May 22, 2025 | CIA/FBI/NSA Files
In 1951, the CIA quietly circulated a document that reads less like inter-agency correspondence and more like the pitch deck for a psychological weapons program. Titled simply Items of Special Interest, it outlines the Agency’s hunger for a chilling array of...
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...
May 21, 2025 | CIA/FBI/NSA Files
A declassified CIA document lays bare the disturbing logistics behind Project ARTICHOKE-a secret program that combined chemical, psychological, and environmental controls to extract confessions and compliance from unwilling subjects. "The ideal situation would be to...
May 12, 2025 | CIA/FBI/NSA Files, Drugs
A long-forgotten letter from a U.S. government researcher has emerged from the vaults, shedding light on a chilling experiment conducted under the banner of addiction science-but with the unmistakable fingerprints of psychedelic control. "After three days on LSD-25,...
May 6, 2025 | CIA/FBI/NSA Files
In one of the most bizarre episodes in Cold War intelligence history, a declassified CIA document titled simply "Magician Walks Into the Laboratory" offers a glimpse into the U.S. government’s fascination with extrasensory perception (ESP), mind-over-matter, and...