MKUltra – Part 2: The Myth of Mind Control | #368

19 Sept

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We now know that the CIA quietly tested mind-bending psychedelics on unwitting American citizens. But how do we know?

In Part 2 of our series on MK-Ultra, we're going to tell you the story of how one of the CIA's many dirty secrets was revealed to the world, and how they were forced not only to hand over damaging information about their mind-bending escapades but also to inadvertently help promote the book that followed.

More importantly, what does any of this have to do with Fidel Castro's beard?

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Acid Dreams – The complete social history of LSD, The CIA, The Sixties and Beyond by Bruce Shlain and Martin A. Lee
(ISBN: 978-0-8021-3062-4)

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