Darkness Of The World (Encyclopedia)

Project MKultra (CIA Mind Control)

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Article 1- About MKULTRA

Article 2- From Wikipedia

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When the extent of the U.S. government's was revealed this past summer, many were surprised and outraged: how could a government which so prizes liberty of its citizens covertly collect data on its own people?

Yet, sadly, this is not the first time Uncle Sam, without permission or notice, secretly gathered information on its people and wasn't even close to the greatest atrocity. For that, there are numerous other examples . (Despite this, the program continued for some time, though it was hotly debated in Congress when the death tolls started rolling in.)

One other such "interesting" program, was from 1953 to 1964, when the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) conducted dozens of experiments on the effects of biological and chemical agents on American citizens without their knowledge in Project MKUltra. These covert tests included subjecting the unwitting subjects to hallucinogenic drugs and other chemicals, among other things.

It is difficult to find official documents about this program; however, in 1976 and 1977, the U.S. Senate conducted investigations and even held a joint committee hearing on Project MKUltra, then published much of what was discovered; you will not believe what they found out.

MKULtra's Purpose

According to the , the project was intended to "develop a capability in the covert use of biological and chemical materials." The motivation was also defensive, in that many were afraid during the Cold War that the Russians and Chinese had already developed weapons in this area. As the project's proponents noted:

The development of a comprehensive capability in this field of covert chemical and biological warfare gives us a thorough knowledge of the enemy's theoretical potential, thus enabling us to defend ourselves against a foe who might not be as restrained in the use of these techniques as we are.

Officially authorized in 1953, by 1955, project creep had expanded the CIA's authority under MKUltra to include the following:

Discovery of the following materials and methods [including those]:

which will promote the intoxicating affect of alcohol;which will render the induction of hypnosis easier or otherwise enhance its usefulness;which will enhance the ability of individuals to withstand privation, torture and coercion during interrogation and so called "brain-washing;"which will produce amnesia for events preceding and during their use;[which will produce] shock and confusion over extended periods of time and capable of surreptitious use; andwhich will produce physical disablement such as paralysis of the legs, acute anemia, etc.

LSD experiments

Senator Edward Kennedy dominated the hearing. In his opening remarks, he noted there was:

an "extensive testing and experimentation" program which included covert drug tests on unwitting citizens "at all social levels, high and low, native Americans and foreign." Several of these tests involved the administration of LSD to "unwitting subjects in social situations."

For many of these drug tests, especially early on, there were "no medical personnel on hand either to administer the drugs or observe their effects." Often, the randomly selected subjects had "become ill for hours or days, including hospitalization in at least one case."

Even more troubling, , but that did not stop the CIA from continuing their experimentation:

The deaths of two Americans can be attributed to these programs; other participants in the testing programs may still suffer from the residual effects. . . . The fact that they were continued for years after the danger of surreptitious administration of LSD to unwitting individuals was known, demonstrate fundamental disregard for the value of human life.