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George Hunter White's Role
- George Hunter White, an OSS agent turned narcotics detective, ran MK Ultra safe houses in NYC.
- He socialized as a bohemian artist and recruited expendable subjects like drug addicts for LSD experiments.
CIA Missteps Have Lasting Effects
- CIA misread geopolitical events through Cold War paranoia, meddling in foreign governments unnecessarily.
- These miscalculations still cause destabilization effects today like border crises and Middle East conflicts.
Effects of Sensory Deprivation
- Sensory deprivation experiments caused hallucinations and cognitive disturbance after just hours.
- Subjects reported bizarre visions such as little men and squirrels marching, showing extreme mental effects.