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What Both Sides Get Wrong
MKUltra conspiracy theorists say the CIA achieved mind control. Skeptics say the program was a failed sideshow. Both readings miss the documented record.
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The Architecture of Exposure
Seymour Hersh, the Church Committee, a filing error in Warrenton, and the line from MKUltra to Abu Ghraib. How a secret program was uncovered — and what survived the uncovering.
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The Fall from Room 1018A
Frank Olson was dosed with LSD by his CIA supervisor. Nine days later he went through a closed hotel window. In 1994, forensic evidence suggested homicide. In 2013, a judge wrote that the murder claims were supported by the public record.
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What They Did to People
LSD given to prisoners for 77 consecutive days. Electroshock at 40 times normal power. Brothels with one-way mirrors. Drug-induced comas lasting months. The documented experiments of MKUltra.
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The Documents That Survived
In 1973, the CIA destroyed almost everything about MKUltra. What we know comes from 20,000 pages that were misfiled in a financial records building. This is what those pages say.