RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: Fantastic thread on the origins of the #MKULTRA program, the BLUEBIRD and ARTICHOKE projects that explored the limits (but not the ethics) of mind-control research in the ‘50s and ‘60s. What #CIA director #WalterBedellSmith and his deputy (and eventual successor at CIA) #AllenDulles accomplished through these #ManchurianCandidate programs moved the Agency, over just a few years, from being a necessary evil, to just plain evil.