Project MKULTRA‚ or MK-ULTRA‚ was the code name for a covert‚ illegal CIA human research program‚ run by the Office of Scientific Intelligence. This official U.S. government program began in the early 1950s‚ continuing at least through the late 1960s‚ and it used U.S. and Canadian citizens as its test subjects. The published evidence indicates that Project MKULTRA involved the use of many methodologies to manipulate individual mental states and alter brain function‚ including the surreptitious
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The two “key” intelligence agencies that immediately come to mind are the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The mission of the CIA‚ the most well known U.S. spying agency (and the subject of many Hollywood movies)‚ is to spy and collect intelligence on foreign governments and to engage in covert operations-some involving questionable “regime change”. According to the CIA’s official website‚ its purpose is to “collect‚ analyze and disseminate intelligence
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Belize‚ Guatemala‚El Salvador‚ Honduras‚ Nicaragua‚ and Northern Costa Rica. Pre-Columbian societies flourished before the Spanish colonization of America‚ in the 15th and 16th centuries. Mesoamerica was yet another world location from the emergence of an early civilization. It is clear that Mesoamerican civilization achieved some very impressive mathematical‚ architectural‚ engineering‚ and calendrical advances. Mayan Civilization centered in the tropical lowlands of what is now Guatemala‚ reached
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was Jan 7‚ 1979. The Khmer Rouge is going to bring victory to their countryCombodia‚ Khmer Rouge had brought victory to their country after seizing the capital of Cambodia in 1979 which ended the Genocide that was going on in Cambodia‚ however in Guatemala was under attack by a group known as the Kaibil‚ the war had ended after the government had negotiated between each other and seized fire for good‚ then in Tasmania back in 1832 before the war had ended‚ the native americans were being kicked off
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The Bourne ultimatum is about a guy that works for the CIA‚ but at the same time is trying to uncover his identity. The movie represents a variety of political messages that portray a corrupt government who through secrecy utilize their power to better the personage. The Bourne ultimatum shows a variety of political messages such as individuality‚ corruption‚ conflict‚ role of government‚ power and secrecy. However‚ the main theme portrayed throughout the movie is the involvement of corruption
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against Mossadeqh.” They also attacked mosques‚ and distributed phony anti-Mossadegh handbills. Mossadegh was arrested and spent the rest of his days under house arrest. The Shah was reinstated‚ the West regained control of the oil fields‚ and the CIA created the Iranian secret police‚ SAVAK‚ and a twenty-five year reign of terror and torture commenced. The operation was seen as a huge success towards western intelligence agencies‚ but it was just one small operation of continued foreign influence
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who are not aware of these manipulations in giving example of Iraq War and CIA. Then‚ I will analyze how people’s freedom of speech and press is threatened by the U.S. mass
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The CIA was granted a generous budget of 13 million dollars in order to recruit and train the U.S. assault force. Members of the Frente Revolucionario Democratico (FRD)‚ who had run from Cuba to Miami‚ FL were the primary recruits targeted by the CIA. The FRD known for its anti-Castro sentiments made ideal revolutionaries. The intent of the U.S. assault force known as Brigade
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his murder‚ several other theories‚ related to the circumstances surrounding his death‚ have arisen. Because the government has been so assertive that Oswald was the single shooter‚ any inconsistency gives rise to alternative theories ranging from CIA involvement to a second assassin
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the Soviets. In the same year‚ Castro and Former Premier of the Soviet Union‚ Nikita Khrushchev‚ negotiated military and economic aid programs as Communist allies. By March 1960‚ the concerned Eisenhower administration‚ in collaboration with the CIA and National Security Council (NSC)‚ authorized a ‘program of covert action against the Castro regime’‚ also known as The Bay of
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