Project ARTICHOKE was a CIA covert program launched in 1951 to develop mind control and advanced interrogation techniques during the Cold War. Evolving from Project BLUEBIRD, it focused on using LSD, hypnosis, mescaline, morphine addiction, and sensory deprivation to induce amnesia, compliance, and involuntary actions—like the “Manchurian Candidate” assassin concept. Subjects included POWs, defectors, CIA […]