A deposition, a fake BBC, and "his own Cicada"
In one lineUnder oath in 2015 the Cicada claimant says he posts puzzles on 4chan; months later a fake BBC page appears to back him up.
2015 is the year Schoenberger has to answer questions under oath, and the year he starts building counterfeit journalism. The two things happen within months of each other, and the deposition is the reason we can date the rest of it.
Flynn receives the William Casey intelligence award
Awarded within the peace-institute circuit. The credential later gets carried into rooms where nobody checks who issued it.
The television show that was going to be called "3301"
Under oath he describes a television project with Michael Levine called 3301. He runs North Bay Entertainment as a DBA; clients include Silverado Country Club, Meadowood Resort and Auberge du Soleil.
- Once hired Tyra Banks for a Hitachi party
- Levine's number given as (310) 455-4455; they email daily
- Audited courses at Berkeley for two and a half years
- Supported financially by Ms. Barrett, who runs a chia-seed company
- Former agent Roger Miller, since replaced
show = "3301"
partner = Michael Levine
channel = "Sophia Musik" // a YouTube handle, not a person
co-creator = Richard Lech
funding = Ms. Barrett (chia seeds)
The fake BBC site
He stands up a counterfeit BBC website discussing Cicada 3301. The same site pushes Iranian propaganda and attacks the people closest to solving the real puzzle. Two years before Q, the method is already complete: fabricate the outlet, borrow its authority, and use it to discredit anyone with actual standing.
The true story of Q according to Thomas Schoenberger
Aug 14, 2026 · 2:44 · YouTube ↗
A recording first posted on the Sophia Musik channel (since removed; soundtrack replaced). It is a dispute over credit, not a denial.
Oasis, Warren Zide, and puzzles on 4chan
The 4chan admission is the load-bearing line in the whole deposition. It is sworn, dated, and it sits twenty-two months before the first Q post.
"Cicada 25:30" and the gHOST3301 identification
In early 2016 Schoenberger begins publishing his own puzzles under the name Cicada 25:30. In May 2019, gHOST3301 — one of the original creators — states in a recorded interview that Schoenberger is the force behind the counterfeit Cicada puzzles. gHOST3301's account: Schoenberger was not an original member, had some peripheral involvement, then co-opted the movement and moved for the trademark — because a faceless organization gave him room to assert rights to a film adaptation.
ref → therealsamizdat.com/2019/08/30/cicada-files-ghost3301-interview
"Don't mess with Mike Flynn"
actionable intelligence.
Calls Flynn "the professionals' professional."
Message to the Clinton camp: don't mess with Mike Flynn.
// "the shadow of a military coup hangs over every government without a soldier as president"
// "the last three presidents abused the military for personal ends"
Jerry Boykin and Mike Flynn
torpedo the people's candidate?"
// pieczenik.blogspot.com/search?q=flynn
February 2016. Eight months before the election, twenty months before Q. The apocalyptic frame and the Flynn hagiography are already fully formed and in public.
Flynn joins Brainwave Science — brain fingerprinting, and a KGB conviction
The company
Brainwave Science markets patented brain fingerprinting for national security, counterterrorism, border control, human and drug trafficking, and immigration enforcement. The release announces Flynn — retired lieutenant general, former DIA director — joining its advisory board.
The red flag
A co-chair and co-founder is Subrahmanyam Kota, who in 1986 admitted selling US biological weapons technology to the KGB.