Project MKUltra

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25 sections

Contents

Background
Origin of the project
Aims and leadership
Applications
Other related projects
Experiments on Americans
LSD
Other drugs
Hypnosis
Experiments on Canadians
Motivation and assessments
Secret detention camps
Revelation
1994 U.S. General Accounting Office report
''CIA vs Sims''
<span class="anchor" id="Deaths"></span> Death of Frank Olson
Legal issues involving informed consent
Notable people
Documented experimenters
Documented subjects
In popular culture
See also
References
Further reading
External links

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MKUltra was an illegal human experimentation program designed and undertaken by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to develop procedures and identify drugs that could be used in altering human behavior. The term MKUltra is a CIA cryptonym: "MK" is an arbitrary prefix standing for the Office of Technical Service and "Ultra" is an arbitrary word out of a dictionary used to name this project. The program has been widely condemned as a violation of individual rights and an example of the CIA's abuse of power, with critics highlighting its disregard for consent and its corrosive impact on democratic principles.