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by zarriak 1472 days ago
It is crazy to think that such little progress was made after Snowden that it is not even slightly off to think that even Snowden didn’t depict the true vastness of the power of the NSA.
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The stuff 3-letter agencies have gotten away with over the last century is insane. The NSA is a popular one to talk about now for good reasons but another one that always leaves me feeling angry is MKUltra and how the CIA basically tortured US citizens for science, Richard Helms destroyed evidence and died a free man. And we just seem to look back at it say “yeah these were bad people” and let it happen again.

In the end the only people being held responsible for anything seem to be the people who warn us and let us know.

The biggest lie about MK-ULTRA is that it ended.

Second biggest is what it was about.

It was a PSY-OP against the US public. The stories, about e.g. spying via ESP, were false. They are still believed by most who have heard of the code name and supposed investigation. So, a successful operation against us.