CIA'S SKELETONS ARE OUT OF THE CLOSET

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-01208R000100250011-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: June 11, 1975
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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'7 11 T 1975
, . A's skeletons
death benefits. Reprimands
were issued by the director of
central intelligence to two
CIA employees responsible
for the incident."
survivors of receiving certain 'titled ""Restless youth." the
"The inspector general re-
ported that in a number of
instances test subjects be-
came ill for hours or days fol-
lowing the application of a
drug....
"On one occasion during
C he early phases of this pro-
gra rn. LSD was administered
to an employee of the Depart-
ntent of the Army without his
knowledge while he was at-
tending a meeting with CIA
personnel working on the drug
project.... This individual
was not made aware that he
had been given LSD until
about 20 minutes after it had
been administered.
"Ile developed serious side
effects and was sent to New
York with a CIA escort for
psychiatric treatment. Sever-
al days later, he jumped from
a 10th-floor window. of his
room and died as a result.
"'Ahe general counsel ruled
that the death resulted from
'circumstances arising out of
an experiment undertaken in
the course of his official du-
ties for the United States gov-
ernment,' thus ensuring his
rug on unsuspecting subjects wrote. "and existing federal
in normal social situations. statutes preclude the concoc-
Tl:e report details how one' tion of any lecal excuse ter
test turned out: the violation. it must be rec-.
n_.HENRYL.TnEV6 HITT in, c.: ert radicalism arise
is c' riit:gtan Bur'u of De e sw:
from :rn:!al and political al-
\Vashington-Whatever its A footnote to the report ienation at horne and not from
long-term impact. the Rocke- adds: "There are indications conspiratorial activity rras-
feller report on the Central in the few remaining agency terminded from abroad."
Intelligence Agency is a trove records that this individual Cc; cern over foreign inilu-
of events with overtones of may have had a history of ence on domestic dissent-re-
cdy, bureaucratic cover- emotional instability." Elected in the agency's c?pera
::p and. occasionally, humor. During the 21 years it tion Cii.YOS-occa_:an il.: re
iv its very nature. it details screenedV mail between the suited in great atten t:on to
-'olio of ilie agency's larger United States and forelen trivialit_:. One such anecdote
.cci es. countries. and opened 8.; _+U turned en the CI-1-s file on
`?!;,>t of the condemned letters. the agency continually Grove Frrss. Inc.. +v^tc I had
1i1-.,.-4!_ -ices had been discontin- was concerned about the so. 'p::bii,.-_d a book by Km Pc::-
cad. because of external. Ares- called "flap potent ial"-the 'by a _.e'::et spy'.
or internal concern, by danger of exposure. ' Grove Press. in it bt:_i-
the mid-1970's. But during the Fretfully. the agency's -ne_s eaceavors. had a?_ early years of the CIA con- deputy chief of counterintel- duc''n ::+e vex oriented r,otien
:=traints were fewer. ligerce talked of the need for picture. 'I Am Curious Yei-
In the late 1940's the agen- what he called a "cover story" low.' " `vile report said, "and so
cy, aware of Soviet interest, in a 1962 memorandum. the operation's analysts duti- i
h ogan experimenting with be- "Since no good purpose can fully clipped and filmed cine-
havior-influencing drugs such be served by an official ad- ma critics' commentaries
as I,SD. In 1955. tests were be- mission of the violation." he upon t e film."
?e out o the close
- Tlie :S:Oti':ations underiy-
a_nized that no cover story is
avaiih;hie to any government
agency.''
In c? isc of exposure. the un-'
identifies'i +)fiicial concluded,
"It na.c nt become necessary,
after tr- e matter has cooled
off durine an extended period
nt inveztigation. to find a
scapecoat to blame for unau
ta;'rized tampering with the
maim."
.ctmiliy, the Rockefeller
commission reported, the
agency did not iu;low these
recommendations and made
available all material on the
project. Still. the report said,'
the memorandum illustrated
"the thought processes of
those involved."
With other episodes the re-
port provided glimpses into-a'
world that appears in popular
fiction. It described the so-
called ''sheep-clipping" pro
ress, F. v hich a-;- orc
d to irlfilftat
dent domestic Croups and thus
acquire creclertials fog ; )i .
sions .ibroad.
The gencY strayed from
its mandate with a I Ma paper:
report concluded, because it
dealt with strident revolution-'
r+ry movements at home is
well :,broad. It, its ie+,r;c:'?'s-
Sion. t,,. paper ;11'.'e ";:'IA is
nniv i h.' t ner'ai percta?t.i+: n of
most such ri ovemorit_?:.
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