Project Kutra Research Paper

Laura Knight-Jadczyk said “Convinced that German scientists could help America’s postwar efforts, President Harry Truman agreed in September 1946 to authorize “Project Paperclip,” a program to bring selected German scientists to work on America’s behalf during to “Cold War””. President Truman brought German scientists over to had start Project MKULTRA.

Donald Hebb was the director of psychology at McGill at the time and was given $10,000 to study sensory deprivation. His studies began by paying his own psychology students to be deprived of all senses for one day by staying in an isolated room; to find an association between sensory deprivation and the vulnerability of cognitive ability he played recordings suggesting anti-scientific ideas such as creationism that most scientifically aware students would reject. At the end of the day, the students emerged suddenly tolerant of the anti-scientific ideas that they previously objected to, these results showed a step in the right direction towards brainwashing. Unknown to Dr. Hebb, his promising results would lead the CIA to further research using sensory deprivation while keeping interrogation and psychological torture techniques in mind.

Research ranged from bubble baths to mild altering drugs being tested for the Army. Throughout the article, Greta De Jong emphasizes how brutal the prisons were, almost forcing research upon their inmates; sometimes labeled to the extent of torture. She also talks about how recently there have been attempts to scientists to revive medical research programs in U.S. jails, but with ensured ethical treatment.

Compared to the Milgram Experiment, one could easily argue that the prisoners suffered from far more anxiety and trauma that the “teachers” who instituted electrical shocks. However, as one might hate as much to admit, but the results of the Stanford Prison Experiment outweigh the risks. Not only did it bring to light many natural tendencies and moral issues of human beings, but also that it was this experiment, along with the Milgram Experiment, the revolutionized the ethical guidelines of human experimentation. While these two experiments may be considered among the darkest experiments in the history of psychology, it is important to acknowledge what they have also brought to

World governments have frequently relied on unknowing participants and or prisoners of war for experimentation. While these experiments range vastly concerning procedures, outcomes, and justification, they all existed to outsmart international enemies efficiently. The government bioethics conspiracy I researched is Project MKUltra. This was a secretive CIA program that experimented with mind control, hallucinogenic drugs, and the behavioral engineering of humans from 1953 to 1973. Because the program existed for a couple decades, it encompassed a wide-range of experiments, types of patients, and immense secrecy. More often than not, test subjects were not aware of tests to be conducted and thought they were participating in standard medical tests at first. Despite the program coming to a halt, many believe human experimentation is still ongoing and don’t see a future without secret government research.

Project QKHILLTOP was the starting point in US affairs in mind control and neural research, this would help them in the growing battle of communism in America and allow them to control the minds of their enemies. The US obtained the idea during the Korean War when Chinese Soldiers, used brainwashing techniques to convert enemy US soldiers the method is a states:

Bringing MKUltra to the public’s attention also caused the project to come to a close and to be a failure. The project is not well known across the world, and the CIA was not successful with using various drugs such as LSD to interrogate, disable, or kill any of their enemies during the cold war. The only repercussions of MKUltra is the amount of lives that were lost and affected by taking various drugs. This project also helped the CIA improve overtime with their projects to make them better. The CIA also learned that they need consent from human subjects to be able to run experiments on them, which may have led them to having less lawsuits. Lastly, it was found that we may never know all the details about project MKUltra because of documents being destroyed in 1973 and not having enough data and evidence that was

When many Americans think about Germany, they think of the Nazis and the experiments they did with the Jews. However, what they are unfamiliar with is that the U.S. government did the same thing. “It all started in the 50’s during the Korean War.” Concerned about the rumors of Communist brainwashing of POWs, the CIA director Allen Dulled sanctioned the MKULTRA program in April 1953.Project MKULTRA is one of the most famous activities relating to the CIA’s efforts toward mass mind control. There were many different tests conducted as a part of the project, including some conducted on volunteers, inmates, and unsuspecting targets. (Wolfe 1)

