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The government may not want you to know that it set off
nuclear bombs willy-nilly in the atmosphere or tested
LSD on unwitting subjects, but at least the
Science Channel does!
In case you believed that elaborate government conspiracies were merely the driving force behind
X-Files episodes, the
Science Channel is setting the record straight. As a compendium to their latest show,
Dark Matters, which explores the darker side of science, the
Science Channel has published introductions and full transcripts from government hearings on some of the most unbelievable -- yet true -- conspiracies, including the highly-controversial
MKULTRA project.According to the
1977 transcript of the hearing before Congress, MKULTRA projects on behavioral modification, drug acquisition and testing took place over the better part of a decade, from 1953 through 1964.
Perhaps best known for administering the psychedelic drug LSD to unwitting participants, MKULTRA actually was composed of 149 (known) projects, across 86 universities and institutions, that dabbled in everything from harmless hypnosis to horrific human testing.
No one was spared. The CIA was an equal-opportunity abuser. The report details it as an "extensive testing and experimentation" program that included covert drug tests on unwitting citizens "at all social levels, high and low, native Americans and foreign."
Comment: Obama's record speaks for itself, nothing has changed since the Bush years. So what are Conservatives complaining about?