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    Human Experimentation at CIA

    Steven Aftergood

    Oct. 10, 1995

    	The recent Final Report of the Advisory Committee on
    Human Radiation Experiments makes a number of interesting
    observations about the role of the CIA in human experimentation
    programs including the following:

    *       "The CIA indicated that it is currently performing
    classified human research projects. The agency informed the
    Advisory Committee that all human subjects are informed of the
    CIA's sponsorship and of the specific nature of the study in
    which they are participating, even if the general purposes of the
    research are classified."  (p. 686).

    *       "From 1988 to 1993, the CIA approved twelve proposals for
    human subjects research. However, none of these proposals
    involved ionizing radiation as an element of the research
    design."  (page 720).

    *       "The CIA... reported that it was unable to retrieve any
    records of its participation in the midcentury DOD panels that
    met in secret to discuss, among other things, human experiments.
    In addition, the CIA's classified records of its secret MKULTRA
    human experimentation program were... substantially destroyed at
    the direction of then-Director of Central Intelligence Richard
    Helms in 1973. In 1995 the CIA concluded, following a search for
    remaining records and interviews of those involved, that it did
    not likely conduct or sponsor human radiation experiments as part
    of MKULTRA. The Advisory Committee, which was necessarily limited
    in its abilities to directly review CIA files, did not find
    evidence to the contrary.... [T]he circumstances of the CIA's
    MKULTRA record keeping will likely leave questions in the
    public's mind."  (p. 646).

    *       "The Advisory Committee recommends... that the CIA's
    record- keeping system be reviewed to ensure that records
    maintained by that agency are accessible upon legitimate request
    from the public or governmental sources. This review could be
    performed by the CIA inspector general or an oversight panel."
    (pp. 829-830).

    *       "The Advisory Committee recommends that all records of
    the CIA bearing on programs of secret human research, such as
    MKULTRA and the related CIA human behavior projects from the late
    1940s through the early 1970s, including Bluebird, Artichoke,
    MKSEARCH, MKDELTA, Naomi, Chance, Often, and Chickwit, become a
    top priority for declassification review with the expectation
    that most, if not all, of these documents can be declassified and
    made available to the public."  (p. 838).

    *       "Twenty years after they were first revealed to the
    public, there continues to be a strong public interest in the
    CIA's 'mind control' programs. The Advisory Committee received
    numerous queries about MKULTRA and the other related programs
    from scholars, journalists, and citizens who have been unable to
    review the complete record. Although these CIA projects were the
    subject of significant governmental inquiry in the mid to late
    1970s... and a substantial portion of the records have been
    declassified and released to the public, a number of documents
    remain classified, and many of the documents that have been
    released contain numerous redactions."  (pp. 838-839).

    *       "So long as documents about secret human experiments are
    withheld from the public, it will be impossible to put to rest
    distrust with the conduct of government. The rapid, public
    release of the remaining documents about MKULTRA and other secret
    programs would be a fitting close to an unhappy chapter in the
    nation's history."  (p. 839).

    	The Report also provides informative background material
    on the abuse of classification for non-national security
    purposes, the practice of active deception of the public about
    human subject research, and the continuing conflict between
    secrecy and environmental laws.

    	Copies of the massive (925 pages) Final Report of the
    Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments (stock number
    061-000-00-848-9) can be purchased for $44 from the Government
    Printing Office at (202) 512-1800.

    Steven Aftergood
    Project on Government Secrecy
    Federation of American Scientists
    email: saftergood@igc.apc.org
    http://www.fas.org/pub/gen/fas/

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