaliated by turning Marrs AND Del Bock into the IRS and FBI. He also faxed
hundreds of pages of non-related material regarding Marrs' personal life to
individuals and magazines such as the Free American.

Marrs released that information, accompanied by the actual letters from Cook's
lawyer. The resulting uproar and outrage expressed by Marrs' readers and fans,
has resulted in the cancellation of some of Cook's speaking engagements.

Intent on revenge for what he considered slights against him personally, Cook
embarked on a destructive course of vengeance against the two men that helped
him get his start in the patriot movement.

It began years ago after Cook gave a lecture at Pastor Del Bock's church in
Indianapolis.  Impressed with Cook's research and voluminous information on the
ID cards and implants, Del Bock borrowed money from his parishioners, mortgaged
his house, hired a ghost-writer/editor, bought video equipment and spent over
forty thousand dollars having Cook's first book printed and started marketing
his videos also.

Texe Marrs, one of the most prolific and successful writers in the patriot
movement and beyond, (Simon and Schuster publish his computer books) bought
over four thousand of the videos.

The business arrangement between Cook and Del Bock was done in traditional and
trusting Christian fashion, with little more than a handshake to cement the
percentages to be paid to each party.
"I may have been a little naive." Del Bock admits.

Cook continued his lectures at Christian churches around the country, while
Bock made improvements on his office and church to handle the increased sales,
which, by the time the arrangement fell apart, was in the neighborhood of
$250,000 to $300,000.
Somewhere in this time period, Don McAlvany's organization sent Cook an article
about L.U.C.I.D. in the July/August 1994 issue of the NARC OFFICER written by
Jean-Paul Creusat, the project designer. This system, an international data
base designed to thwart international drug traffickers, also paints a dark
future for individual privacy.

Both Cook and Marrs latched onto the significance of this.  Cook says he sent
Marrs the article. A bare mention of L.U.C.I.D. is included in the latest
edition of Cook's Mark of the New World Order, copyrighted 1996. Cook states at
the end of a three paragraph section on L.U.C.I.D. 2000, beginning on page 294
and ending with,... "it is very early in my research into this new system. For
example, no matter who I have contacted, I have yet to locate anyone who can
tell me what the letters in the acronym L.U.C.I.D. 2000 actually represent. I
am pursuing this diligently and will publish a book on the subject in the near
future, exposing as much as I am able to cover."

Cook was not quick enough to follow up on the subject.  Texe Marrs beat him to
it, publishing "Project L.U.C.I.D." in 1996 also, two months prior to the
publishing of Cook's "Mark of the New World Order".

It is notable that before the Cook/Marrs falling out, Cook praised Marrs' book
this letter was sent on Second Coming Ministries, Inc. stationary.

September 17, 1996
Texe Marrs
Living Truth Ministries

Dear Texe:
     Thanks for sending me three complimentary copies of your new book, PROJECT
LUCID. I just finished reading it today. Excellent job, guy! Good research;
good lay-out; sharp cover; great impact. I'm glad I was able to help you with
some of the material that went into it. I enjoy helping you do this for I
desire to serve the Lord by helping ministries like yours get this kind of
information out. Thanks for mentioning my name, Texe, I appreciate that
tremendously.
     While reading your book, it occurred to me that my video The Mark Of The
New World Order would tie in beautifully with everything you said in PROJECT
L.U.C.I.D. I really think it could fit in perfectly with it, Texe. Therefore
would you please consider helping me sell about five to ten thousand copies of
this tape through your ministry? I sure need the financial help right now.
brother! Sellling that many tapes through your ministry would surely be a
blessing to me at this point and time! I'm experiencing cash-flow difficulties,
and would sure appreciate your business.
     I've enclosed two copies of the tape for your consideration..It has been
slightly re-edited and improved upon. I've also redesigned the jacket so that
it is much more attractive and appealing.. I thin kit will be a hot seller
right alongside your L.U.C.I.D. boo, Texe. You can order them directly from me
at any time.
      Thanks again. I shall look forward to hearing from you soon.

