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“Next line down actually a history of covert government
programs.
“The final line refers to the dates relevant to the start of
each program.”
“I’ve run down most of them. There were thousands of
people involved in those operations back in the day,” Stephen
added.
“Before we left, we did some quick research. Artichoke and
CHATTER were the code words for early programs dealing in
mind control. Artichoke was the navy, isn’t that right,
Stephen?”
“Right. The big program was called MKUltra and that was
sanctioned in 1953,” Stephen answered. “Hospitals,
universities, research facilities and individual scientists from
the United States and Canada, even England, were all taking
part although it’s been proven that many did not realize the
insidiousness of the thing. The United States even employed
Nazi scientists in the early days because they had experience
with human experimentation in the camps. I think we can
safely surmise that your father, Amelia, was an unwitting
victim even in his capacity as a researcher.”
“I know he was. I’ve read enough in his journals now to see
that he was slowly putting it all together,” Amelia said.
“I imagine we’ll find records giving instructions that he be
neutralized or whatever they call it,” Stephen surmised. “What
easier way to keep him silent than to do to him what was done
to the residents. These drugs could be administered without
the knowledge of the victim. That’s what I find so frightening.
That one could be plucked up and made to disappear that way
is almost unfathomable.”
“But it was easy,” Josie said as she reclaimed her chair.
“The army used their own enlisted people as subjects. They
branched out to mental patients and transients. These people
were specifically chosen because they had no family or
community ties. There was no informed consent. They were