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Inside Operation Midnight Climax: How the CIA Used LSD, Sex, and Surveillance in a Bizarre Mind Control Experiment

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Quick Summary Operation Midnight Climax was a CIA-backed experiment in the 1950s and ’60s where men were unknowingly drugged with LSD in brothels run by prostitutes hired by the agency. Agents watched from behind one-way mirrors to study how psychedelics affected truth-telling and suggestibility. Though presented as research, it devolved into a morally bankrupt surveillance project. The operation ended in 1963 and was only revealed publicly in 1…
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BreezyScroll broke the news in on Thursday, July 31, 2025.
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