Inside the CIA’s 9/11 Defense: A Rebuke to Oversight
A 2005 memorandum from senior CIA Counterterrorist Center (CTC) officials-J. Cofer Black, Ben Bonk, and Henry Crumpton-mounts a firm rebuttal to the CIA Inspector General’s (IG) draft report on the Agency’s performance before the 9/11 attacks. In their view, the...
CIA Document Reveals Hypodermic Weapon Disguised as a Mystery
In September 1951, a U.S. intelligence official submitted a detailed set of handwritten and typed questions to colleagues concerning a confiscated object-a crude, collapsible injection device recovered from an unspecified operation. The document doesn’t name a suspect...
Conscious Control: The CIA’s Early Blueprint for Drugged Interrogation
Before MK-Ultra had a name, before LSD entered the agency’s toolbox, U.S. intelligence was already sketching out a method to collapse resistance and extract confessions-one chemically induced blackout at a time. The document, simply titled "Interrogation", offers a...
Covert Influence: Inside the CIA’s Behavioral Drug Programs
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) maintained a long-running interest in behavioral drugs for both defensive and offensive purposes. From the 1950s through the early 1970s, the agency explored ways to: Protect its operatives from hostile drug interrogation. Use...
