Research

On the morning of January 22, 1973, Richard Helms resigned as Director of Central Intelligence. He’d been removed by President Nixon, not for the programs, … Read more

In the summer of 1975, a Senate committee held public hearings that revealed, to an American public not fully prepared for it, what their intelligence … Read more

The apartment at 225 Chestnut Street in San Francisco had good sight lines and a double-bolted door. The walls were decorated with art that George … Read more

He grew up in the Bronx, the son of Hungarian Jewish immigrants. He had a club foot and a severe stutter, which he eventually overcame. … Read more

Most people think MKUltra was the beginning. The first attempt. The original sin. They’re wrong by about two years and two programs. Before MKUltra, before … Read more

In 1977, a Freedom of Information Act request uncovered roughly 20,000 documents that the CIA had somehow failed to destroy. They’d been misfiled in a … Read more