-
MK
ULTRA-2
- Working with the CIA, the
Department
of Defense
gave hallucinogenic drugs to thousands of "volunteer" soldiers in the
1950's
and 1960's. In addition to LSD, the Army also tested quinuclidinyl
benzilate,
a hallucinogen code-named BZ. (Note 37) Many of these tests were
conducted
under the so-called MKULTRA program, established to counter perceived
Soviet
and Chinese advances in brainwashing techniques. Between 1953 and 1964,
the program consisted of 149 projects involving drug testing and other
studies on unwitting human subjects. (Note 38)
- One test subject was Lloyd B.
Gamble,
who enlisted
in the U.S. Air Force in 1950. In 1957, he volunteered for a special
program
to test new military protective clothing. He was offered various
incentives
to participate in the program, including a liberal leave policy, family
visitations, and superior living and recreational facilities. However,
the greatest incentive to Mr. Gamble was the official recognition he
would
receive as a career-oriented noncommissioned officer, through letters
of
commendation and certification of participation in the program. During
the 3 weeks of testing new clothing, he was given two or three
water-size
glasses of a liquid containing LSD to drink. Thereafter, Mr. Gamble
developed
erratic behavior and even attempted suicide. He did not learn that he
had
received LSD as a human subject until 18 years later, as a result of
congressional
hearings in 1975. (Note 39) Even then, the Department of the Army
initially
denied that he had participated in the experiments, although an
official
DOD publicity photograph showed him as one of the valiant servicemen
volunteering
for "a program that was in the highest national security interest."
(Note
40)
- According to Sidney Gottlieb,
a
medical doctor
and former CIA agent, MKULTRA was established to investigate whether
and
how an individual's behavior could be modified by covert means. (Note
41)
According to Dr. Gottlieb, the CIA believed that both the Soviet Union
and Communist China might be using techniques of altering human
behavior
which were not understood by the United States. Dr. Gottlieb testified
that "it was felt to be mandatory and of the utmost urgency for our
intelligence
organization to establish what was possible in this field on a high
priority
basis." Although many human subjects were not informed or protected,
Dr.
Gottlieb defended those actions by stating, "...harsh as it may seem in
retrospect, it was felt that in an issue where national survival might
be concerned, such a procedure and such a risk was a reasonable one to
take." (Note 42)
-
-
- Due to restricted press
coverage, the
1977
Congressional
- exposure of "MKULTRA" and more
than a
hundred
related
- INVOLUNTARY human
experimentation
programs
were
- never adequately publicized.
-
- Hundreds of innocent U.S. and
Candian
citizens
were
- involuntarily
institutionalized by
the CIA
and military
- intelligence agencies, and
tortured
by alleged
"doctors"
- doing brainwashing research.
Involuntary surgery,
- confinement, electric shock
and
forced drugging
were
- done routinely.
-
- Children were physically and
sexually
abused
for the
- purpose of forcing them into
"multiple personality
- disorder" by their parents,
who were
usually
employed
- in espionage work.
-
- Eventually the MKULTRA
survivors hope
for full
exposure
- of these atrocities which were
every
bit as
horrible
- as those of Adolf Hitler.
-
- There have been apologies by
President Clinton
for
- untreated syphilis and
radiation
experiments.
There
- are memorials for veterans.
NOTHING,
however,
has
- been done to recognize the
suffering
and destruction
- of lives resulting from these
secret
crimes.
-
- In order to make information
available to the
public
- to start the process of
recognition,
a new
Internet
- web site has been created to
make
information
available
- to the press and other
interested
individuals:
-
- http://www.netaccess.on.ca/~cirrus
(or %7Ecirrus)
-
- Documentation, including a
video sent
to President
- Clinton and Canadian Prime
Minister
Jean Chretien
- will be on display, along with
a list
of names
of
- actual victims.
-
- We urge responsible media
agencies to
visit
and
- consider helping us publicize
this
"last" unrecognized
- government perpetrated
atrocity.
-
- Eleanor White (site maintainer)
- 430 Cumberland Ave. #312
- Hamilton, Ontario L8M 3M9
- Canada
- Days: 905-545-6488
- Evgs: 905-547-9904
- raven1@netaccess.on.ca
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