tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15795304.post8488745086064380684..comments2024-03-20T23:17:53.608+00:00Comments on K.R.A.S. The Ken Russell Appreciation Society "Fullfrontalnus Illuminatio Mea": Paul Robeson, the CIA and MKULTRA , Updated 2010-2011, New information on CIA contractors who "treated" Robeson.Amanda and SuperAmanda™http://www.blogger.com/profile/11405128770699138128noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15795304.post-75495105351648049592013-03-09T20:46:09.337+00:002013-03-09T20:46:09.337+00:00Hi Amanda - It is equally likely that PR was slipp...Hi Amanda - It is equally likely that PR was slipped LSD 25 or 6. There were so many operations tripping over (pun intended) one another in Europe in 1961-62, my years there, that it is anyone's guess.<br /><br /> "On April 28, 1961, Clovis and the two other team members flew to Europe for ninety days. Their mission, called Operation THIRD CHANCE, was to dose unwitting people with LSD and measure the results. In preparation, the team reviewed dossiers on foreign intelligence assets who were suspected of espionage or of filing questionable reports. The medical officer, Lieutenant Colonel David MacQuigg, evaluated the physical health of the candidates, to the extent that it had been documented; Clovis met with their American handlers to build psychological profiles; and the Army intelligence officer, Lieutenant Colonel William Jacobson, looked for tools to use in interrogation, such as discrepancies in previous testimony, evidence of dissembling, and weaknesses, or “soft spots,” where the assets could be emotionally worn down or broken by harassment.<br /><br />In each country, the team joined with local operatives and methodically rehearsed scenarios to lure subjects to a spot where they could be given the LSD and interrogated. As Jacobson later noted, the team even memorized scripts for “verbal gambits” that would steer the interrogation in a preferred direction. He recalled that “a variety of devices for stressing the subject” were prepared, although he did not say what those were. And since the team did not want to alienate an asset who might turn out to be valuable, the members rehearsed a “reconciliation pitch” to assuage any resentment that the test caused.<br /><br />No two experiments were the same, but there were commonalities. Typically, the Special Purpose Team sought out a safe house—an accommodation that was unknown to Soviet operatives, or had no other intelligence value. Once the subject arrived, agents would initiate casual banter in the living room, where, hours earlier, Clovis had prepared the drug. He had brought over from Edgewood powdered LSD, which he would use to dust a drinking glass— leaving upon it “an imperceptible dry residue.” Once the test subject was made comfortable, a member of the Special Purpose Team would offer everyone refreshments. When subjects were dosed in soda or juice, the team member made a show of pouring the drinks from the same bottle. If alcohol was served, LSD was slipped into a cocktail after several rounds, while the interrogators sipped “cold tea”—presumably passed off as whiskey—or slowly nursed their drinks.<br /><br />Read more: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/12/us-army-experiments-with-lsd-in-the-cold-war.html#ixzz2N4o8Zmr4<br /><br />The FBI had its own IO Unit that maintained liaison with several overseas informants and operatives. It also had assets in the growing psycho-analytic community including Janet Alterman Kennedy who was married to a snitch on JEH's personal payroll. International U.S. Chess figure Rueben Fine was also recruited by Dulles and in 1961 was in Amsterdam where some of the MK and LSD "experiments" occurred. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15795304.post-87862753830619189682010-12-26T12:37:01.484+00:002010-12-26T12:37:01.484+00:00Aye, dat´s sum med. treatment for ye : ´Da op. was...Aye, dat´s sum med. treatment for ye : ´Da op. was successful, da patient died...´ /<br />Even tho I´ve read most of dis material before, I´m once again struck by Hoover´s inexplicable & totally irrational hatred towards black people. I mean , da dude was obsessed . WHY ? !!/<br />Dis is pure conjecturin on my part, but we do know dat H. was a closet case in so many other respects, so couldn´t it be dat he was a ´closet black ´ , as well? & dat he tried to cover up his own origins by dis ostentatious hatred ? Well, be it as it may, let da scumbag rest forevva in infamy . /<br />P.S. Sweet to see ole sweet Swede King Gustav VI visitin Robeson at Robeson´s death bed . Two truly noble and scholarly men salutin each other , wow ! /<br /><br />D.S. Fine work as always , Amanda. Have a hilarious New Year now !<br /><br />P.par.nordstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16087632625182492587noreply@blogger.com