Name: TRUTH FILES | Inside Project MKUltra: CIA's Dark Mind Control Program (Now Declassified)
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Over 60 years ago, the CIA conducted horrifying experiments on unsuspecting American citizens using mind-controlled drugs and torture.

Now, declassified records expose the terrifying truth about MKULTRA, a program aimed at controlling the human mind.

Discover the shocking untold story of MKULTRA, the dark chapter the CIA tried to erase, but couldn't.

More than 60 years ago, the CIA conducted some of the most disturbing and unethical experiments on American citizens, experiments that involved mind control, drugs, and psychological torture.

And now, declassified documents shed light on this dark chapter of history.

The 1,200-page collection reveals how the CIA used techniques like induced sleep, electroshocks, and psychic driving to reprogram subjects including criminals, patients, and soldiers, often without their knowledge.

Many endured weeks of psychological torture and drugging.

From 1953 to 1964, the CIA's MKULTRA program conducted over 144 secret projects aimed at developing methods to manipulate human behavior.

To break people mentally, to force confessions, and to gain control over their minds.

Through the use of induced sleep, electroshocks, and a technique called psychic driving, the CIA subjected individuals to weeks or even months of psychological torture.

These tests were designed to reprogram their minds, often leaving them broken and damaged.

Some subjects were criminals, mental patients, and drug addicts.

But even ordinary citizens, soldiers, and CIA operatives themselves were unwittingly dragged into the experiments.

One infamous example is James Whitey Bulger, a notorious gangster who was used as a test subject while incarcerated at the Atlanta Penitentiary.

Bulger described terrifying hallucinations, blood coming out of the walls, guys turning into skeletons, and feeling like he was going insane.

This was the reality for many who were subjected to MKULTRA's horrors.

Now, before we get into the details of this newly declassified document, let's first walk you through the origins of MKULTRA, which traces back to the Cold War.

Then-Director Alan Dulles ordered the agency to develop mind-controlling drugs during the Cold War citing a perceived Western disadvantage in brain warfare against the Soviets.

A 1954 memo reveals the CIA used a philanthropic front to fund covert research at Georgetown University Hospital, conducting secret studies in biological, chemical, and radiological warfare under MKULTRA.

A year later, in 1955, MKULTRA outlined 17 methods, including drugs, to induce illogical thinking, endure torture, and enable brainwashing.

Substances were designed to cause paralysis, alter personalities, or create euphoria without a crash.

A knockout pill for covert use and inducing amnesia was also in development.

A 1956 document reveals MKULTRA's Karl Pfeiffer conducted prisoner experiments to develop an anti-interrogation drug.

This included administering large LSD doses to human volunteers, often causing terrifying hallucinations.

Another project aimed to test threshold-dose levels of a natural product, with L.A.

Lilly had ample quantities of the drug for experiments.

In 1956, the CIA used safe houses to conduct covert experiments. run by agent George White to test active substances on unwitting subjects.

Chemist Sidney Gottlieb admitted these covert operations were highly unorthodox and lacked accountability for funds or activities.

A 1963 document reveals MKULTRA researchers used radiation, electroshock, drugs, and paramilitary techniques on suspect criminals and unwitting subjects at CIA safe houses.

The program's effectiveness in interrogation couldn't be fully assessed using only volunteers.

By 1960, the CIA had not succeeded in developing a knockout pill, truth serum, or recruitment pill.

The report also revealed that 25 of the 144 MKULTRA projects were still active at that time.

Years later, in 1975, Senator Frank Church's committee investigated MKULTRA, uncovering experiments on unwitting subjects with drugs, toxins, and biological agents.

The 1977 report stressed that crisis can never justify unethical actions.

Then-CIA Director Stansfield Turner defended MKULTRA as outdated, but its exposure led to public outrage and the establishment of oversight committees for intelligence agencies.

In the shadows of history, the CIA's MKULTRA program thrived, a monstrous betrayal of humanity hidden behind the veil of national security.

For decades, the truth was buried, its victims left to suffer in silence.

But now the doors to the twisted chapter have been ripped open, and the truth stands exposed for all to see.

As we stare into the depths of this dark past, we are reminded of the terrifying cost of unchecked power, where the boundaries of morality are obliterated, and the human soul is treated as a mere experiment.

The scars of MKULTRA run deep, not just in the lives it destroyed, but in the very fabric of our trust.

This is the legacy that cannot be erased, etched into the annals of history a stark warning for future generations.

The truth has been unveiled, but the question remains, will we ever learn from it?