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| '''Project MKOFTEN''' was a covert ] program developed in conjunction with the ] (CIA). It was initiated in 1966 following other parallel programs<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://targetedindividualscanada.com/tag/project-mkoften/|title=Project MKOFTEN {{!}} Targeted Individuals Canada|last=|first=|date=March 4, 2011|website=|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-12-06}}</ref> such as ], initiated on April 13, 1953, which was later changed to Project ] in 1964.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wanttoknow.com|title=Project Bluebird|last=Ross|first=C.A.|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-12-06}}</ref> A partner program to MKSEARCH, the goal of MKOFTEN was to "test the behavioral and toxicological effects of certain drugs on animals and humans".<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110430024832/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/02-A-0846RELEASE.pdf</ref> | |||
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| '''Project MKOFTEN''' was a covert ] program developed in conjunction with the ] (CIA) sometime in the late 1960s. A partner or descendant program of ], the goal of MKOFTEN was to "test the behavioral and toxicological effects of certain drugs on animals and humans".<ref name="dod">{{cite web |url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/02-A-0846RELEASE.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.dod.mil |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430024832/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/02-A-0846RELEASE.pdf |archive-date=30 April 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Testing of these drugs was done on animals, prisoners at ] in ], and military personnel at ].<ref name="dod" /> | |||
| There have been allegations, with little to no evidence provided to support them, that Project MKOFTEN went further than just research about mind control, but it branched out into the world of the occult.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/03/black-magic-the-occult-and-the-cia/|title=Black Magic, the Occult, and the CIA|last=Swancer|first=B.|date=March 22, 2018|website=Mysterious Universe|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-12-06}}</ref> According to author ]'s 2007 book ''Secrets and Lies'' the CIA's Operation Often was also initiated by the chief of the CIA's Technical Services Branch, ], to "explore the world of black magic" and "harness the forces of darkness and challenge the concept that the inner reaches of the mind are beyond reach". As part of Operation Often, Dr. Gottlieb and other CIA employees visited with and recruited fortune-tellers, palm-readers, clairvoyants, astrologists, mediums, psychics, specialists in demonology, witches and warlocks, Satanists, other occult practitioners, and more.<ref>Gordon, pp. 295-299</ref> | |||
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Project MKOFTEN was a covert U.S. Department of Defense program developed in conjunction with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) sometime in the late 1960s. A partner or descendant program of MKSEARCH, the goal of MKOFTEN was to "test the behavioral and toxicological effects of certain drugs on animals and humans". Testing of these drugs was done on animals, prisoners at Holmesburg Prison in Philadelphia, and military personnel at Edgewood Arsenal.
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