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Ex-CIA Officials Reveal MKULTRA Docs Destroyed, Experiments Persist

7/2/2026

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Former CIA officers told lawmakers MKULTRA records were destroyed and that mind-control research may still be ongoing.
The Oversight Committee’s Task Force held a hearing on MKULTRA, led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), where testimony estimated thousands of Americans were experimented on between 1953 and 1973, many without their knowledge.
Former CIA director Richard Helms ordered the destruction of MKULTRA documents after Watergate, a step witnesses called “categorically wrong.”

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Former CIA officers told lawmakers MKULTRA records were destroyed and that mind-control research may still be ongoing.
The Oversight Committee’s Task Force held a hearing on MKULTRA, led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), where testimony estimated thousands of Americans were experimented on between 1953 and 1973, many without their knowledge.
Former CIA director Richard Helms ordered the destruction of MKULTRA documents after Watergate, a step witnesses called “categorically wrong.”