Project Kutra Research Paper

Laura Knight-Jadczyk said “Convinced that German scientists could help America’s postwar efforts, President Harry Truman agreed in September 1946 to authorize “Project Paperclip,” a program to bring selected German scientists to work on America’s behalf during to “Cold War””. President Truman brought German scientists over to had start Project MKULTRA.

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When many Americans think about Germany, they think of the Nazis and the experiments they did with the Jews. However, what they are unfamiliar with is that the U.S. government did the same thing. “It all started in the 50’s during the Korean War.” Concerned about the rumors of Communist brainwashing of POWs, the CIA director Allen Dulled sanctioned the MKULTRA program in April 1953.Project MKULTRA is one of the most famous activities relating to the CIA’s efforts toward mass mind control. There were many different tests conducted as a part of the project, including some conducted on volunteers, inmates, and unsuspecting targets. (Wolfe 1)

Project MkUltra, a “mind control program” instated by the Central Intelligence Agency from 1953 to 1973, is a prime example of an ethics violation, that is still discussed today and even used as a basis for tv series’ (Stranger Things) due to its immorality. During this time period, the American Central Intelligence Agency conducted tests on human subjects, without their consent or knowledge. This was an effort to control minds and discover a drug that could force prisoners to answer questions truthfully when under interrogation. This program involved the distribution of LSD and other drugs to unsuspecting victims. The agency went to extreme lengths to develop a drug that could be used as a “truth serum.” Project MKUltra was driven by inexcusable

Research ranged from bubble baths to mild altering drugs being tested for the Army. Throughout the article, Greta De Jong emphasizes how brutal the prisons were, almost forcing research upon their inmates; sometimes labeled to the extent of torture. She also talks about how recently there have been attempts to scientists to revive medical research programs in U.S. jails, but with ensured ethical treatment.

Donald Hebb was the director of psychology at McGill at the time and was given $10,000 to study sensory deprivation. His studies began by paying his own psychology students to be deprived of all senses for one day by staying in an isolated room; to find an association between sensory deprivation and the vulnerability of cognitive ability he played recordings suggesting anti-scientific ideas such as creationism that most scientifically aware students would reject. At the end of the day, the students emerged suddenly tolerant of the anti-scientific ideas that they previously objected to, these results showed a step in the right direction towards brainwashing. Unknown to Dr. Hebb, his promising results would lead the CIA to further research using sensory deprivation while keeping interrogation and psychological torture techniques in mind.

Project MKUltra, sometimes referred to as Project Monarch, is a program of many different experiments tested on American Citizens by the CIA. Experiments on humans were intended to identify and develop drugs and procedures to be used in interrogations and torture, in order to weaken the individual to force confessions through mind control. Project MKUltra started in the 1950’s and lasted around 20 years. The CIA experimented on countless unsuspecting American Citizens that were exposed to drugs, hypnosis, sensory deprivation, abuse and torture. Subjects that were least likely to put up a fight were picked for the operation. Popular places and subjects were nursing homes, prisons, mental hospitals, homeless people, and drug addicts. Over 44 different universities were involved in the operation. Doctor Sidney Gottlieb was chosen to lead the program when it officially began in 1953. The US started mind control experiments, torture, and brainwashing programs after reports that the Chinese and North Koreans were testing techniques on prisoners of war in WWII. The CIA was authorized to commit 6% of of their entire operating budget on MKUltra with no guidelines or oversight on how it was spent. Operations for MKUltra were so secretive that even the agents running the the CIA front companies were alleged to have not known anything beyond their own

Project MK/Ultra was a mind control experiment by the US Government. The CIA decided that using Lysergic acid diethylamide, LSD for short, was a smart idea. So they decided to try and make people to be easier to “suggest” by getting them hopped up on the drug so that it would emotionally cripple them. Though this might seem a little stupid, it does make some logical sense, but not ethical sense. If you can damage, or destroy someone’s mind to the point in which it reverts to a more suggestible state you can change the way they listen to you. Sort of like hypnosis, but with more drugs. MK/Ultra was dedicated to programming the perfect sleeper agent. A sleeper agent is someone who is secretly a spy. The sleeper agent was used by the Russians

Bringing MKUltra to the public’s attention also caused the project to come to a close and to be a failure. The project is not well known across the world, and the CIA was not successful with using various drugs such as LSD to interrogate, disable, or kill any of their enemies during the cold war. The only repercussions of MKUltra is the amount of lives that were lost and affected by taking various drugs. This project also helped the CIA improve overtime with their projects to make them better. The CIA also learned that they need consent from human subjects to be able to run experiments on them, which may have led them to having less lawsuits. Lastly, it was found that we may never know all the details about project MKUltra because of documents being destroyed in 1973 and not having enough data and evidence that was

Those designated to enact the role of a prisoner, were arrested by the Palo Alto police department, obliged to wear chains and prison attire, and were transported to the basement of the Stanford psychology department, which was transformed into a makeshift prison. Furthermore, various guards became increasingly aggressive, resulting in the experiment becoming uncontrollable. Within six days, riots broke out, psychological distresses were showcased by certain prisoners, and unruly punishment was given to the prisoners. These irrational and disreputable incidents, caused the experiment to end abruptly.

World governments have frequently relied on unknowing participants and or prisoners of war for experimentation. While these experiments range vastly concerning procedures, outcomes, and justification, they all existed to outsmart international enemies efficiently. The government bioethics conspiracy I researched is Project MKUltra. This was a secretive CIA program that experimented with mind control, hallucinogenic drugs, and the behavioral engineering of humans from 1953 to 1973. Because the program existed for a couple decades, it encompassed a wide-range of experiments, types of patients, and immense secrecy. More often than not, test subjects were not aware of tests to be conducted and thought they were participating in standard medical tests at first. Despite the program coming to a halt, many believe human experimentation is still ongoing and don’t see a future without secret government research.

Project QKHILLTOP was the starting point in US affairs in mind control and neural research, this would help them in the growing battle of communism in America and allow them to control the minds of their enemies. The US obtained the idea during the Korean War when Chinese Soldiers, used brainwashing techniques to convert enemy US soldiers the method is a states:

Compared to the Milgram Experiment, one could easily argue that the prisoners suffered from far more anxiety and trauma that the “teachers” who instituted electrical shocks. However, as one might hate as much to admit, but the results of the Stanford Prison Experiment outweigh the risks. Not only did it bring to light many natural tendencies and moral issues of human beings, but also that it was this experiment, along with the Milgram Experiment, the revolutionized the ethical guidelines of human experimentation. While these two experiments may be considered among the darkest experiments in the history of psychology, it is important to acknowledge what they have also brought to

Throughout much of the history of civilizations, states have declared war for land, valuables, and resources. In the course of the mid-20th century and the 21st century, ascendant super powers have invaded foreign lands for resources such as oil, and weapons companies have profited from the ongoing cycle of war these super powers promote. The populations of these states have been fed lies vis-à-vis the media; propagandizing these “rogue nations” and promoting an ‘Us vs. Them’ mentality, to garner support for these armed conflicts. War is our primordial instinct, as humans are territorial and aggressive. That is our nature, and by looking at events in our history, one may see that war appears to be timeless and inevitable.

Robert Oppenheimer was put in charge of the project and when the final bill came through, 2 billion dollars had been spent and over 120,000 Americans were employed.`Consequently public awareness was futile, as was debate on the subject. Keeping 120,000 people quiet would be absolutely impossible. So only a small privileged group of scientists and officials knew of what was really being developed, and the ones who were made aware were bribed with prison time if the