A controversial purchase of LSD by the USA in 1951 was the first step of one of the CIA’s secret operation called MK-Ultra. This was a method to test the methods of experiment of the LSD trough mind control throughout the 50’s and 60’s due to the tense situation during the Cold War. But this wasn’t the full origin of this type of experiments, no. “Dr. Joseph Mengele of Auschwitz notoriety was the principle developer of the trauma-based Monarch Project and the CIA’s MK Ultra mind control programs” (Adachi, 2005). This first project, MK-Ultra was the fundamental value project of all the future mind-control torturous experiments that were to follow in the future of humanity. After the Allies won in WWII, the notorious German scientists scattered
The Nazis technology, knowledge was too great to be fully destroyed, it was a race between the Soviets and the Americans. One of the most notorious scientists such as: Josef Mengele, Otto Von Bolschwing and Arthur Rudolph were instantly recruited in Washington DC. Advanced weapon and medical procedures that will later be adapted by the CIA alongside the forbidden knowledge that would lead to more notorious CIA operations. Officially, MK-Ultra was “shut down’ by 1973. Masked as “intelligence research” they secretly administrated LSD to the public and manipulated their mental states. The CIA’s ultimate goal was not only to get the information out of its subjects, but also to create brainwashed assassins, programmed to kill. This all originated from the Nazi top secret project “Monarch” in the early 1940s. After WWII the USA launched operation “Paperclip”. Recruiting 1,600 Nazi scientist in order to prevent their knowledge falling into Soviet hands, at the time the USA and the Soviet Union’s relationship had been on a thin line. The ex-scientist were offered sanctuary, documents/visas in exchange of their advanced
During a visit to Mexico, Gordon Wasson, a mycologist, discovered the use of psilocybin mushroom in spiritual ceremonies by Indian tribes. Upon experiencing the spiritual and hallucinatory effects of the mushroom, Wasson returned to the area accompanied by an experienced mycologist, Roger Heim, who managed to cultivate the mushroom once in France and send samples of it to the scientist who had discovered lysergic acid, Albert Hoffman. From the mushrooms, Hoffman successfully isolated two compounds which he further named psilocybin and psilocin. Analogs of these compounds were further synthesized and were employed mainly for psychotherapeutic uses. Many tests on psilocybin were made at Harvard University in the early 1960’s. However, along with LSD, psilocybin became a scheduled substance in 1970, making it illegal. During this time, psilocybin mushrooms became a part of the psychedelic and hippy movement and were used for recreational and spiritual purposes. Research on psilocybin ended in the late 1980’s because of strict rules imposed by the government but recently scientist have started researching on this chemical once more.
Prados, John. Safe for Democracy The Secret Wars of the CIA. Chicago, IL: Ivan R Dee, Publisher, 2006.
Despite all of the security used by the officials in charge of the “Manhattan Project,” soviet spies managed to leak information to the Soviet Union that allowed them to create a nuclear bomb of their own. Klaus Fuchs, an important scientist to the “Manhattan Project,” managed to move throughout the project and provide crucial information to the Soviets. David Greenglass also provi...
Reviewing the experiments five years later, one secrecy-conscious CIA auditor wrote: “Precautions must be taken not only to protect operations from exposure to enemy forces but also to conceal these activities from the American public in general. The knowledge that the agency is engaging in unethical and illicit activities would have serious repercussions in political and diplomatic circles.” Though many of the documents related to MKULTRA were destroyed by the CIA in 1972, some records relating to the program have made it into the public domain. And the work of historians, investigative reporters, and various congressional committees has resulted in the release of enough information to make MKULTRA one of the most disturbing instances of intelligence community abuse on record. As writer Mark Zepezauer puts it, “the surviving history is nasty enough.”
LSD has proved that the mind contains much higher powers and energies, beyond the average10% of the brain that a typical human uses. These powers and energies, under the right circumstances, can be taken advantage of to benefit human kind spiritually, creatively, therapeutically, and intellectually. LSD has given human kind the option to chemically trigger mental energies and powers. Arguments that LSD is potentially a dangerous discovery and mind control should be strictly prohibited by the government holds much validity, although there are benefits and arguments of personal freedom of neurology to consider. Whether LSD reflects negativity as a weapon and mind control drug, or radiates euphoria as a mind-expanding chemical and sacrament, the choice to engage in such an experience should be through personal reasoning. It is not the states and other bureaucracies’ duties to take control of the human brain and body.
It all started with the “Hungarian conspiracy” it had everyone convinced that the creation of a nuclear bomb possible, but that the German government was already doing research in this field of study and on such a weapon. To the rest of the world, the thought of Adolf Hitler might be the first to gain control of a weapon this destructiveness would be terrifying to the United States. Right, then they decided that the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt must be warned about the dangers and that the United States must begin its research department.As the planned gave way, Einstein was to write a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt about the possibilities and dangers of the atomic weapons, and later was taken to the president.Einsteins appointment was easy to get in te late summer of 1939. Hitler had just invaded Poland .and the war had just begun in Europe.After speaking with the President, he gathered his cabinet. and wanted to speak with his chief aide, after talking with him a small committee was set up called ...
Aldrich Ames was one of the most notorious spys in United States history, single handily crippling the United States spy network in the Soviet Union, and compromising hundreds of Intelligence Operations around the world. Ames’ impact on the national security of the United States was devastating and the ramifications of his actions can still be felt today in the Intelligence Community. This paper will provide details into the background and the events surrounding Ames’ espionage and subsequent arrest for treason.
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...these tests ensured a long, relative peace between the U.S. and Soviet Bloc and greatly benefited the scientific community.
Hofmann, A. (1970, January 1). The Discovery of LSD. The Discovery of LSD. Retrieved May 12, 2014, from http://www.psychedelic-library.org/hofmann.htm
In the film on the 5 most disturbing and unethical human experiments concerning the MK Ultra experiment conducted by the CIA. I found that as unethical and inhuman this experiment was; the experiment was very scientific. The experiment was incredibly unethical with causalities associated with the project, it was very scientific with the purpose using drugs and other methods in an attempt to alter one’s mind state.
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg will go down in history as two of the most notorious and most damaging American spies to ever work for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, better known as the Soviet Union led under the brutal rule of Joseph Stalin. While working for the Soviet Union in the 1940s, the Rosenbergs composed a spy ring which accessed what was arguably the most Top Secret US military project in history, the development of the world’s first Atomic Bomb code named the Manhattan Project. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were able to recruit several members of the Manhattan Project convincing them to provide technical and theoretical research information which was then given to the Soviet Union. The Rosenbergs were able to provide the Soviet
This kind of mission to take out enemies to the CIA, is very similar to the actions of the NKVD under Joseph Stalin in Russia. The purpose of the NKVD was to take out anyone who was a subversive to Stalin. In the movie this also showed that the head agent of this CIA operation Alexander Conklin had complete and unchecked control very similar to Stalin or Hitler and their respected police forces.
Throughout the years most country's governments have established some sort of secret police. No matter what the government called it, whether it is the United States' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) or her Majesty's secret service (MI6), whatever name the government used, the international term of "secret police" could always be applied. Many agencies of secret police have had their success and failures, some more than others. The KGB, which in English means "the Committee of Public Safety," has had their share of both successes and failures. Most secret police agencies have been used primarily to obtain information from other countries. This was also a primary goal for the KGB, but one of their other goals, which was just as important, was to keep unwanted outside information from the Russian people. This was only one out of many the KGB's objectives. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to prove that the actions of the KGB were, all in all, a success.
Nichols, D. E., & Chemel, B. R. (2011). LSD and the serotonin system's effects on human