Project MkUltra, a “mind control program” instated by the Central Intelligence Agency from 1953 to 1973, is a prime example of an ethics violation, that is still discussed today and even used as a basis for tv series’ (Stranger Things) due to its immorality. During this time period, the American Central Intelligence Agency conducted tests on human subjects, without their consent or knowledge. This was an effort to control minds and discover a drug that could force prisoners to answer questions truthfully when under interrogation. This program involved the distribution of LSD and other drugs to unsuspecting victims. The agency went to extreme lengths to develop a drug that could be used as a “truth serum.” Project MKUltra was driven by inexcusable

Project MK/Ultra was a mind control experiment by the US Government. The CIA decided that using Lysergic acid diethylamide, LSD for short, was a smart idea. So they decided to try and make people to be easier to “suggest” by getting them hopped up on the drug so that it would emotionally cripple them. Though this might seem a little stupid, it does make some logical sense, but not ethical sense. If you can damage, or destroy someone’s mind to the point in which it reverts to a more suggestible state you can change the way they listen to you. Sort of like hypnosis, but with more drugs. MK/Ultra was dedicated to programming the perfect sleeper agent. A sleeper agent is someone who is secretly a spy. The sleeper agent was used by the Russians

Entire communities such as these were constructed for the sole purpose of working on the atom bomb in secret4. The United States recruited every international scientist they could get their hands on, not only to develop the bomb faster, but also to prevent them from working for Russia instead3. There was general suspicion that not all of the scientists were loyal to American interests, yet it was too much of a risk to dismiss them at that time. There was also consideration that sharing atomic

Throughout much of the history of civilizations, states have declared war for land, valuables, and resources. In the course of the mid-20th century and the 21st century, ascendant super powers have invaded foreign lands for resources such as oil, and weapons companies have profited from the ongoing cycle of war these super powers promote. The populations of these states have been fed lies vis-à-vis the media; propagandizing these “rogue nations” and promoting an ‘Us vs. Them’ mentality, to garner support for these armed conflicts. War is our primordial instinct, as humans are territorial and aggressive. That is our nature, and by looking at events in our history, one may see that war appears to be timeless and inevitable.

The CIA were influenced by other countries to experiment on brainwashing people but resulted in the agency to making unethical decisions. In the article, “Project Mkultra: One of the Most Shocking CIA Programs of All Time”, Melissa explains that, “The motivation was also defensive, in that many were afraid during the Cold War that the Russians and Chinese had already developed weapons in this area.” The CIA realized that this technique could possibly be very beneficial towards our country, and wanted to understand this process before other countries. With this tactic, the CIA thought they could use brainwashing to their advantage and also create manchurian candidates. In the article, “The Secret Montreal Experiments They Don't Want You To Know About,” D’Alimonte defines Manchurian Candidate as, “double agents, or super soldiers, who had been psychologically altered to fulfill a function, then forget it ever happened, thus making interrogation impossible.” The CIA wanted to create Manchurian Candidates so they could do all of their dirty work. It is truly wrong how the CIA thought that committing crimes or doing illegal tasks using Manchurian Candidates was perfectly okay. According to the Youtube video, “MK ULTRA (History Channel

According to Best Psychology Degrees, Unit 731 is listed at number three as one of the worst experiments done on humans. The Japanese army did this experiment as research for biological and chemical warfare. Both genders of all ages, even pregnant women, were used as subjects. This experiment included the removal of organs from a living body, blood loss, and even the removal of the stomach and esophagus which was later put back together.

Robert Oppenheimer was put in charge of the project and when the final bill came through, 2 billion dollars had been spent and over 120,000 Americans were employed.`Consequently public awareness was futile, as was debate on the subject. Keeping 120,000 people quiet would be absolutely impossible. So only a small privileged group of scientists and officials knew of what was really being developed, and the ones who were made aware were bribed with prison time if the