January 18, 2015 IntroductionThe covert convergence between CIA and cognitive scientists — psychiatrists and psychologists — who provided the patina Read More Introduction
January 18, 2015 1941: The term, “psychological warfare” was a Nazi concept adapted and “Americanized”The phrase “psychological warfare” is reported to have first entered English in 1941 as a translated mutation Read More 1941: The term, “psychological warfare” was a Nazi concept adapted and “Americanized”
January 18, 2015 1940s: Dr. Ewen Cameron Collaborated with the U.S. Office of Special Services (OSS)Cameron was an internationally prominent psychiatrist who was invited as a consultant to the Nuremberg Tribunal. Allen Read More 1940s: Dr. Ewen Cameron Collaborated with the U.S. Office of Special Services (OSS)
January 18, 2015 1945: U.S. Naval Technical Mission, the Genesis for U.S. Psychological Torture ExperimentsThe secret US Naval Technical Mission Report described the “interrogation” techniques and mescaline experiments at Dachau; they Read More 1945: U.S. Naval Technical Mission, the Genesis for U.S. Psychological Torture Experiments
January 18, 2015 1945: “Wild Bill” Donovan set up a “truth drug” committeeThe committee was headed by Winfred Overholser, MD, superintendent of St. Elizabeths Hospital for the mentally ill Read More 1945: “Wild Bill” Donovan set up a “truth drug” committee
January 18, 2015 1946: Extreme interrogation techniques — torture — were first tested at Camp King in GermanyThe OSS (later CIA) first tested extreme interrogation — torture — techniques in Camp King where the Read More 1946: Extreme interrogation techniques — torture — were first tested at Camp King in Germany
January 18, 2015 1947: The CIA, an elitist culture operating in secrecy violating legal and moral preceptsThe CIA was established by President Harry Truman in 1947 as an information gathering agency to apprise Read More 1947: The CIA, an elitist culture operating in secrecy violating legal and moral precepts
January 18, 2015 1947–1953: Navy’s Project CHATTER tested drugs for interrogationThe Naval report about the Dachau mescaline experiments was the catalyst for Project CHATTER which focused on Read More 1947–1953: Navy’s Project CHATTER tested drugs for interrogation
January 18, 2015 1948: Brigadier General Charles Loucks Learns about LSDCharles Loucks, Chief of U.S. Chemical Warfare in Europe learned about the hallucinogen LSD from Hitler’s former Read More 1948: Brigadier General Charles Loucks Learns about LSD
January 18, 2015 1949: First LSD experiment in the U.S. Dr. Max RinkelDr. Rinkel, a research psychiatrist obtained LSD from its sole Swiss manufacturer, Sandoz Chemicals; his partner, Dr. Read More 1949: First LSD experiment in the U.S. Dr. Max Rinkel
January 18, 2015 1949 — CIA’s Research in Covert Mind-Control Techniques i.e., Psychological TortureIn 1949, the Rand Corporation issued a report, “Are Communist Countries Using Hypnosis Techniques to Elicit Confession Read More 1949 — CIA’s Research in Covert Mind-Control Techniques i.e., Psychological Torture
January 18, 2015 BLUEBIRD (1949–1951) the first integrated CIA mind-control projectBLUEBIRD was the first structured comprehensive, integrated CIA mind control project involving both domestic and overseas covert Read More BLUEBIRD (1949–1951) the first integrated CIA mind-control project
January 18, 2015 1950: Soviet Union banned lobotomySoviet doctors concluded that lobotomy was “contrary to the principles of humanity.” Furthermore, they concluded that “through Read More 1950: Soviet Union banned lobotomy
January 18, 2015 By 1951, more than 18,608 individuals in America had been lobotomizedA 1952 CIA memo titled: “LOBOTOMY and Related Operations” discussed the question: Is lobotomy a solution for Read More By 1951, more than 18,608 individuals in America had been lobotomized