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...
The CIA Brainstormed Ways to Turn Translation Into Psychological Operations
It wasn’t just what was said-it was how it was said, and who translated it. A declassified document reveals that during the Cold War, the CIA convened a specialized brainstorming meeting to dissect the role of translation as a strategic tool-not just for information...
The U.S. Quietly Built a Manual for Total Incapacitation
While the world looked for bigger bombs, a small team of U.S. researchers was building something stranger: a guide to shutting people down-mentally, physically, and psychologically-without killing them. The Quarterly Technical Progress Report, a document spanning late...
Declassified File Reveals Desoxyn Used to Extract Confessions in “Twilight State”
A declassified government file has surfaced, exposing a chilling use of Desoxyn-the pharmaceutical name for methamphetamine hydrochloride-in experimental interrogations under chemically induced "twilight conditions." "The drug made the subject very talkative,...
