Families to sue over MK-Ultra
Families that have been agitating for years will be allowed to sue over brainwashing experiments carried out in the 1960s at the Allan Memorial. Most of the subjects have since died, but families still want compensation from the CIA, the Canadian government, the Royal Vic and the MUHC.
Meezly 11:02 on 2022-03-03 Permalink
One day I’d like to read more about MKUltra. Just from what I’ve read – how it was a continuation of Nazi experimentation even though the CIA head who approved it had helped end WW2 by bringing down the Nazis and the project was headed by someone was Jewish. When he retired he admitted that all the “work” he did (lasting suffering and trauma inflicted on unwitting victims) didn’t amount to much. You don’t say. He even died living a full life without ever being held accountable.
And the resource and effort all those institutional entities to cover up and thwart any compensation and answers for the victim’s families. It was only because of misfiling that some un-destroyed documents were discovered. Otherwise, the public would never know the extent of the horrific experiments.
It’s still mind blowing to me that this happened in the very hospital my kid was born not that long ago. I guess it’s good to know that the Quebec Superior Court is capable of something, after decades of pushing.
Kate 11:44 on 2022-03-03 Permalink
I think you have to imagine back to the Cold War era. Experimental psychology was on a rush of new funding for experimentation in messing with people’s heads to weaponize them. (The Manchurian Candidate is the classic film on this theme.)
This isn’t to justify the horrors perpetrated on the MKUltra victims, who had simply gone to the Allan seeking help with emotional and mental difficulties. That these vulnerable people were secretly offered up as experimental subjects is still a matter of deep shame for the institutions involved.