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76: The CIA Assassination of Frank Olson | The Murder that Exposed MK-ULTRA

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

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The Importance of Mind Control in the Cold War

In 1953, the same year he died, Frank Olson stepped down as chief of the Special Operations Division. He said the job was too stressful and was causing his ulcers to flare up. And that's when he met Sidney Gottlieb and Robert Lashbrook. They ran the CIA's Project Bluebird, which became Project Artichoke, which became... NK-Ultra.

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