Sincerely your good friend
Terry Cook

Texe Marrs, aware of the turmoil between Cook and Del Bock, declined to do
business with Cook. In his newsletter, "Flashpoint, In a column entitled,
"Please Pray for Terry Cook", Marrs gave his reasons.

Marrs disapproved of Terry's use of a ghostwriter, Annette Bradley. Del Bock,
says he had paid Bradley approximately $10,000 to edit the book for Cook.
Marrs did not like Cook's choice of Peter Lalonde to write his foreward. Cook
had complained to Texe that he had sent research material to men like Lalonde,
Jack Van Impe, J.R. Church and Hal Lindsey who had not given him the proper
credit for "his information".

After Texe had turned down Cook, one of his staffers was "publicly accosted" by
Cook at the '96 Denver Preparedness Expo. According to Marrs, "As onlookers
gazed at the spectacle, an out of control Cook raged at this embarrassed lady,
complaining that Texe Marrs had not been helping him sell his books and videos.
Cook also claimed that we had not given him credit for an article he sent for
Texe's new book, "Project L.U.C.I.D.'"  In fact, Cook is given prominent praise
in Marrs' book.

Any semblance of friendship between the two men evaporated. Terry went into a
frenzy, determined to make Texe Marrs pay for what Cook felt was arrogance.    
   Marrs wrote; "We are extremely sorrowful for this ongoing deterioration in
the life of Terry Cook. At one time, Terry graciously informed public audiences
that it was Texe Marrs' ground breaking book on biochips and other end-times
technologies, 'Mega Forces", that first inspired Cook to begin his own work in
this area.
     In light of Terry Cook's ghostwritten book, his endorsement of false
teachers, and what we consider as avarice and greed unbecoming a Christian
teacher, we cannot recommend his work. We do wish him well and appeal to our
friends to pray for Terry Cook, that our lord will convict him and change his
hear."

Cook did not take it well. In one bizarre communication, Cook marked up one of
Marrs' newsletters with such various, handwritten statements as; "You pious
sounding phony! How do you sleep at night? Don't you have a conscience? Marrs,
if you are any kind of man at all, you'll admit you are a liar in your
newsletter. Why don't you get out of the ministry and spare all of the world
this kind of garbage."

Cook became obsessed with the amount of property Marrs owned, telling this
reporter about how many homes Marrs owned that were over 4000 square feet and
complaining that he (Cook) was living in a rented home in Oregon. Cook obtained
DMV records showing how many cars Marrs owned and faxed them to me along with
an old lawsuit that someone had filed against an organization and had tacked on
Marrs name much in the same manner that Cook tacked on the name of Del Bock's
secretary and Lamar Hardy on to his.
Cook's vengeful nature became quite obvious when he sued Del Bock. He ordered
the process server to accost Pastor Del Bock WHILE he was in the pulpit. The
plan was foiled when Del Bock caught the man trespassing on his property before
services started. Cook also contacted many of Del Bock's parishioners had made
malicious statements to them regarding Del Bock. When Del Bock and his wife
lost a child due to medical complications, Cook told his church members that
they had aborted the baby.

Cook used an Indianapolis attorney, Craig Capehart, to use Bock.  He also
sicced Capehart on Stan Johnson, of the Prophecy Club, in an attempt to get
royalties from a tape sold containing one of cook's lectures at the Prophecy
Club.
                  Marrs was next.

Capheart's first letter on December 29, was semi-cordial, complaining about the
article. A letter by Capehart date January 21, 1997, was an obvious attempt to
determine Marrs' financial resources by using the IRS code concerning 501 c (3)
corporations to demand copies of the ministries tax returns.
When Marrs refused to cooperate, on February 14, 1997, Capehart informed Marrs
that Cook had hired a private investigator, Austin Detectives.  That agency was
also unsuccessful in obtaining the tax form from Texe.

