Sidney Gottlieb as head of MKUltra
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Sidney Gottlieb was a CIA chemist who led the MKUltra program, overseeing covert experiments with drugs, hypnosis, and other methods in an attempt to develop techniques for mind control and interrogation during the Cold War.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Sidney Gottlieb | 0 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Central Intelligence Agency officer
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chemist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| aimedTo |
develop improved interrogation methods
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develop techniques for mind control ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
CIA mind control research programs
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Project Artichoke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
behavioral experimentation
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chemical research ⓘ covert operations ⓘ interrogation methods ⓘ |
| fullName | Sidney Gottlieb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthicalIssue |
non-consensual human experimentation
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violation of human rights in research ⓘ |
| influencedBy | fears of Soviet and Chinese brainwashing techniques ⓘ |
| knownFor |
attempts to develop mind control methods
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developing interrogation techniques ⓘ overseeing covert experiments with LSD ⓘ overseeing covert experiments with other psychoactive drugs ⓘ overseeing experiments with hypnosis ⓘ |
| led |
CIA mind control experiments
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Project MKUltra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legacy | symbol of CIA abuses in Cold War mind control research ⓘ |
| notableFor | leadership of the CIA MKUltra program ⓘ |
| occupation |
chemist
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intelligence officer ⓘ |
| operatedInContextOf | Cold War intelligence competition with the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| oversaw |
MKUltra subprojects involving front organizations
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MKUltra subprojects involving prisons ⓘ MKUltra subprojects involving universities and hospitals ⓘ |
| participantIn | Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Central Intelligence Agency Technical Services Staff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chief of the CIA Technical Services Staff
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head of MKUltra ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
United States congressional inquiries on MKUltra
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investigations into CIA human experimentation ⓘ |
| usedCover | CIA front organizations for funding experiments ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
administration of LSD without informed consent
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covert drug testing on unwitting subjects ⓘ hypnosis ⓘ psychological torture techniques ⓘ sensory deprivation ⓘ sleep deprivation ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Central Intelligence Agency headquarters
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United States of America ⓘ |
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Sidney Gottlieb as head of MKUltra
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