What Is MKUltra? Anna Paulina Luna Announces Hearing
Summary
Republican Representative Anna Paulina Luna announced a House hearing on the CIA’s MKUltra program, which used mind control experiments during the Cold War. The hearing will take place on May 13 to review the program’s history and related documents recently declassified.Key Facts
- MKUltra was a CIA mind control program started in 1953 by Director Allen Dulles.
- The program used methods like electroshock therapy, hypnosis, drugs, toxins, and radiation to alter behavior.
- Some participants volunteered, some were coerced, and others were unaware they took part.
- The program officially ended in 1963 after concerns about non-consensual experiments.
- Many records were destroyed in 1973 on orders from the CIA director at the time.
- New MKUltra documents were declassified and published in 2024.
- The hearing on MKUltra is scheduled for May 13 and will be held by the House Oversight Taskforce.
- Anna Paulina Luna is a Republican Congresswoman from Florida’s 13th district and chairwoman of the Task Force on Declassification of Federal Secrets.
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