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A newly published collection of CIA documents sheds light on the controversial MKULTRA mind-control experiments, revealing the agency’s efforts to manipulate human behavior using drugs, hypnosis, and psychological tactics.
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A trove of over 1,200 documents detailing the CIA’s infamous MKULTRA mind-control program was published on Monday by the National Security Archive and ProQuest, offering new insights into the agency’s covert behavioral experiments during the mid-20th century. The release comes 50 years after investigative journalist Seymour Hersh exposed the program’s abuses in The New York Times.
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The National Security Archive notes that MKULTRA’s primary goal was to explore and exploit methods of controlling human behavior. Key elements of the program included the use of drugs, including LSD provided by Eli Lilly & Company, hypnosis, and other psychological techniques. Much of the program’s documentation was destroyed in 1973 by then-CIA Director Richard Helms and Sidney Gottlieb, head of the Technical Services Division.
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Surviving Documents and Findings
The surviving records, compiled from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and other sources, offer disturbing insights into MKULTRA’s scope. One document from 1950 reveals the early Project BLUEBIRD, where interrogators were authorized to use polygraphs, drugs, and hypnotism to refine interrogation methods (Document Two).
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Project ARTICHOKE, another precursor to MKULTRA, focused on drugging and hypnotizing individuals to extract information or alter behavior. A 1950 memorandum reveals how suspected Russian agents were subjected to these tactics under the guise of national security.
