If you have searched the words voice to skull, electronic harassment, or targeted individual
at three in the morning, you already know two things. You know how alone it feels. And you know how quickly the world reaches for a label instead of a question.
I am Attorney Michael Benavides. I am not here to label you. I am here to listen, to tell you the truth as I understand it, and to fight — in the places where the law actually has leverage — for people the system has been content to ignore.
You are not a footnote — you are a population
This is not a handful of people. The New York Times
has reported that more than 10,000 people in the United States self-identify as targeted individuals. Advocacy organizations such as Targeted Justice
estimate the number is far higher — on the order of 170,000 in the U.S. and more than a million worldwide. Whatever the precise figure, one fact is beyond dispute: a very large number of human beings are describing similar experiences, in similar language, and finding similar silence when they ask for help.
A community that size is not a punchline. It is a constituency. And constituencies deserve representation.
The respect of honesty
I am going to do something that is rare in this space: I am going to be honest with you in both directions.
First, the part you may not always hear from advocates: there is real scientific and medical debate here. Many clinicians attribute these experiences to medical or psychiatric causes, and ruling those causes in or out is not an insult — it is self-defense. A person who has documented a full medical and neurological work-up is a person no opposing lawyer, insurer, or agency can wave away. Getting checked is not surrender. It is armor. I will never tell you that you are imagining your suffering; your suffering is real. I will tell you that building an unshakeable record means leaving no innocent explanation unexamined first.
Second, the part the skeptics conveniently skip: the underlying science is not science fiction. The Frey microwave-auditory effect
— the ability of pulsed microwaves to create perceived sound inside the head — has been peer-reviewed since 1961. The U.S. government has run documented directed-energy programs. In 2026, it was confirmed that the Pentagon purchased a suspected Havana-syndrome device
through an undercover operation and tested it. "That technology cannot possibly exist" is no longer an honest answer. The category is real. The honest questions are about evidence and attribution in any individual
case — not about whether the field exists.
Holding both of those truths at once is not weakness. It is the only position credible enough to actually win something.
Where the law can actually help you
Belief is not a cause of action. Evidence is. Here is where an attorney can do real work:
Neural-rights legislation is moving — right now.
Colorado and Montana enacted laws protecting neural data; Nevada and other states are advancing similar measures. This is the most promising frontier in the country for the targeted-individual community, and it is policy — where advocacy changes the rules for everyone, not just one plaintiff.
FCC enforcement (47 U.S.C. 333)
addresses willful interference and unauthorized transmissions — a real, low-cost channel when you can document an actual signal.
Stalking and computer-crime statutes (18 U.S.C. 2261A; California Penal Code 646.9 and 502; state equivalents) apply when there is an identifiable person engaged in a course of conduct.
Evidence done right.
Acoustic phone apps cannot measure radio-frequency energy — different physics. Credible RF evidence requires proper equipment (software-defined radio), source attribution, and chain of custody. Building it correctly is the difference between a file that gets dismissed and one that gets taken seriously.
My promise to you
I will treat you with dignity. I will not mock you, and I will not lie to you to keep you hopeful. I will tell you when a path is strong, when it is weak, and when the most powerful thing you can do is protect your health first so that no one can ever use it against you. And where there is a real legal or legislative lever — neural rights, interference law, an identifiable bad actor — I will pull it as hard as anyone in this country.
The targeted-individual community has spent years being told to be quiet. I think it is time someone with a bar card stood up and said: I hear you, the science is real, the law is catching up, and you are not alone.
If that is the voice you have been looking for, you have found it.
Law Offices of Michael Benavides | V2K Defense Law Desk | 707-362-4166 | mike.benavides@hotmail.com | attorneymichaelbenavides.com
This article is general information, not legal or medical advice, and does not create an attorney-client relationship. If you are in crisis or thinking about harming yourself, please reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (call or text 988) — reaching for support is a sign of strength, not surrender.
