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Part Three: MKUltra: When The CIA Tried to Destroy Free Will

Behind the Bastards

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The CIA's George White Is a Hero of the Narcotics Unit

The CIA tests things like stink bombs and itching powder there in addition to stuff like specially designed hypodermic needles that could inject poison into a wine cork. Gottlieb even tried out an aerosolized LSD bomb on a party they hosted there, but it didn't work due to the humidity that particular day. He is reported to have regularly used the CIA's brothels to host parties for his fellow narcotics officers. The feds sampled everything from Hasish to LSD.

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