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By Katie Drummond May 11, 2010<o:p></o:p>
https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/05/chemical-concussions-and-secret-lsd-military-releases-cold-war-mind-control-report/ (https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/05/chemical-concussions-and-secret-lsd-military-releases-cold-war-mind-control-report/) <o:p></o:p>
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More than 30 years after it was written, the Pentagon has released a memorandum detailing its involvement in the CIA's infamous Cold War mind-control experiments. https://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/02-A-0846RELEASE.pdf (https://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/02-A-0846RELEASE.pdf) The 17-page document Programs conducted by the Department of Defense That Had CIA Sponsorship or Participation and That Involved the Administration to Human Subjects of Drugs Intended for Mind-Control or Behavior-Modification Purposes," was prepared in 1977 by the General Counsel of the Department of Defense and released on May 6 after a Freedom of Information Act request....
Take the origins of MK-ULTRA, the notorious CIA program that dosed thousands of unwitting participants with hallucinogenic drugs. Initially
funded by the Navy, the project set out to study the effects of brain
concussion. Soon after, scientists noted that a blow to the head
prompted amnesia, leading to the pursuit of a drug-based technique to
"induce brain concussion . without physical trauma." Shortly thereafter,
the project was transferred entirely to the CIA, because it involved
"human experiments…not easily justifiable on medical-therapeutic
grounds."
Other programs, described briefly focused on mind control. MK-NAOMI was after "severely incapacitating and lethal materials . [and] gadgetry for their dissemination, " and MK-CHICKWIT was designed to "identify new drug developments in Europe and <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on">Asia</st1:place>," and then "obtain samples."
Edgewood Laboratories, where many of the programs were carried out, is
also identified as having tested an incapacitating chemical on prisoners
and military personnel without the agency's approval. The drug, EA#3167, was "applied to the skin" of subjects using an adhesive tape.
Another program, MK-OFTEN, started as a study on dopamine. But the scope was soon expanded to evaluate ibogaine, a hallucinogen, and then several more drugs, in hopes of creating "new pharmacologically active drugs affecting the central nervous system [to] modify men's behavior."
And the Navy is reported to have "obtained heroin and marijuana" in an
effort to develop speech-inducing drugs for use on defectors and
prisoners of war. The drugs were eventually tested on 14 people: six
volunteer research assistants, and eight unwitting Soviet defectors.
The report pins most of the nefarious activities on CIA-funded
scientists. But that's hardly the verdict of subsequent government
documents, like a 1994 report from the U.S General Accounting Office. In
that report, Pentagon officials are said to have "worked directly with
the CIA" and dosed "thousands" of military subjects with LSD and other
drugs. Eyewitness accounts, like that of psychiatrist James Ketchum,
describe outlandish Army efforts at creating hallucinogenic weapons in
conjunction with MK-ULTRA.
And the Pentagon's had plenty of experience in out-there mind control,
even without CIA involvement. Troops have been dosed with LSD and
cannabis oil, and Pentagon officials were reportedly toying with the
idea of psychic spies as recently as 2007.
Not surprisingly, the released report also doesn't address darker
questions that persist about the specifics of the CIA projects. Last
year, a group of vets sued the agency for illnesses and trauma caused by
the "diabolical and secret [MK-ULTRA] testing program," which they
allege included experiments with nerve gas, psychochemicals, and brain
implants.<o:p></o:p>
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By Katie Drummond May 11, 2010<o:p></o:p>
https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/05/chemical-concussions-and-secret-lsd-military-releases-cold-war-mind-control-report/ (https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/05/chemical-concussions-and-secret-lsd-military-releases-cold-war-mind-control-report/) <o:p></o:p>
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More than 30 years after it was written, the Pentagon has released a memorandum detailing its involvement in the CIA's infamous Cold War mind-control experiments. https://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/02-A-0846RELEASE.pdf (https://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/02-A-0846RELEASE.pdf) The 17-page document Programs conducted by the Department of Defense That Had CIA Sponsorship or Participation and That Involved the Administration to Human Subjects of Drugs Intended for Mind-Control or Behavior-Modification Purposes," was prepared in 1977 by the General Counsel of the Department of Defense and released on May 6 after a Freedom of Information Act request....
Take the origins of MK-ULTRA, the notorious CIA program that dosed thousands of unwitting participants with hallucinogenic drugs. Initially
funded by the Navy, the project set out to study the effects of brain
concussion. Soon after, scientists noted that a blow to the head
prompted amnesia, leading to the pursuit of a drug-based technique to
"induce brain concussion . without physical trauma." Shortly thereafter,
the project was transferred entirely to the CIA, because it involved
"human experiments…not easily justifiable on medical-therapeutic
grounds."
Other programs, described briefly focused on mind control. MK-NAOMI was after "severely incapacitating and lethal materials . [and] gadgetry for their dissemination, " and MK-CHICKWIT was designed to "identify new drug developments in Europe and <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on">Asia</st1:place>," and then "obtain samples."
Edgewood Laboratories, where many of the programs were carried out, is
also identified as having tested an incapacitating chemical on prisoners
and military personnel without the agency's approval. The drug, EA#3167, was "applied to the skin" of subjects using an adhesive tape.
Another program, MK-OFTEN, started as a study on dopamine. But the scope was soon expanded to evaluate ibogaine, a hallucinogen, and then several more drugs, in hopes of creating "new pharmacologically active drugs affecting the central nervous system [to] modify men's behavior."
And the Navy is reported to have "obtained heroin and marijuana" in an
effort to develop speech-inducing drugs for use on defectors and
prisoners of war. The drugs were eventually tested on 14 people: six
volunteer research assistants, and eight unwitting Soviet defectors.
The report pins most of the nefarious activities on CIA-funded
scientists. But that's hardly the verdict of subsequent government
documents, like a 1994 report from the U.S General Accounting Office. In
that report, Pentagon officials are said to have "worked directly with
the CIA" and dosed "thousands" of military subjects with LSD and other
drugs. Eyewitness accounts, like that of psychiatrist James Ketchum,
describe outlandish Army efforts at creating hallucinogenic weapons in
conjunction with MK-ULTRA.
And the Pentagon's had plenty of experience in out-there mind control,
even without CIA involvement. Troops have been dosed with LSD and
cannabis oil, and Pentagon officials were reportedly toying with the
idea of psychic spies as recently as 2007.
Not surprisingly, the released report also doesn't address darker
questions that persist about the specifics of the CIA projects. Last
year, a group of vets sued the agency for illnesses and trauma caused by
the "diabolical and secret [MK-ULTRA] testing program," which they
allege included experiments with nerve gas, psychochemicals, and brain
implants.<o:p></o:p>