Walter H. Bowart

American journalist and counterculture figure, cofounder of the underground newspaper the East Village Other, best known for Operation Mind Control (1978), a controversial work about government mind-control research and alleged programs such as MK-Ultra.

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  1. 1. Operation Mind Control

    The CIA's Plot Against America

    An investigative work that probes alleged clandestine U.S. government mind-control programs, describing the use of hypnosis, psychoactive drugs, sensory deprivation, electronics, and behavioral conditioning on unwitting subjects through intelligence and military channels. Drawing on documents and interviews with purported victims and insiders, it contends that experiments associated with MK-Ultra and related efforts were broader and more harmful than acknowledged, raising urgent questions about civil liberties, informed consent, and democratic oversight.

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