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

Behind the Bastards

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Did These Facilities Know What Was Going On?

Gottlieb's objectives at this point have spread well beyond where things were with Project Artichoke. During long sessions on LSD with his friends, Gottlieb gradually put together a list of the different substances he wanted to research. He published this as a memo in 1955. It included number one substances which will promote illogical thinking and impulsiveness. Number two substances which increase the efficiency of mentation and perception. Number three materials which will prevent or counteract the intoxicating effective alcohol. The CIA isn't sending agents into Berkeley or like Baylor to run things. Oh, they are finding doctors and professors who want to carry out research that is in line with what the CIA wants to do

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