Disturbing CIA files expose secret mind-control program

"More than 1,200 pages of documents released in 2025 described methods including induced sleep, electroshock treatments and so-called 'psychic driving,' in which heavily drugged subjects were subjected to repeated messages for weeks or even months in attempts to reprogram their minds."

"The covert operation ran from 1953 to 1964 and included 144 known projects focused on developing drugs and interrogation techniques designed to weaken individuals, manipulate behavior and force confessions through brainwashing."

"A 1955 CIA document revealed the agency was developing drugs and techniques designed to manipulate human behavior, including substances intended to promote irrational thinking, erase memories, alter personalities and help people endure torture during interrogations."

"The claims sparked outrage on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers have given the agency 24 hours to return the files or face subpoenas and possible contempt proceedings."

Declassified records describe the CIA’s MKUltra program using induced sleep, electroshock treatments, and “psychic driving,” where heavily drugged subjects received repeated messages for weeks or months to reprogram their minds. The operation ran from 1953 to 1964 and included 144 known projects focused on developing drugs and interrogation techniques intended to weaken individuals, manipulate behavior, and force confessions through brainwashing. A 1955 CIA document states the agency was developing drugs and techniques to manipulate human behavior, including substances meant to promote irrational thinking, erase memories, alter personalities, and help people endure torture during interrogations. The files also describe “knockout pills” and approved experiments involving large doses of LSD administered to human volunteers. Most records were destroyed in 1973, and the program was exposed in 1975 during a Senate investigation led by Senator Frank Church. New allegations claim the CIA seized “40 boxes of JFK and MKUltra files” being processed for declassification, prompting demands for their return and threats of subpoenas.

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