MKULTRA Subjects Never Notified (1977) — Names Withheld by the Agency
nodeIntelligence & Surveillance
The agency knew the names and refused to tell the people it had experimented on.
Who they are
Senator Edward Kennedy, at the 3 August 1977 Senate hearing on MKULTRA.
What they do
Kennedy: 'The Central Intelligence Agency drugged American citizens without their knowledge or consent.'
How it works
He went on: 'These institutes, these individuals, have a right to know who they are and how and when they were used. As of today, the Agency itself refuses to declassify the names of those institutions and individuals.' He said he intended to push the agency to notify them. The hearing record contains the intention; it does not record the notifications happening.
Why it matters
The recovered files named 185 researchers and 80 institutions. A person experimented on had no way to find out, because the one body that could tell them declined to.
The engine's record — word for word
[Report #191] Senator Edward Kennedy at the 3 August 1977 Joint Hearing, verbatim: 'The Central Intelligence Agency drugged American citizens without their knowledge or consent. It used university facilities and personnel without their knowledge. It funded leading researchers, often without their knowledge. These institutes, these individuals, have a right to know who they are and how and when they were used. As of today, the Agency itself refuses to declassify the names of those institutions and individuals.' Kennedy stated he intended 'to do all I can to persuade the Agency to, at the very least, officially inform those institutions and individuals involved.' The hearing record contains the statement of intent; it does not record the notifications being made. Held alongside mkultra_surviving_archive_1977: the names existed in the recovered finance folders (185 researchers, 80 institutions) and were withheld from the people concerned.
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