Psychoactives, War, and Covert Operations
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| Nov 19, 1953 |
| Sidney Gottlieb doses Frank Olson and several other US Army Special Operations Division officers at a CIA/Army joint retreat. Olson responds badly, and falls into lasting depression, vacillating between apparent normalcy and severe paranoia and depression. |
| Although the CIA staffs psychiatrists with security clearances to help people in these circumstances, Gottlieb refers Olson to Dr. Harold Abramson, an immunologist with no training in psychiatry, for treatment. Gottlieb is clearly trying to cover for his malfeasance, as dosing Olson and subsequently failing to report it were in violation of CIA policy and federal law. |
| References Marks J. The Search for the Manchurian Candidate. W. W. Norton & Co, 1979. |
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