John Lisle (2025) - MK Ultra and Operation Midnight Climax
This recap episode features historian, John Lisle concerning the long-running US intelligence programs focused on mind control, most notably MK Ultra. The discussion explored the program's origins, linking it to earlier OSS experiments that involved developing truth serums and utilizing unconventional warfare tactics. A primary focus is placed on the unethical nature of the work, which included secretly administering LSD and other psychoactive substances to unwitting American citizens and prisoners through figures like George White, who ran the clandestine dosing brothel known as Operation…
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