‘I found secret CIA prison in Germany’: Witness drops bombshell as Rep Luna presses him over MKUltra

Summary

Key Points

• —These former Nazi scientists worked alongside MK Ultra officers in a secret CIA black site in Germany, continuing gruesome experiments involving mescaline, hypnosis, and sensory deprivation, even after the Nuremberg trials. 0:33
• —MK Naomi was a joint CIA-Army project that combined MK Ultra's goal of individual mind control with the Army's interest in using biological agents against entire populations. 2:24
• —Operation Paperclip brought over 1,600 German scientists, including those who conducted human experimentation in concentration camps, into the U.S. government, with the CIA and military aware of their backgrounds. 2:55
• —Dr. Louis Jolyon West, a psychiatrist involved in MK Ultra's subproject 43 to create dissociative states, controversially examined Jack Ruby alone after the Kennedy assassination, declaring he had an acute psychotic break. 5:16
• —West had previously discussed inducing specific mental disorders in people without their awareness and publicly spoke about using LSD to induce psychiatric breaks and psychosis. 7:13
• —Despite the egregious nature of these experiments, there have been no prosecutions for any crimes related to the MKUltra program. 10:56
• —Operation Midnight Climax involved the CIA luring American citizens into brothels, dosing them with hallucinogens, and filming their sex acts, with no scientific pretense and direct involvement from Sidney Gottlieb. 11:06
• —The technology developed through MKUltra for mind control was considered successful and effective, leading to speculation that such programs may still be continuing today. 12:54
• —The justification for these immoral acts was often framed as national security and patriotism, a mindset that some believe may still be active within parts of the government. 14:04