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World Service,19 Jul 2012,9 mins

CIA mind control experiments

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Beginning in the 1950s the CIA made attempts to brainwash psychiatric patients in an effort to develop methods they could use in the Cold War. Hear from one man whose father was experimented on by Canadian psychiatrists at the request of America's Central Intelligence Agency. (Image: The CIA symbol is shown on the floor of CIA Headquarters, in Langley, Virginia. Credit: Getty Images)

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