MKUltra — The CIA’s Secret Mind Control Program

In the tense aftermath of World War II, the battle lines of the Cold War begin to harden between the United States and the Soviet Union. News filters in that Communist regimes may be using sinister tactics, like so-called brainwashing, on prisoners of war. These reports stoke deep fear within American intelligence agencies, who start to believe that the next great threat may not come from bombs or bullets, but from psychological warfare; attacks against minds themselves. If the enemy could control loyalty, behavior, or even wipe memories clean, then national security itself would be at risk. Determined to get ahead, the CIA and Pentagon plunge into a desperate search for tools and techniques that could influence or even control human consciousness. Whispers about mind control swirl through the corridors of power. It seems that, for the first time in history, the battlefield is moving inside the human mind.