jacobinmag.com > Alex de Jong
The True Story of MK-Ultra and the CIA Mad Scientist
10 sep. 2020 - In its search for the perfect mind-control technique, the CIA carried out horrifying tests on unwitting humans. The story of programs like MK-Ultra is a chilling look at how the US government turned its own citizens into guinea pigs — and destroyed lives in the process.
 · church-inquiry · cia · cold-war · lsd · mind-control · mk-ultra

nymag.com > Sharon Weinberger
Is Palantir’s Crystal Ball Just Smoke and Mirrors?
28 sep. 2020 - Peter Thiel and Alex Karp adapted anti-fraud software from PayPal and used it to launch a surveillance start-up. Here, an inside look at how Palantir got its start — and whether its proprietary technology is more smoke and mirrors than crystal ball.
 · cia · covid-19 · ice · in-q-tel · marketing · mass-surveillance · nsa · palantir · surveillance