Church Committee Exposes Psychological Manipulation Techniques in Government Operations

| Importance: 9/10 | Status: confirmed

Final Church Committee report reveals extensive details about Project MKULTRA, documenting systematic psychological manipulation techniques developed by CIA during Cold War. The investigation exposed how intelligence agencies conducted unethical human experimentation, including drug-based mind control research, raising critical questions about government ethics and institutional accountability.

Key Actors

Senator Frank Church CIA Intelligence Community Donald Ewen Cameron NSA U.S. Senate Select Committee

Tags

psychological-manipulation institutional-research government-operations intelligence-abuse human-rights cold-war

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