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[[File:330px-Mkultra-lsd-doc.jpg|thumb|Dr. Sidney Gottlieb approved of an MKUltra subproject on LSD in this June 9, 1953 letter.]] | [[File:330px-Mkultra-lsd-doc.jpg|thumb|Dr. Sidney Gottlieb approved of an MKUltra subproject on LSD in this June 9, 1953 letter.]] See [[Project MKUltra]].Precursor experiments. In 1945 the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency was established and given direct responsibility for [[Operation Paperclip]]. The program recruited former Nazi scientists, some of whom had been identified and prosecuted as war criminals during the Nuremberg Trials from [[World War II]] crimes against humanity. | ||
Precursor experiments. In 1945 the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency was established and given direct responsibility for [[Operation Paperclip]]. The program recruited former Nazi scientists, some of whom had been identified and prosecuted as war criminals during the Nuremberg Trials from [[World War II]] crimes against humanity. | |||
Several secret U.S. government projects grew out of [[Operation Paperclip]]. These projects included Project CHATTER (established 1947), and Project BLUEBIRD (established 1950), which was renamed Project ARTICHOKE in 1951. Their purpose was to study [[Mind Control]],[[SRA]] techniques for dissociative states, interrogation, behavior modification, [[Psionic]] ability and related topics. | Several secret U.S. government projects grew out of [[Operation Paperclip]]. These projects included Project CHATTER (established 1947), and Project BLUEBIRD (established 1950), which was renamed Project ARTICHOKE in 1951. Their purpose was to study [[Mind Control]],[[SRA]] techniques for dissociative states, interrogation, behavior modification, [[Psionic]] ability and related topics. | ||