On February 28, 1997, Capehart ordered Marrs to cease reproduction, marketing,
sale and distribution of the book, "Project LUCID" for nebulous trademark
infringements even though Marrs had published his book two months BEFORE Cook.
Keep in mind that the original information on L.U.C.I.D. came from another
source, "The NARC Officer". It was NEVER Cook's proprietary information.

On June 25, 1997, Cook sent a 12 page letter to Mr. Daniel Bird, Manager, Group
7221, Department of the Treasury, IRS, confirming the contact that he had made
two weeks earlier. The report encouraged the IRS to investigate Texe Marrs and
his ministry and urged them to revoke his tax exempt status.  Cook referred to
Marrs' organization as using "anti-government cult-like, right-wing, extremist
dogma."

A cover letter (June 24) to Daniel Bird, from Capehart, laid claim for his
client (Terry Cook) to any available "reward, award, informant's fee, or the
like that is or may be authorized by 26 USC 7623 or other statute, regulation,
or rule..." that might result from their investigations.

Capehart followed up with a letter to Ben Bourgeois, Special Agent with the
FBI, on July 25, 1997 supporting Cook's request that the FBI investigate Marrs
also. The FBI contacted Marrs to inform him of the request and to tell him they
had no basis on which to investigate him.
Texe Marrs responded to these attacks, rather mildly, I thought, by putting out
a letter with a condensed version of the above story. The news quickly hit the
internet with the headlines. "Terry Cook, government informant".

At this stage, I had to talk to Cook. He returned my call a few days before
Thanksgiving. His fax machine was filled with questions and letters of outrage.
He was extremely defensive and referred to me many times in the two hour
conversation as "his friend". Considering what he did to his other "Friends",
this made me slightly uncomfortable.

He continually reminded me that we had broken bread together and used the term,
"You know me!" often. He kept trying to tell me that I knew him better than
Texe Marrs. Finally, I reminded him that I had known Texe longer and done more
business with Texe than I had him, even though Texe and I have not met in
person. I have many friends with whom I've done business over the past that I
have not met in the flesh.

There was no remorse about any of his actions toward Pastor Del Bock and his
ministry. He claimed that the lawsuit had been settled but that he could not
discuss it, this being a provision of the settlement. But toward Texe Marrs, he
expressed nothing but pure, unadulterated, venomous hatred.

When I asked him why he had turned information over to the IRS, he explained it
was his civic duty to report anyone abusing their tax exempt status. He also
defended his demands for Texe's financial records. "It's his obligation as a
501 c (3) organization to provide that information to anyone who demands it,"
he said.

"You mean that I could demand to see Billy Graham's records?" I asked.  That's
right," He said.

I asked him to fax me over that particular rule. He never did.

Terry was petulant with me. "I can tell you are going to take Texe's side of
this. I can tell from your voice."

"I can tell you that I don't like the idea of turning anyone in to the IRS or
the FBI." I told him frankly.

Each statement that diverged from Terry's point of view, every mention of Texe
Marrs, released a stream of profanity unbecoming a "minister" but totally in
character with a cop, which Terry brags of being in his early days with the Los
Angeles County Sheriff's Department. He bragged that he was the one who
arrested Charles Manson.

In Texe, Terry had found the source of every rejection, disappointment and
betrayal in his life. That translated into hatred, not only for Texe but for
anyone who might possibly listen to Texe's lies about Terry.
What lies?

"I'm not an informer. I never turned in anyone else in the Patriot Movement!
Just Texe!" That was a lie. Cook turned in Del Bock also. He did not say just
how many people you had to turn in to qualify for the title, informer.

By this time, I believe Terry had convinced himself that Texe had stolen both
his livelihood and his work.  The envy of Marrs' success, achieved long before
Terry Cook came onto the scene, was like a cancer, growing ever larger in his
mind, causing more and more aberrant behavior. The seed of rejection that was
the cause, was magnified far out of proportion to the truth. The hate had even
affected his wife, Cathy, who, at one point, took the phone from Terry to
inform me in the same, colorful language, what a fat, slimy liar Texe Marrs was
and how she was sick and tired of putting up with his harassment.

