Reply #52: Interesting thread... [View All]

[SeattleRob]

There are a lot of unanswered questions about MKULTRA progam. It DID exist and to say that it ended in 1963 is as much a stretch as to say that Manson, Hinkley, and John Mohammed were all "Manchurian Candidates." I think there is enough documented information to at least look at the issue with an open mind. One of the best books I've read on this subject was "Whiteout: The CIA, Drugs and the Press"
By Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair. Ths book documents the history of CIA and drugs (fromn our hiring ex-Nazi's, to the CIA giving unsuspecting people LSD, to cover-ups of murder)and also shows that Gary Webb was absoulutely correct when he wrote about the CIA allowing Crack Cocaine to be smuggled into Los Angeles to fund the Contra war in Central America for the San Jose Mercury. The American press has been complicit in allowing these abuses to happen. Does anybody remember the famous New York Times (oh the liberal press!) headline "CIA Clears Itself."

You can look at this issue and examine the evidence or you can put your head in the sand and ridicule people for talking about these issues. I try to keep an open mind.