The CIA’s MKULTRA program, a Cold War-era initiative, aimed to develop mind-control techniques through unethical experiments on unwitting human subjects, including the use of LSD, hypnosis, sensory deprivation and physical methods.

Over 1,200 declassified documents reveal the program’s disturbing scope, confirming its unethical practices and the CIA’s deliberate destruction of evidence in 1973, ordered by then-CIA Director Richard Helms and Sidney Gottlieb.

Experiments often targeted ordinary citizens, with federal narcotics agent George White conducting tests on unsuspecting individuals using LSD in CIA safehouses, justified as necessary for national security.

The CIA used prestigious institutions like Georgetown University Hospital as testing grounds, developing substances to induce illogical thinking, impulsiveness and reversible disease symptoms for deception purposes.

MKULTRA’s techniques influenced CIA interrogation practices globally, raising ongoing ethical questions about national security. The program’s revelations highlight the need for transparency, accountability and vigilance in intelligence operations.

The collection, titled “CIA and the Behavioral Sciences: Mind Control, Drug Experiments and MKULTRA,” includes records that survived a deliberate effort by the CIA to destroy evidence of the program. According to the National Security Archive, then-CIA Director Richard Helms and Sidney Gottlieb, head of the agency’s Technical Services Staff, ordered the destruction of most MKULTRA documents in 1973. However, the surviving records paint a chilling picture of the agency’s decades-long pursuit of mind-control capabilities.

One of the most alarming aspects of MKULTRA was its use of unwitting human subjects. Federal narcotics agent George White, operating under the alias “Morgan Hall,” conducted approximately 40 tests in CIA safehouses, dosing unsuspecting individuals with LSD to study its effects on behavior and interrogation techniques. These experiments, which often targeted ordinary citizens, were justified by Gottlieb and Helms as necessary for national security.

The documents also reveal that the CIA used philanthropic organizations and prestigious institutions as fronts for its experiments. Georgetown University Hospital, for instance, served as a testing ground for MKULTRA projects. A memo from the CIA’s Technical Services Staff details discussions between agency officials, including Director Allen Dulles, about the cost-effectiveness of using the hospital for such purposes. The memo lists various “materials and methods” under development, including substances designed to promote “illogical thinking and impulsiveness” and others capable of simulating reversible disease symptoms for deception purposes.

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