Harassment? Who was harassing who? The stack on my desk of nasty letters from
Cook and his attorney that had been sent to Texe Marrs far outweighed the two
public letters sent by Texe Marrs in both volume and viciousness.

Terry snatched the phone back and began to plead with me for my cooperation.
"You don't know Texe.  You never met Texe.  You KNOW me. We're friends." he
whined repeatedly.

"Terry, when I am working on a story, I don't have friends." I informed him,
"Don't you think you might have made a bad PR decision to attack Texe like
this? Did you think that he would just sit there and take it without defending
himself? Did you think he was just going to roll over and let you continue to
insult and harass him?"

Admonishing me, he said, "Listen, Clay. For the third time...."

My patience was also wearing thin. I had told him I would keep the language he
had used in reference to Texe out of my story. Not all of it was directed at
Texe. I reminded him, "I heard you the first time, Terry. I don't need to hear
it for the third time. Would you like for me to read it all back to you? How
about this statement, "If these stupid, fucking patriots believe that fat son
of a bitch....'"

It finally dawned on him that he was talking to a reporter. Shortly after that,
he made some remark about dope smoking, coke snorting freaks who thought they
were reporters.  I asked just who he was referring to. He would not say.
Couldn't be me, I thought, I haven't done a line since I found out the CIA was
making all of the money on it.

Angrily, Terry continued. "If you are going to tell the story so that I look
bad, you don't have my permission to use this conversation.  Everyone is afraid
of Texe Marrs"

I informed him, "First of all, Terry, when I get through telling the story,
neither you, nor Texe, nor Del Bock, will be able to read the story and find
anything that isn't true. Second, I didn't start this, you did.  You are the
one that bragged to me how you were going to teach Texe a lesson.  Third, I
don't need your permission to use this conversation.  I called to get your side
of the story, you returned that call.  Fourth, I'm not afraid of any man on
God's earth. Not Texe Marrs and certainly not you. So, don't threaten me."

"I didn't threaten you!" he retorted, a little subdued.

That night, after 1:00 AM, I got a call from Cook. "I've talked to Angie
Carlson and she's agreed to relay the message to Texe for me. I just want to
call a truce. I'm dropping the lawsuit against Del Bock and calling off the IRS
and FBI."

The next day, Pastor Del Bock was on my radio show.  At 3:00 on Wednesday,
November 26, the lawsuit had not been dropped and Bock had not heard from Cook
or his attorney. Angie had talked with Texe but there was no confirmation from
Terry Cook. Neither was my invitation to be a guest on my next program accepted
by Cook. There he would have had a chance to tell his side of the story.

Cook's speaking engagement with Jack McLamb in Meridian, Mississippi, was
abruptly canceled.  This is just the beginning of a wave of rebukes from the
patriot community. Cook should not be surprised.

It is disturbing to see someone with all of Cook's talent, charm and charisma,
consumed by hate, hypocrisy, envy and greed. Often things do not work out as we
planned them.  Advertisers sometimes don't advertise, subscribers don't renew,
book stores don't reorder. In spite of it all, there is no gain in hate, merely
a call to work harder. Though most often an unfortunate human trait, the
success of another should really be no reason for envy. Since the dawn of human
experience, we know that money is only a small part of happiness. It is not
Texe Marrs that threatens to ruin Terry Cook's life, but the Dark Side. It is
as if an evil force has a grip firmly planted on his heart.

All Terry Cook really has to do is swallow his pride and apologize, to be
welcomed back, warily perhaps, at first, by the Christian community. Honest
Christians, of which there are many, will find it in their hearts to forgive
Terry, if he is sincere.

The more secular patriots may be a little more reluctant to forgive and forget.

Clayton R. Douglas