May 23, 2025 | CIA/FBI/NSA Files
A 1944 CIA training document, recently declassified, lays out in cold detail exactly how the agency evaluated and manipulated potential assets. More than a manual, it’s a psychological dissection of human vulnerability-who can be recruited, how to spot them, and how...
May 22, 2025 | CIA/FBI/NSA Files
What would it take to fully break a person’s will-without them ever realizing it happened? That was the question driving Project ARTICHOKE, a top-secret CIA research program detailed in a declassified 1952 memorandum. Unlike earlier efforts, this was no vague...
May 22, 2025 | CIA/FBI/NSA Files
A declassified CIA training film reveals just how deep U.S. intelligence once ventured into the realm of hypnosis-based mind control-not as science fiction, but as standard operating procedure. "Mary Jones was made to carry out her surreptitious and illegal activity...
Feb 21, 2025 | CIA/FBI/NSA Files
A cryptic, partially declassified CIA document - marked only by scattered typewritten paragraphs and redacted signatures - provides a glimpse into the internal structure of Cold War-era covert operations. Labeled simply as a meeting record, the document centers on...