Probably gonna get shadowbanned on this one. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been the subject of a number of controversies, both in and outside of the United States. To start off Project MKUltra was a CIA human experimentation program lasting from 1953–1973, and aimed at developing techniques and drugs for interrogation, brainwashing, and psychological torture. The program, conducted without consent, used methods like administering high doses of LSD, hypnosis, electroshock, sensory deprivation, and other forms of abuse. It violated individual rights and has been widely condemned as a grave abuse of power. Operating through the CIA's Office of Scientific Intelligence and front organizations, MKUltra involved over 80 institutions, including universities, hospitals, and prisons, often using unwitting subjects in the U.S. and Canada. It was revealed in 1975 by the Church Committee and the Rockefeller Commission, though investigations were hindered by the destruction of most records in 1973. A 1977 FOIA request uncovered 20,000 documents, leading to Senate hearings. Some details were declassified in 2001 (operation MKOFTEN was a continuation of MKULTRA.) Then there’s operation mockingbird, Operation Mockingbird is an alleged large-scale program of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that began in the early years of the Cold War and attempted to manipulate domestic American news media organizations for propaganda purposes. Operation Mockingbird recruited leading American journalists into a propaganda network and influenced the operations of front groups. CIA support of front groups was exposed when an April 1967 Ramparts article reported that the National Student Association (NSA) received funding from the CIA. In 1975, Church Committee Congressional investigations revealed Agency connections with journalists and civic groups. In 1973, a document referred to as the "Family Jewels" was published by the CIA containing a reference to a different operation named "Project Mockingbird", which was the name of an operation in 1963 which wiretapped two syndicated columnists, Robert Allen and Paul Scott, "from March 12 to June 15, 1963". They had published articles based on classified material. Then, following the September 11th attacks, the Central Intelligence Agency is suspected of creating “Black site’s.” "Black sites" are a network of secret, overseas prisons operated by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) after the September 11, 2001 attacks, used to detain and interrogate suspected terrorists outside of normal legal processes. #CIA #mkultra #files #espionage #edit - @antifa_aspen