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Recently declassified documents reveal the disturbing extent of the CIA’s MKUltra program, which subjected unsuspecting Americans to drugging, torture, and mind control experiments during the Cold War.
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Newly declassified files from the National Security Agency (NSA) have shed light on the chilling scope of the CIA’s infamous MKUltra program, a covert series of mind control experiments conducted between 1953 and 1964. The release of these documents has reignited scrutiny over one of the darkest chapters in U.S. intelligence history.
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On December 23, the NSA declassified 20 documents totaling over 1,200 pages, revealing that the CIA conducted 144 projects involving psychological torture, sensory manipulation, and drug experiments. These initiatives, spearheaded by CIA Deputy Director Allen Dulles, were justified as countermeasures to perceived threats from Soviet and Chinese psychological warfare programs.
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The experiments targeted a wide range of subjects, including prisoners, mental health patients, and even ordinary civilians, often without their knowledge or consent. According to the Daily Mail, participants were subjected to LSD, electroshock therapy, induced sleep, and “psychic driving,” a method of repetitive pre-recorded messages designed to reprogram minds.
One haunting account comes from notorious crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger, who was used as a test subject in 1957 while imprisoned. Bulger described experiencing paranoia, hallucinations, and violent episodes during the experiments. “The room would change shape. Hours of paranoia and feeling violent. We experienced horrible periods of living nightmares and even blood coming out of the walls,” he wrote.
The CIA’s Technical Services Section (TSS) Chemical Division worked on materials aimed at producing various effects, such as:
- Substances to induce illogical thinking.
- Materials to enhance hypnosis or produce amnesia.
- Drugs to create physical disablement or personality changes.
- A “knockout pill” for covert operations.
A particularly controversial operation under MKUltra was Operation Midnight Climax, where CIA-run safehouses in San Francisco and New York employed prostitutes to lure clients who were secretly dosed with LSD. Their behavior was observed from behind one-way mirrors, adding another layer of ethical violations to the program.
In 1973, amid mounting public distrust post-Watergate, CIA Director Richard Helms ordered most MKUltra records destroyed. However, some documents survived, leading to explosive revelations during the Church Committee hearings in 1975. These hearings exposed the breadth of CIA misconduct and spurred the creation of congressional oversight committees.
The National Security Archive called MKUltra a “terrifying” program, comparing the experiments to those conducted by Nazi doctors tried at Nuremberg. The newly released files reaffirm the agency’s disregard for ethics and human rights during the Cold War, leaving an indelible stain on the history of U.S. intelligence operations.
