Interesting segment on conspiracy theories yesterday on NPR https://www.npr.org/2019/03/07/700998358/throughline-how-conspiracy-theories-helped-to-create-the-u-s
The CIA remained keenly aware of how the public would react to any discovery of MK-Ultra; even if they believed these programs to be essential to national security, they must remain a tightly guarded secret.
How would the CIA possibly explain dosing unassuming Americans with LSD?
“Precautions must be taken not only to protect operations from exposure to enemy forces but also to conceal these activities from the American public in general,” wrote the CIA’s Inspector General in 1957.
“The knowledge that the Agency is engaging in unethical and illicit activities would have serious repercussions in political and diplomatic circles and would be detrimental to the accomplishment of its mission.”
Or that the US Gov secretly exposed citizens to radiation…
For 30 years, the U.S. government deliberately exposed thousands of its people to life-threatening radiation. Modern scholarship reveals how far the project went.
Called “Project Sunshine,” studies conducted on dead babies sought to measure the amount of radioactive strontium-90 being absorbed by humans due to nuclear testing.
In June 1995, a presidential Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments, set up by former President Clinton released classified documents from the Atomic Energy Commission, which showed that scientists working on Project Sunshine were aware of the dubious ethical and legal grounds on which their research was being conducted.
it’s so secret even the secret about the secret is secret – as long as there are humans there will be secret conspiracies that are either true or not – just saying and not saying much
My brother used to be a park ranger in Washington state. Occasional folks trying to get him to “wink wink nod nod” when they asked if Bigfoot was being covered up by the government. Because he obviously knew and had been told not to tell anyone.
Nachikethass over 5 years ago
Now that’s funny!
Sisterdame over 5 years ago
Brilliant
whahoppened over 5 years ago
Pssst, someone’s following you!
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 5 years ago
YES!
karmakat01 over 5 years ago
more EVERYTHING!!! lol
Doctor Toon over 5 years ago
How about we just send all of the conspiracy theorists to the woods?
Send them out far enough so they have no cell service or internet connection and we won’t have to listen to, or read, their nonsense anymore
rhpii over 5 years ago
Interesting segment on conspiracy theories yesterday on NPR https://www.npr.org/2019/03/07/700998358/throughline-how-conspiracy-theories-helped-to-create-the-u-s
Silly Season over 5 years ago
And of course, it’s not like the CIA would slip LSD to unsuspecting Americans…
Oh… Wait….
https://www.history.com/mkultra-operation-midnight-climax-cia-lsd-experiments
The CIA remained keenly aware of how the public would react to any discovery of MK-Ultra; even if they believed these programs to be essential to national security, they must remain a tightly guarded secret.
How would the CIA possibly explain dosing unassuming Americans with LSD?
“Precautions must be taken not only to protect operations from exposure to enemy forces but also to conceal these activities from the American public in general,” wrote the CIA’s Inspector General in 1957.
“The knowledge that the Agency is engaging in unethical and illicit activities would have serious repercussions in political and diplomatic circles and would be detrimental to the accomplishment of its mission.”
Silly Season over 5 years ago
Or that the US Gov secretly exposed citizens to radiation…
For 30 years, the U.S. government deliberately exposed thousands of its people to life-threatening radiation. Modern scholarship reveals how far the project went.
https://allthatsinteresting.com/human-radiation-experiments-united-states-government
Silly Season over 5 years ago
Or even that several western governments conspired in “body snatching”.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=80970&page=1
Called “Project Sunshine,” studies conducted on dead babies sought to measure the amount of radioactive strontium-90 being absorbed by humans due to nuclear testing.
In June 1995, a presidential Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments, set up by former President Clinton released classified documents from the Atomic Energy Commission, which showed that scientists working on Project Sunshine were aware of the dubious ethical and legal grounds on which their research was being conducted.
Silly Season over 5 years ago
And the less said about the Tuskegee Study of syphilis, the better….
It’s just reasonable to believe that all government conspiracies are just fanciful imaginings, Right?
cuzinron47 over 5 years ago
Hey, I used to work for that department and I can tell you for fact – it doesn’t exist.
Saddenedby Premium Member over 5 years ago
it’s so secret even the secret about the secret is secret – as long as there are humans there will be secret conspiracies that are either true or not – just saying and not saying much
gregcartoon Premium Member over 5 years ago
My brother used to be a park ranger in Washington state. Occasional folks trying to get him to “wink wink nod nod” when they asked if Bigfoot was being covered up by the government. Because he obviously knew and had been told not to tell anyone.
sunchaunzo 7 months ago
That’s going to make a great bumper sticker!