1953: Project MKDELTA

MkDelta is CIA Mind control program that was approved in 1953 by CIA director Allen Dulles. The “Mk” in the name refers to Mind Kontrol. The “Delta” could be a reference to “Delta Force.” MKDELTA involved the use of biochemicals in clandestine operations, outside US territory. According to the Church Committee report (Book I, Chapter XVII): A special procedure, designated MKDELTA, was established to govern the use of MKULTRA materials abroad. Such materials were used on a number of occasions. Because MKULTRA records were destroyed, it is impossible to reconstruct the operational use of MKULTRA materials by the CIA overseas; it has been determined that the use of these materials abroad began in 1953, and possibly as early as 1950. Drugs were used primarily as an aid to interrogations, but MKULTRA/MKDELTA materials were also used for harassment, […] Read More

1947: Project Chapter (Chatter)

Project Chapter, was the name of the first known post-war Mind Control program in the USA. It was started in 1947 by the DIA/Navy Intelligence. Note that some sources refer to this project as the Chatter Project (as in ‘mind chatter.’) Project Chatter – US Navy LSD Experiments on Mental Patients In 1977, the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research held hearings before the Senate on the CIA’s MKUltra program. The information that came to light regarding MKUltra, and the biological and chemical testing on unwitting subjects, both foreign and domestic, by both the CIA and the Army surprised and horrified members of the Senate. The fact that such a testing program could be conducted without appropriate oversight […] Read More