Witness History: Archive 2012 - CIA mind control experiments

Beginning in the 1950s the CIA made attempts to brainwash psychiatric patients in an effort to develop methods they could use in the Cold War.

Hear from one man whose father was experimented on by Canadian psychiatrists at the request of America's Central Intelligence Agency.

(Image: The CIA symbol is shown on the floor of CIA Headquarters, in Langley, Virginia. Credit: Getty Images)

Published on Thursday, 19th July 2012.

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